The result of 2008 the 5th Shipping Star Awards was officially released on March 9th, 2009. The on-line votes amount to more than 200, 000 for over 100 candidate companies. The organizing committee had made statistics to score the service satisfaction of each candidate company and give the corresponding grade.

Star Awards List (Partly presented)
Shipping Companies in China:
Five Stars: OOCL,COSCO,EVERGREEN,WANHAI,CSCL,YANGMING,SINOTRANS
Shipping Companies abroad:
Five Stars:CMA-CGM,Hamburg-sud,ZIM ,MAERSK,APL
Ports in China:
Five Stars: Lianyungang Port,Qingdao Port,Tianjin Port,Shanghai Port,Dalian Port
Ports abroad:
Five Stars: Antwerp Port,Hamburg Port,Singapore Port,Sydney Port,Rotterdam Port,Incheon Port,New York Port,Port Klang