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MOL chairman visits the Panama Canal

Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) chairman Koichi Muto toured the Panama Canal on 11 September.

Marcus Hand, Editor

September 16, 2015

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Muto met with Manuel E. Benitez H, deputy administrator of the Panama Canal Authority and presented a picture of the Kongoson Maru the first MOL-operated vessel to transit the canal 100 years ago.

The vessel began its voyage in Kobe on March 1915, and called at Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, and San Pedro to discharge general cargo. Then, it sailed to Chile to load cargo, after which it transited the canal before making calls at Norfolk and Philadelphia and returning to the canal.

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Marcus Hand

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Marcus Hand is the editor of Seatrade Maritime News and a dedicated maritime journalist with over two decades of experience covering the shipping industry in Asia.

Marcus is also an experienced industry commentator and has chaired many conferences and round tables. Before joining Seatrade at the beginning of 2010, Marcus worked for the shipping industry journal Lloyd's List for a decade and before that the Singapore Business Times covering shipping and aviation.

In November 2022, Marcus was announced as a member of the Board of Advisors to the Singapore Journal of Maritime Talent and Technology (SJMTT) to help bring together thought leadership around the key areas of talent and technology.

Marcus is the founder of the Seatrade Maritime Podcast that delivers commentary, opinions and conversations on shipping's most important topics.

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