July 01, 2010
TOKYO - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL; President Koichi Muto) today announced the creation of a new consortium with Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha ("K"Line) and Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) to upgrade Asia- Mexico and West Coast South America (WCSA) container service.
MOL has been offering Asia - Mexico and WCSA service (CWL) jointly with "K" Line and will launch the upgraded Asia- Mexico and WCSA service along with a new partner, NYK.
The new service will offer two loops covering Mexico/Ecuador/Colombia and Mexico/Peru/Chile, respectively. The companies will also deploy larger vessels to the service to meet growing demand in Asia- Mexico and WCSA trade.
MOL will meet a broad range of customer needs by continually offering high-quality, reliable service to this expanding trade.