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MOL to Build Logistic Center on Kobe's Port Island
- Establishing Warehouses for Dangerous Goods as Part of Initiatives to Strengthen Chemical Product Logistics Services -
November 05, 2024
TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto) today announced its decision to construct a logistics center, including two warehouses for dangerous goods and one warehouse for general cargo, on a site it owns on Port Island in the Port of Kobe.
The MOL Group's management plan "BLUE ACTION 2035" positions the transformation of the group's business portfolio to ensure profitability even during shipping recessions as a major growth strategy by increasing the weight of non-shipping, stable-profit businesses that offset the volatility of the shipping market. Investment in logistics in the real property business is part of this initiative.
Another strategic move aimed at fueling new growth, the group is strengthening its initiatives in total logistics for chemical products. The new center will be operated by MOL Group company Japan Express Co., Ltd. (President: Shoji Okamoto; Head Office: Kobe-shi, Hyogo Prefecture), which has an import/export cargo freight business based at the Port of Kobe and an especially strong presence in the import/export cargo freight service of dangerous cargo. This will allow MOL to add two new dangerous goods warehouses on Port Island by the spring of 2026, in addition to the warehouse it currently operates (Note 1) in Uozaki, near Rokko Island, providing customers with convenient and competitive logistics services.
For more than 100 years (Note 2), MOL has positioned the Port of Kobe as a key base for its domestic business, and today the company continues to develop its port, logistics, tugboat, and real property businesses widely, mainly through group companies. In July last year, MOL decided on a policy to expand the Kobe International Container Terminal, which it operates (Note 3). With the construction of this logistics center, MOL will offer stress-free service to its customers and contribute to the further development of the Port of Kobe.
[Outline of Logistics Center]
| Location | 6-1 Minatojima, Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo Prefecture | |
| Structure | 1 warehouse for general cargo (steel-framed, three-story building) |
2 warehouses for dangerous goods (steel framed, one-story) |
| Floor area | About 12,000m2 | About 2,000m2 |
| Cargo | Export and import cargo | export and import cargo (Dangerous goods under the Fire Service Law) |
| BCP measures | All warehouses are built on high floors (to protect cargo from storm surges) and equipped with emergency power generation facilities | |
| Opening | Spring 2026 (scheduled) | |
[Location]
(Note 1) Outline of Japan Express Uozaki Warehouse
| Location | 3-2 Uozakihama-cho, Higashinada-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo |
| Floor area | 1,300m2 |
| Cargo | Import/export cargo (dangerous goods under the Fire Service Law) |
(Note 2) For details, please refer to the following press release.
April 20, 2022: Kobe Shosen Mitsui Building Celebrates Centennial Anniversary of Its Completion | Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (mol.co.jp/en)
(Note 3) For details, please refer to the following press release.
July 26, 2023: Three Companies to Expand Container Terminal in Kobe
- Signs MoU with Kobe-Osaka International Port and 'K' Line - | Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (mol.co.jp/en)
* Please refer to the Japan Express press release on the following website.
JAPAN EXPRESS (japan-express.co.jp)
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-".
