| Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (TSE: 9104) is one of the world's largest shipping companies, with a strategically balanced portfolio of services including containerships, dry bulkers, car carriers, tankers and LNG carriers. It was formed by mergers of Mitsui Steamship Company with O.S.K. Line in 1964 and with Navix Line in 1999 and as such can claim a pedigree stretching back more than a century to the origins of Japanese shipping. Bulkships accounted for 50% of fiscal 2005 revenues; containerships, 36%; logistics, 5%; ferry and domestic transport, 3%; associated businesses, 6% and others. Four consecutive years of record net income, including net income of EUR 796 million in FY2005 under adverse conditions, prove that the company's strategy and model for sustainable growth work. For further information, please visit the Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. home page at www.mol.co.jp. |
