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September 15, 2012

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MOL Receives EVO’s Top Award for Container Service

News Release Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (Head Office) September 15, 2012
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 7.55pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">TOKYO&#8212;Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.
(MOL; President: Koichi Muto) today announced that the company received the
&#8220;Best Performing Container Liner Shipping Company&#8221; award sponsored by
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Eigen Verladers
Organisatie</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
(EVO)<SUP>(Note) </SUP>of the Netherlands.</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 7.55pt" class=MsoNormal
align=left><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The award was based
on a joint assessment by EVO and </SPAN><SPAN class=st1><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Erasmus University Rotterdam in the
Netherlands, evaluating containership companies on 21 items </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">such as; reliability of delivery
times, the value and the transparency of prices charged, slot availability and
accuracy of the documents. MOL received high assessments in all evaluation items
and was selected as the best shipping company.</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 7.55pt" class=MsoNormal
align=left><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">On September 10,
representatives from EVO member companies, and others from the Ports and Harbor
Bureau, attended the ceremony which was held at the EVO headquarters in
Zoetermeer, the Netherlands. MOL Executive Officer Toshiya Konishi attended the
event and received the award on behalf of the company. </SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 7.55pt" class=MsoNormal
align=left><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Encouraged by this
award, MOL continually strives to improve customer services.</SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">(Note): </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Eigen Verladers
Organisatie</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">
(EVO)</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"
class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">Non-profit organization based in the
Netherlands, comprising some 20,000 corporate members such as major
manufacturers and logistics companies in the Netherlands.</SPAN></P>
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align=left><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">For further information, please
contact:</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 8.15pt" class=MsoNormal
align=left><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Tomoyuki Suzuki,
Senior Vice President</SPAN></P>
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Administration</SPAN></P>
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align=left><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">MOL Liner
Ltd.</SPAN></P>
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