MOL Distribute Relief Goods to Sendong Victims

Training Ship Spirit of MOL arrived on the eve of the New Year in Cagayan de Oro port loaded with tons of relief goods for the victims of Typhoon “Sendong” in close coordination with the office of Congressman Rufus Rodriguez of 2nd District and Abante Mindanao Congressman Maxie Rodriguez.

T/S Spirit of MOL , a 114 meter foreign vessel and an exclusive training ship of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., of Tokyo, Japan provides assistance on requests by the Philippine government by carrying relief goods and conduct recovery efforts through the Philippine Coast Guard and DSWD.

While in Cagayan de Oro, representatives of MOL in the Philippines led by Captain Joel Y. Abutal , General Manager of MOL Training Center, Captain Ayumu Kurihara, General Manager of T/S Spirit of MOL distributed relief goods to evacuation centers in Nazareth Elementary School and at the Tent City in Agusan Elementary School as part of the company’s USD 30,000 donation to victims of flooding.

Additionally, Cadets from India, Indonesia and Philippines participated in the clean up of Balulang elementary school to ensure classrooms will be available on the coming opening of classes this week.

The office of Congressmen Rufus Rodriguez and Maxie Rodriguez expressed their appreciations to the officers and cadets MOL in a luncheon tendered for of the Officers and Cadets of MOL who participated in the relief and recovery efforts.

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. (MOL) , is the world’s largest shipping company. Its roots have been going back more than a century, with the merging of two leading Japanese Companies – Mitsui Steamship Co. Ltd. and Osaka Shosen Kaisha (O.S.K.) Lines in 1964.

These companies, being the pioneers in Japanese shipping, were innovative from the start with Japan’s first steel-hulled freighter, first fully automated cargo ship, the list goes on and on. After the merger, MOL continued this tradition in such fields as container shipping, transport of liquefied gasses, and total logistics – multimodal shipping encompassing sea, air and land transportation.

Today, MOL is a leader in the transportation of containerized and bulk cargoes of all kinds. Its modern fleet totals about 850 vessels with an aggregate of 25 million deadweight tons. These ships ply 40 routes that circle the globe, linking some 300 ports in over 100 nations.

While strengthening their firm base in maritime shipping MOL has, in recent years, diversified into related fields including warehousing, distribution, freight forwarding, ship brokering, ship agency, insurance and port harbor transportation. MOL continues to explore new frontiers in the shipping industry maintaining its pioneering and innovative tradition thereby ensuring safety, protection of the marine environment and efficiency in the carriage of goods by sea.