** Shares of Cosco Shipping Ports Ltd rise 1.9 pct after four straight sessions of declines

** Cosco Shipping Ports' vice-chairman and managing director says co plans to expand its container terminal in Abu Dhabi in the next three to five years with an investment of $200 mln as more Chinese firms set up in the emirate 

** Co's new container terminal at Abu Dhabi's Khalifa Port was inaugurated on Monday

** As of last close, stock had declined 9.2 pct this year

** Cosco Shipping Ports has underperformed the Hang Seng Commerce & Industry Index sector by 4.7 percentage points in the past month

(Reuters Messaging: donny.kwok.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)