The annual list in which the Department of Defense includes what are considered "companies Chinese military", i.e. companies whose work can also be considered in support of the armed forces and and which cannot be subject to investments by US entities, extended in these days to include companies in the maritime transport and shipbuilding, starting from the China COSCO Shipping Corporation and the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) and China Shipbuilding Trading Co. (CSTC). Among the companies that operate With shipping, the list also included the The world's leading manufacturer of intermodal containers, the Chinese China International Marine Containers (Group) Co. (CIMC).