Mitsui O.S.K. Lines

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (株式会社 商船三井) 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.

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).

Many heads of this company have wielded considerable power in Japan and abroad. One of the latest is Masaharu Ikuta, who has been apointed to head the newly privatized Japan Post.

See also

• List of Japanese companies

External links

• Mitsui O.S.K. Lines web site