Organization / History

On April 1, 2021, the small- and medium-sized bulk carrier, wood chip carrier, and Panamax businesses (excluding services for steel manufacturers and domestic electric power companies) of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. were integrated with Mitsui O.S.K. Kinkai, Ltd. in the form of a business and organizational integration, as part of the internal reorganization of the MOL Group regarding the Dry Bulk business of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines. As a result, Mitsui O.S.K. Kinkai, Ltd. was renamed MOL Drybulk Ltd.

• October 1964

  Japan Kinkai, Ltd. is established.

• October 1966

  Mon Lines, Ltd. is established.

• November 1968

  Y.S.Nearseas Line Co., Ltd. is established.

• March 1972

  Fuji Steamship Co., Ltd. is established.

• October 1990

  Mon Lines, Ltd. and Fuji Steamship Co., Ltd. are merged to form a new company, M.O. Seaways, Ltd.

• July 1996

  Japan Kinkai, Ltd. and Y.S.Nearseas Line Co., Ltd. are merged to form a new company, Navix Kinkai, Ltd.

• July 2001

  Mitsui O.S.K. Kinkai, Ltd. is established through the business integration of M.O. Seaways, Ltd. and Navix Kinkai, Ltd.

• April 2021

  Small- and medium-sized bulk carrier, wood chip carrier, and Panamax businesses of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. are integrated with Mitsui O.S.K. Kinkai, Ltd. in the form of business and organizational integration, and as a result, Mitsui O.S.K. Kinkai, Ltd. is renamed MOL Drybulk Ltd.