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MOL Unveils Exhibition Content for Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan 'Future City'

August 29, 2024

TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto) on Wednesday, August 28, offered the media and the public a preview of its exhibit at the Future Society Showcase projects (Note 1), part of the "Future Life Expo: "Future City" at the 2025 World Exposition ("Expo 2025 Osaka,Kansai, Japan").

(Media presentation)

In the "Transportation and Mobility" zone of the "Future Society Showcase" pavilion, MOL will exhibit its next-generation zero-emission vessel "Wind Hunter" (Note 2), which produces and transports hydrogen by capturing wind, the ultimate natural energy source, under the exhibition concept of "WIND VISION." Combining the large, movable model with an original video on a large screen, it expresses the "wind," the movement generated by the vessel that underlies everyday life, industry, energy, and social change.
[Perspective image] The actual exhibition will show the latest Wind Hunter model with greater realism.

(The booth will be jointly operated by MOL and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. as the "Transportation and Mobility" zone, and the space design is integrated. On the right is MOL's exhibit)

The exhibition is composed of a visitor-participation type experience, various videos, and special effects, in cooperation with Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Note 3) Through hands-on exhibits unique to the Expo, visitors will experience the possibilities of new mobility that overturn conventional concepts and common sense of "vessel" and "marine transport," and it will draw visitors' interest in the oceans and the global environment as a whole and provide an opportunity to co-create the future.

[Expo 2025 Osaka,Kansai, Japan Outline of MOL's Exhibit]
* Dates: Sunday, April 13, 2025 – Monday/Holiday, October 13, 2025
* Exhibit Zone: "Future Society Showcase" pavilion, the "Transportation and Mobility" zone

(The Future City Pavilion Exterior)
(The Future City venue floor plan)

* Exhibition concept 'WIND VISION'

* Exhibition teaser video: Click on the image to view the exhibition concept video

* Exhibition content

(1) "Wind Vision attraction": A model of the Wind Hunter more than 3m in length x 2m in height is placed, and the sails expand, contract, and rotate according to the wind generated by visitors facing the model. This is a visitor-participation attraction that allows visitors to learn about the mechanism of using the wind to navigate, produce, and supply hydrogen in a fun and intuitive way by linking images on a large screen with the model.

(2) Various original videos: Five themed videos will be aired on a large screen, each with a completely different direction. These videos will provide easy-to-understand information on the current and future roles of vessels in marine transport, and the evolution and possibilities of people and vessels.

(3) Collaboration with Kawasaki Heavy Industries: Several times a day, special presentations will be held using the Kawasaki Heavy Industries and MOL exhibition areas and screens in an integrated manner. These will show how hydrogen produced and transported by the Wind Hunter is supplied to and used by Kawasaki Heavy Industries' hydrogen mobility. Visitors can experience the dynamic hydrogen supply chain depicted by the two companies through powerful visuals and staging.

* Contents of the exhibition are subject to change without notice.

In August 2023, the MOL Group announced its sponsorship of the Expo 2025 Osaka-Kansai. The group has positioned environmental strategy as one of the key elements of its "BLUE ACTION 2035" management plan and will pursue initiatives to achieve net zero GHG emissions by 2050 and realize the sustainable development of people, society, and the Earth.

(Note 1) "Future City" is the key project of the "Future Society Showcase," a joint exhibition project by the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition and 12 sponsoring companies and organizations, and one of the largest pavilions at the Expo 2025 Osaka-Kansai. The showcase includes the "Future Experience with 15 attractions." Please refer to the following press release for details.
July 17, 2024: Future Society Showcase Projects, Future Life Expo: "Future City"
August 28, 2024: Future Society Showcase Projects, Future Life Expo: “Future City” Announcement of Pavilion Exhibition Content Presentation (Individual Exhibition)

(Note 2) This project aims to achieve complete zero GHG emissions by adopting the technology of the Wind Challenger, a hard sail wind propulsion system, and the know-how of the Wind Hunter, a green hydrogen production vessel that can create, store, and transport hydrogen while sailing under offshore wind power.
WIND HUNTER Project - Shape the future with the wind and hydrogen

(Note 3) Kawasaki Heavy Industries website: https://www.khi.co.jp/expo2025/index_en.html

MOL Group 5 Sustainability Issues
MOL Group identifies "Sustainability Issues" (Materiality) as our key issues for sustainable growth with society through realization of the Group Vision.
We anticipate this initiative to contribute especially to the realization of "Safety & Value -Provide added value through safe transportation and our social infrastructure business-", "Environment -Conservation for Marine and global environment-," "Human & Community -Contributing to the growth and development of people and communities-" and "Innovation -Innovation for development in marine technology-."