M.O. Ship Management Opens Odessa Liaison Office
M.O. Ship Management (MOSM) a liaison office in Odessa, Ukraine, on July 1, pending government approval. Demand for both Ukrainian and Russian seafarers for assignment aboard MOSM and MOSM (Singapore) managed vessels is expected to keep growing in line with the fleet expansion set out in the MOL STEP Review. Opening of the liaison office in Odessa, the main source of Ukrainian seafarers, will help us recruit top-quality seafarers, brief and debrief them, and play a key role of maintaining the vessel safe operation.

Profile of Odessa Liaison Office
Address: 15 Dvoryaskaya St., 65023, Odessa, Ukraine
Tel: 380-48-728-1684
Fax: 380-48-728-1779
E-mail: matsumoto@mosm.odessa.ua
Cheif Resident Officer: Captain Izuru Matsumoto
Mitsui Kinkai Kisen Establishes Ship Management Corporation in Manila
At the opening ceremony, President Takeshi Yamamoto (second from right) and Managing Director Yoshihiro Toyosawa (far right)
Mitsui Kinkai Kisen established the ship management company called Philippine MT Shipmanagement Corp. in Manila, hosting the grand opening for 80 guests on August 1. The new company is located in Elmita, on the shores of Manila Bay.

The company got necessary licenses for ship management business on August 25, and then started ship management operation. Mitsui Kinkai Kisen has crew training centers in Qindao, China, and in Manila to train international licensed seafarers. Establishment of this subsidiary will further enhance ship management operations, and reducing costs.

Profile of Philippine MT Shipmanagement Corp.
Established: July 24, 2006
Location: Manila
MOLINDO Inaugurates Lampung Branch
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Indonesia opened a branch in Lampung, southern Sumatra, and started operation on September 1.

The state of Lampung has a population of about 7 million. Located on the southern tip of Sumatra Island, it serves as a hub linking Java and Sumatra. Panjang, its major port bustles with both cruise ships and cargo vessels, and handles a range of natural resources such as agricultural products, minerals, lumber, and fishery products.

The company positions Lampung as a key strategic market, and developed a structure to offer services throughout the country. This allows MOLINDO to respond effectively to diversified customer needs, strengthen its sales force, and pioneer new markets at the same time.

The Lampung Branch is MOLINDO's sixth, following Bandung, Surabaya, Semarang, Medan, and Palembang.
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Bright Future for Solar Power in Tokyo
MOL and International Container Terminal Co., Ltd. in Tokyo (TICT) decided to introduce a solar power generation system at the Ohi container terminal.

MOL and TICT see the Ohi container terminal as a model eco terminal, in line with the MOL Corporate Principles on protecting the environment. The solar power system will be introduced at Tokyo Bay's Ohi container wharf berths No.3 and 4, which we lease from the Tokyo Port Terminal Corporation, and are operated by TICT. This is the first large-scale solar power system installed at a container terminal in Japan, and it will have the highest capacity of any private solar power system in Tokyo.

The projected output of 185,000 kWh/year will help power terminal office operations - and save the energy equivalent of 45,000 liters of crude oil a year. That in turn will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 128 tons a year - the same amount that would be absorbed annually by a 36-hectare forest.

The system is one of the Field Test Project Programs on New Photovoltaic Power Generation Technology, implemented by the Japanese government's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO). Installation started in November and will be completed in January 2007. It will start producing power next April.

[ Outline of solar power generators ]
Location Tokyo International Container Terminal, berth No.4, roofs of gatehouse and container washing facility
Area 1,634.21m2
→ 1,200 solar panels (1,323mm x 1,004mm)
Generation capacity 200kW
→ The largest private solar power generation system in Tokyo
Annual output 185,000 kWh
→ Equal to about 60 households
→ Can supply about 20% of the terminal office's electricity needs.
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