Description

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd., a global maritime transportation firm headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and founded in 1884, structures its extensive operations across Dry Bulk, Energy Transport, Product Transport, and various Associated Businesses. The company commands a vast and diverse fleet, including dry bulk carriers for commodities like iron ore, coal, grain, and steel products; a range of tankers for crude oil, refined petroleum (such as gas oils, naphtha, and gasoline), chemicals, methanol, and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). Its vessels also encompass car carriers for passenger vehicles and construction machinery, containerships, as well as ferries and coastal RoRo ships. Beyond vessel operations, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines manages container terminals, floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs), and floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) systems. Its comprehensive logistics services include air and ocean freight forwarding, trucking, customs clearance, warehousing, inspection, heavyweight and oversized cargo transport, and buyers' consolidation. Additionally, the company maintains interests in a variety of ancillary maritime activities such as tugboat operations, land transport, maritime consulting, travel, office building leasing, property management, finance, trading, insurance, ICT systems, temporary staffing, oil stockpile project support, and nautical chart services. As of March 31, 2021, its impressive fleet tallied 268 dry bulkers; 280 tankers, LNG carriers, and steaming coal carriers; 60 containerships; a single cruise ship; 170 product transport vessels; and 2 other vessels.