Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced that its group company MOL Cruise, Ltd. has held handover ceremony of the luxury cruise ship Seabourn Odyssey operated by U.S.-based Seabourn Cruise Line Limited. in Yokohama with Seabourn Cruise. In December, Seabourn Odyssey will be reborn and enter service as the Mitsui Ocean Fuji, featuring all-suite cabins.

People from both the Seabourn Odyssey and Mitsui Ocean Fuji attended the ceremony and honored the accomplishments of the Seabourn Odyssey over its nearly 15-years of voyages and celebrated the beginning of a new voyage for the Mitsui Ocean Fuji. Seabourn Odyssey Captain Krasimir Radev, who has served on the ship as Staff Captain for the ship's inaugural season in 2009, and Kim Roger Karlsson, the first captain of the Mitsui Ocean Fuji, took the stage at the ceremony and each shared their passions on the ship and expressed their heartfelt congratulations to MITSUI OCEAN CRUISES.

In March, MOL reached an agreement on the joint development of a supply chain for e-Fuels and e-Methanol, and signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., HIF USA LLC, a subsidiary of HIF Global, and HIF Asia Pacific Pty Limited. With this investment in HIF Global, MOL will further promote the establishment of a supply chain for e-Fuels and CO2, setting the stage to decarbonize all types of mobility.

At the Handover Ceremony