Mitsui O.S.K. Lines
MOL (Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.) (Kabushiki-gaisha ShÅsen Mitsui) is a Japanese transport company headquartered in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The company's main area of operations is international shipping. Its alligator logo can be seen on containers in ports around the world.
Founded as a key part of the Mitsui zaibatsu (family-owned conglomerate) during the early industrialization of Japan, the company is now independent of the zaibatsu, but remains part of the Mitsui keiretsu (group of aligned companies).
Many heads of this company have wielded considerable power in Japan and abroad. One of the latest is Masaharu Ikuta, who has been appointed to head the newly privatized Japan Post.
Read more about Mitsui O.S.K. Lines: History, Mitsui-OSK Merger, Principal Subsidiaries
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