Who owns MOL?
MOL, a travel brand, is owned by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (Japan, TSE: 9104).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: MOL Investor Guidebook 2026, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Category
- Travel & transport › Container & bulk shipping
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 9104
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About MOL
MOL is the shipping brand of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, whose 2026 investor guidebook lists its fleet by segment, including car carriers, tankers and bulkers, ferries and cruise ships. Its container line business was merged into Ocean Network Express, in which MOL holds 31 percent.
Ownership timeline of MOL
Where MOL sits in MOL
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands in container & bulk shipping, and who owns them
The 78 brands in container & bulk shipping on Brandtree belong to 76 owners. The largest is Bahri, with 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bahri Dry Bulk | Bahri | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia |
| Klaveness Combination Carriers | Klaveness | 🇳🇴 Norway |
| Navig8 | ADNOC L&S | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates |
| Ardmore Shipping | Ardmore Shipping | 🇧🇲 Bermuda |
| ESL Shipping | Aspo | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| Awilco LNG | Awilco LNG | 🇳🇴 Norway |
| BW LPG | BW LPG | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
| C3is | C3is | 🇬🇷 Greece |
About the owner: MOL
MOL is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Brandtree records 1 brand under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 9104.
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines is a Tokyo shipping group whose 2026 investor guidebook gives its head office as 2-1-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, and says its shares are listed on the TSE Prime Market. The guidebook organises its business into dry bulk, energy, chemical logistics, product transport and wellbeing lifestyle segments, and shows it holding 31 percent of the container line Ocean Network Express, alongside NYK 38 percent and K Line 31 percent.
🇯🇵 MOL and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 437 brands that began in Japan. 21 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; MOL is not one of them.
- "K" Line — K Line 🇯🇵
- AIRDO — RegionalPlus Wings 🇯🇵
- AIT — AIT 🇯🇵
- ANA — ANA Holdings 🇯🇵
- AZ-COM Maruwa — AZ-COM Maruwa 🇯🇵
- Amakusa Airlines — Amakusa Airlines 🇯🇵
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of MOL?
The parent company of MOL is Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd., a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is MOL Japanese?
Yes. MOL originated in Japan and its owner, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd., is also headquartered in Japan.
Is MOL still owned by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.?
Yes. As of 5 October 2026, MOL is still owned by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] MOL Investor Guidebook 2026 — Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd., Official document; retrieved 5 October 2026.
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