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Tuesday, May 30, 2017
MOL: Containership ‘Windshield’ Achieves 2% Emissions Savings
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MOL: Containership ‘Windshield’ Achieves 2% Emissions Savings

Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines says it has confirmed an average 2% reduction in overall carbon dioxide emissions in live tests of its

May 30, 2017
Total Views: 108

Tuesday, May 23, 2017
MOL to Build Japan’s First LNG-Powered Tug
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MOL to Build Japan’s First LNG-Powered Tug

Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines announced it plans to build the first LNG-powered tugboat in Japan. The new tug will be built at Kanagawa

May 23, 2017
Total Views: 24

Tuesday, March 28, 2017
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MOL Triumph Delivered: Introducing the World’s First 20,000 TEU Containership

Japanese container shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has taken delivery of the MOL Triumph, the new ‘world’s biggest containership’

March 28, 2017
Total Views: 383

Tuesday, January 31, 2017
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Japan’s Top Shipping Lines Trim Loss Estimates

TOKYO, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Japan’s top three shippers, Nippon Yusen KK (NYK), Mitsui OSK and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha pared their full-year loss

January 31, 2017
Total Views: 63

Sunday, October 30, 2016
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Japanese Shipping Companies to Merge Container Operations

By Chris Cooper and Kiyotaka Matsuda (Bloomberg) — Nippon Yusen KK, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd., Japan’s three largest

October 30, 2016
Total Views: 107

Friday, April 8, 2016
MOL Unveils Energy-Saving Rounded Bow for its Next-Generation Car Carriers
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MOL Unveils Energy-Saving Rounded Bow for its Next-Generation Car Carriers

Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has revealed the hull design for its next-generation car carrier with a rounded bow said to reduce wind

April 8, 2016
Total Views: 93

Thursday, September 3, 2015
MOL Testing New Containership ‘Windshield’
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MOL Testing New Containership ‘Windshield’

  Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has started testing a new containership ‘windshield’ technology that it hopes will help cut wind resistance,

September 3, 2015
Total Views: 201

Tuesday, August 18, 2015
MOL Second to Settle Car Carrier Price-Fixing Lawsuit
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MOL Second to Settle Car Carrier Price-Fixing Lawsuit

Japanese shipping giant Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, also known as MOL, has settled a major class-action antitrust lawsuit filed by individual consumers and auto,

August 18, 2015
Total Views: 40

Monday, May 18, 2015
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Maersk Line Enters New Vessel Sharing Agreement with MSC and MOL

Maersk Line announced today it has entered into Vessel Sharing Agreement (VSA) with Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and Mitsui O.S.K Lines (MOL) on the

May 18, 2015
Total Views: 71

Thursday, April 23, 2015
MOL Orders ‘Next-Generation’ Car Carriers
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MOL Orders ‘Next-Generation’ Car Carriers

Tokyo-based Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) says it has signed a newbuilding contract for what the company describes as next generation car carriers. The contract

April 23, 2015
Total Views: 113

Monday, March 2, 2015
MOL Orders Record-Breaking 20,150 TEU Capacity Containerships
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MOL Orders Record-Breaking 20,150 TEU Capacity Containerships

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has entered into a contract with Samsung Heavy Industries for the construction of four 20,150 TEU capacity Ultra Large Container

March 2, 2015
Total Views: 74

Monday, February 16, 2015
MOL Containership Suffers Fire at Port of Oakland
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MOL Containership Suffers Fire at Port of Oakland

Firefighters in Oakland battled a two-alarm blaze in the superstructure of a cargo ship berthed at the Port of Oakland on Sunday evening. The fire was reported

February 16, 2015
Total Views: 89

Thursday, February 12, 2015
E.ON Signs 20-Year LNG Shipping Deal with MOL, Newbuild Order Placed
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E.ON Signs 20-Year LNG Shipping Deal with MOL, Newbuild Order Placed

EGC SE, the energy trading arm of gas and power company E.ON signed a 20-year agreement with Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K Line (MOL) for their role

February 12, 2015
Total Views: 62

Monday, January 12, 2015
MOL Containership Aground in Japan
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MOL Containership Aground in Japan

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines reports that the MOL-operated containership, MOL Express, has run aground in eastern

January 12, 2015
Total Views: 74

Thursday, December 4, 2014
MOL Coal Carrier Named ‘Bulk Ship of the Year’
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MOL Coal Carrier Named ‘Bulk Ship of the Year’

The new ECO coal carrier MV Soma Maru has been named the "Bulk Ship of the Year" at the International Bulk Journal Awards 2014 held in Rotterdam last

December 4, 2014
Total Views: 156

Thursday, August 14, 2014
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Japanese Ductile Steel Technology Incorporated Into New MOL Bulker

Japanese engineers have introduced new technology to the shipbuilding industry in the form of “highly ductile steel plate” on board a newly

August 14, 2014
Total Views: 108

Wednesday, July 9, 2014
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MOL Confirms Order for Icebreaking LNG Carriers to Ply Arctic Shipping Route

MOL and China Shipping (Group) Company confirmed today an order for three icebreaking-capable LNG carriers from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering

July 9, 2014
Total Views: 90

Thursday, April 24, 2014
China Releases Japanese Ship Held Over WWII-Era Dispute
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China Releases Japanese Ship Held Over WWII-Era Dispute

By Chris Cooper and Kiyotaka Matsuda April 24 (Bloomberg) — A Chinese court released a Japanese ship owned by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. after the cargo

April 24, 2014
Total Views: 32

Wednesday, April 23, 2014
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Yamal LNG to Order 16 New Gas Carriers – Report

MOSCOW, April 23 (Reuters) – The Yamal LNG project in Russia’s Arctic has chosen Russian Sovcomflot, Japan’s Mitsui OSK and Canada’s

April 23, 2014
Total Views: 66

Monday, April 21, 2014
Chinese Court Seizes MOL Ore Carrier Over 1930’s Dispute
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Chinese Court Seizes MOL Ore Carrier Over 1930’s Dispute

A Shanghai court ordered the seizure of a Japanese iron ore carrier from Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd. as compensation for the loss of two ships leased from a Chinese

April 21, 2014
Total Views: 41