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MOL has announced that the LNG carrier CESI Gladstone, which was ordered by the joint venture of China COSCO Shipping and SINOPEC has been named and delivered at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding.

K Line, MOL and NYK have planned to integrate their container shipping businesses including worldwide terminal operating businesses excluding Japan by setting a new joint venture company.

MOL views safe operation as a social commitment and gives it the highest of priorities in all of its business activities. As a result it has announced the launch of its biannual safety campaign to begin on October 15, targeting all MOL group-operated vessels.

MOL has announced that it was awarded the "The Best Practice Award of Seafarers Onboard Safety. MLIT 2016" that honors initiatives by shipowners and other concerned parties to prevent work-related injuries among mariners serving on Japanese merchant ships.

MOL has announced that its group's core dry-cargo ship management company, MOLSHIP, has jointly developed with Spectral Technologies, a new onboard management software program called "WRH5" used to manage crews' work and rest hours.

MOL has announced the delivery of the 50,000 DWT methanol carrier Manchac Sun at Minaminippon Shipbuilding. The vessel stands as a cutting-edge "eco-ship" as one of the first series of the vessels equipped with 2-stroke dual-fueled low-rev main engine capable of running on methanol which is a biodegradable clean burning marine fuel.

MOL has announced that it has been selected again as a component of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indice Asia Pacific for 14 consecutive years since 2003. This month, S&P Dow Jones Indices and RobecoSAM announced their selections for the DJSI after a thorough assessment process.

MOL recently announced that the third session of the MOL Global Management College program has started. The college will begin its four-month program with 20 participants from nine countries.

MOL has announced that the company and its subsidiary MOL Information Systems, Ltd. have signed a contract with Yokohama National University in order to conduct a joint study on the analysis and use of big data related to ocean shipping.

MOL announced that the company has earned recognition from the ports of both Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, for its efforts to ensure compliance with standards that call for vessels to slow down within 40 nautical miles of the shore.