Mol Enterprise container ship, June 2004.

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (株式会社商船三井, Kabushiki Gaisha Shōsen Mitsui) TYO: 9104 is a Japanese transport company whose main area of operations is international shipping. Its alligator logo can be seen on containers in ports around the world. Rear-view of Mol Enterprise cargo ship leaving San Pedro Harbor San Pedro, California, United States Taken by Eric Shalov. ... Rear-view of Mol Enterprise cargo ship leaving San Pedro Harbor San Pedro, California, United States Taken by Eric Shalov. ... Container ship Rita being loaded at Copenhagen; note crew standing on deck, and stacks of containers on shore. ... It has been designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) 2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety (by World Health Organization) Year of the Monkey (by the Chinese calendar) See the world in... The Tokyo Stock Exchange (東京証券取引所 Tōkyō Shōken Torihikijo, abbreviated TSE) is the worlds second-largest stock exchange market. ... A company is, in general, any group of persons, which are known as its members, united to pursue a common interest. ... The Panama canal. ... Species Alligator mississippiensis Alligator sinensis Alligator in Louisiana An Alligator swimming at periscope depth An alligator is a crocodilian in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae. ... A logotype (from the Greek λογότυπο), commonly known as a logo, is the graphic element of a trademark or brand, which is set in a special typeface and/or font, or arranged in a particular, but legible, way. ... Seaport, a painting by Claude Lorrain, 1638 The Port of Wellington at night. ...

Founded as a key part of the Mitsui zaibatsu (family-owned conglomerate) during the early industrialization of Japan, the company is now independent of the zaibatsu, but remains part of the Mitsui keiretsu (group of aligned companies). Mitsui (三井) is one of the largest corporate conglomerates (Keiretsu) in Japan and one of the largest publicly traded companies in the world. ... Zaibatsu (Japanese: 財閥, lit. ... A conglomerate is a large company that consists of divisions of often seemingly unrelated businesses. ... A keiretsu is a set of companies with interlocking business relationships and shareholdings. ...

Many heads of this company have wielded considerable power in Japan and abroad. One of the latest is Masaharu Ikuta, who has been appointed to head the newly privatized Japan Post. Masaharu Ikuta (生田正治, January 19, 1935-) is Japanese businessman from Kobe, Hyogo. ... Privatization (sometimes privatisation, denationalization, or, especially in India, disinvestment) is the process of transferring property from public ownership to private ownership and/or transferring the management of a service or activity from the government to the private sector. ... Logo Japan Post (日本郵政公社, Nippon YÅ«sei Kōsha) is a public corporation in Japan offering postal and package delivery services, banking services, and life insurance. ...

External links

• Mitsui O.S.K. Lines web site