[3] Founder of Orient Overseas, Tung Chao-yung, operated the first all-Chinese crewed ship between Hong Kong and Europe and the east coast of the United States[4] in 1947.

[7] It was a listed company in Hong Kong, Far East [zh] and Kam Ngan stock exchanges since May 1973.

[14] In October, Crédit Commercial de France cancelled the application to the court on liquidate Orient Overseas.

[15] Orient Overseas was suspended in the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK) due to its financial problem, which the suspension was lifted in February 1987.

[22] OOIL's predecessor, Orient Overseas (Holdings) Limited (OOHL), ceased to become a listed company in the same year.

[24] The listed company also sold the stake in Furness Withy and the Kwai Tsing Container Terminals during its restructuring.

[4] In April 2019, OOIL sold a container terminal in Long Beach to Macquarie Group for US$1.78 billion.

[29] In May 2019, Amnesty International was denied to lease Wall Street Plaza, an office building located in New York.