Sinotrans Shipping : APPOINTMENT OF AN INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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(Stock Code: 368) APPOINTMENT OF AN INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The board of directors (the "Board") of Sinotrans Shipping Limited (the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Xu Zhengjun as the independent non-executive director of the Company effective from 29 June 2016.

Mr. Xu Zhengjun, born in September 1955, was appointed as the independent non-executive director of the Company in June 2016. Mr. Xu obtained postgraduate degree in Maritime Transportation Management from Shanghai Maritime University and is a senior political officer with over 38 years of experience in the shipping industry. Mr. Xu had been the section chief and the head of department of Shanghai Ocean Shipping Co., Ltd; the general manager of crew company and land property company, which were the subsidiaries of COSCO Container Lines Co., Ltd.; the assistant to general manager of COSCO Container Lines Co., Ltd.; the general manager of Shanghai Ocean Shipping Company; a member of the leading team of COSCO Container Lines Co., Ltd. in charge of audit and supervision affairs; the managing director of COSCO (H.K.) Industry & Trade Holdings Limited and the director and vice chairman of Shenzhen Guangju Energy Co., Ltd. (listed in the PRC) until his resignation in March 2013; Mr. Xu had been vice president and chief legal consultant of COSCO (Hong Kong) Group Limited and director of True Smart International Limited. Since July 2012, he had served as the executive director and managing director of COSCO International Holdings Limited, and was also the chairman of Corporate Governance Committee, and a member of each of Remuneration Committee, Nomination Committee, Strategic Development Committee and Risk Management Committee of the Company, until his resignation in March 2016. Mr. Xu has extensive experience in the shipping industry and onshore industries.

Mr. Xu has entered into a service contract with the Company for a term which is consistent with other independent non-executive directors, and shall be retired and reappointed at the same time. The term of such appointment of Mr. Xu shall end at 22 November 2016, subject to retirement by rotation at the next annual general meeting of the Company in accordance with the articles of association of the Company.

Mr. Xu shall receive a director's fee of HK$56,250 for serving the independent non-executive director of the Company until 22 November 2016, which is determined by reference to the remuneration of other independent non-executive directors of the Company.

Save as disclosed above, Mr. Xu has no relationship with any directors or senior management or substantial or controlling shareholders of the Company, nor does he hold any other position with the Company or any subsidiaries of the Company.

Mr. Xu does not have any interests in the shares of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance.

Save as disclose above, Mr. Xu has expressed that there is no other information which is required to be disclosed pursuant to any of the requirements of Rules 13.51(2)(h) to (v) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

As far as the Board and Mr. Xu are aware, there are no other matters relating to his appointment as the independent non-executive director of the Company that need to be brought to the attention of the holders of the securities of the Company.

By Order of the Board

Sinotrans Shipping Limited Huen Po Wah

Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 29 June 2016

As at the date of this announcement and as a result of the above change, the directors of the Company are Mr. Li Hua and Ms. Feng Guoying as executive directors; Mr. Li Zhen (Chairman) and Mr. Tian Zhongshan as non-executive directors; and Mr. Tsang Hing Lun, Mr. Lee Peter Yip Wah, Mr. Zhou Qifang and Mr. Xu Zhengjun as independent non-executive directors.