History
MOL (Mitsui O.S.K. Lines) was founded in 1964 following the merger of Osaka Shosen Kaisha (OSK) (大阪商船株式会社, Osaka Shōsen Kabushiki-gaisha?) and Mitsui Steamship Co., Ltd., formerly Mitsui Line, under the Law Concerning the Reconstruction and Reorganization of the Shipping Industry. At that time the company was the largest shipping company in Japan, capitalized at ¥13.1 billion, with 83 vessels aggregating 1,237 thousand metric tons deadweight (DWT).
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