MOL 'Tabletop Drill' prepares for serious marine incident

TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Junichiro Ikeda) recently announced that the company conducted a tabletop drill in cooperation with the 3rd Regional Coast Guard Headquarters, based on a scenario in which an LNG carrier managed by its group ship management company collided with another vessel in Tokyo Bay, leaving the vessel stranded with no steering and serious engine problems.

The drill was held on Wednesday, November 25, with the goal of strengthening the company's emergency response structure, which is based on the MOL Group Corporate Principles - protecting the environment by maintaining strict, safe operation and navigation standards.

The exercise was also designed to ensure swift reporting to concerned parties both inside and outside the company, setting up a response team, and ensuring the smooth, precise communications that are so critical in such a serious incident - in this case involving an MOL-operated vessel managed by its overseas ship management company.

The main participants included the 3rd Regional Coast Guard Headquarters, MOL executives, and relevant MOL divisions, which teamed up to organize an Emergency Control Headquarters, and the ship management company, MOL LNG Transport (Europe) Ltd.

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