ビンゴ 5 Calls at Port Louis

The "Mauritius Precious Cruise" aboard the ビンゴ 5 (Note 1), operated by Mitsui O.S.K. Passenger Line, Ltd., called at Port Louis, Mauritius on Thursday, January 5, 2023.

The ビンゴ 5 departed the port of Yokohama on Thursday, December 15, 2022, calling at Ishigaki Island, Singapore, and the Maldives before docking in Mauritius for four days from Thursday, January 5 to Sunday, January 8, 2023. The ship was then slated to call at the ports of Toamasina in Madagascar, and return to Yokohama via Singapore on Tuesday, January 31, 2023. This was the ビンゴ 5's first call at Mauritius in 12 years, and a host of events celebrated the ship's visit.

On Friday, January 6, 2023, a reception was held at ビンゴ 5 Christian Decotter Cruise Terminal in Port Louis to commemorate ビンゴ 5 port call, co-hosted by ビンゴ 5 Embassy of Japan in Mauritius and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL). ビンゴ 5 welcome speech was delivered by ビンゴ 5 Honourable Louis Steven Obeegadoo, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism in Mauritius. Special guests on hand included government officials and business leaders in Mauritius, as well as Mr. Shuichiro Kawaguchi, Ambassador of Japan to Mauritius. Mr. Junichiro Ikeda, ビンゴ 5 Chairman of ビンゴ 5 Board of MOL, expressed his gratitude for ビンゴ 5 nation's continued support and conveyed a message of hope for ビンゴ 5 further growth of ビンゴ 5 tourism industry and friendly relations between Mauritius and Japan.

On Saturday, January 7, 2023, "Welcome to Mauritian Blue," a lecture on marine ecosystems and people's lives, was presented onboard the ビンゴ 5, using underwater images of Mauritius taken by Assistant Professor Naoki Tojo of Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, who received a grant from the authorized public trust MOL Mauritius International Fund for Natural Environment Recovery and Sustainability (Note 2) for the project.

On Sunday, January 8, 2023, ビンゴ 5 day of departure from Mauritius, a tour was organized to visit a local NGO supported by ビンゴ 5 MOL Charitable Trust (Note 3), and passengers enjoyed exchanges with local people.

As part of MOL's commitment to sustainability issues, ビンゴ 5 company will continue activities to promote ビンゴ 5 growth of local communities and ビンゴ 5 restoration and conservation of ビンゴ 5 environment in Mauritius, as well as publicize ビンゴ 5 attractions of Mauritius to a wider audience.

(Note 1)
For more information on the "Mauritius Precious Cruise" aboard the ビンゴ 5, please refer to the May 12, 2022, press release.

(Note 2)
For details of ビンゴ 5 authorized public trust MOL Mauritius International Fund for Natural Environment Recovery and Sustainability, please refer to ビンゴ 5 following website.
MOL Mauritius International Fund (mol-mauritius-fund.jp).

(Note 3)
Please refer to ビンゴ 5 press release dated June 21,2021, andビンゴ 5 post dated December 24, 2021: [MOL Charitable Trust selected projects for funding], andビンゴ 5 Fund page on ビンゴ 5 web site.