Mitsui O.S.K. Lines

The Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.. (Japanese株式会社 商船 三井Kabushiki - gaisha Shosen Mitsui; MOL), listed on the Nikkei 225, ISIN JP3362700001, is one of the largest shipping companies in the world, headquartered in Tokyo ( Japan). More than 120 years, established as part of the Mitsui zaibatsu ( conglomerate owned by the family ), the company is now an independent part of the Mitsui keiretsu ( corporate group).

In 1964 the merger of Mitsui Lines and Osaka Shosen Kaisha for Mitsui OSK Line ( MOL).

MOL and its subsidiaries have a combined fleet of more than 700 ships, which includes, inter alia, container ships, bulk carriers, car transporters, cruise ships, ferries and tugs. MOL to offer are also a logistics and a port operating company.

In Japan, MOL operates an extensive network of ferry lines that connect all major ports in the country together. In the area of ​​container shipping MOL is one of the 20 largest shipping companies in the world, serving with their ships many lines, especially in East Asia, Europe and the American West Coast. Together with the shipping lines APL / NOL ( Singapore) and Hyundai Merchant Marine ( South Korea) forms MOL consortium The New World Alliance ( TNWA ).

In Germany MOL has offices in Bremen, Dusseldorf, Hamburg and Stuttgart.