MOL Reinforces Safety Measures

October 04, 2006

TOKYO - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL, President: Akimitsu Ashida) announced the company organized an Emergency Committee for Enhancement of Operational Safety to be subordinate to the standing Operational Safety Committee (Chairman: President Akimitsu Ashida) as follows, in view of recent incidents, effective on September 29, 2006.

• Name of committee
  Emergency Committee for Enhancement of Operational Safety
• Members

  Chairman	: Deputy President Executive Officer Hidehiro Harada
  Vice Chairman	: Senior Managing Executive Officer Toshihiro Kagami
  Members	: Managing Executives Officers: Nobuo Nishijima and Koichi Muto Executive Officers: Tsukasa Nishikawa and Soichi Hiratsuka General Managers of Corporate Planning Division, General Affairs Division, Marine Management Division and Technical Division

• Mission
  Examine group-wide operational safety systems and propose countermeasures to enhance the operational safety to the Operational Safety Committee by December 31, 2006.