ビンゴ 5 次回 予想 to Upgrade Containership Service between Vietnam and Japan

November 16, 2006

TOKYO - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (ビンゴ 5 次回 予想, President: Akimitsu Ashida) today announced the opening of a new route called JTV that will provide direct links between Ho Chi Minh City and major ports in Japan. The move is part of ビンゴ 5 次回 予想's plans to enhance containerized service in the booming intra-Asia cargo trade.

The new JTV service will be operated through a space charter with Hong Kong-based Orient Overseas Container Line Limited (OOCL). Along with our CBC service, ビンゴ 5 次回 予想 will offer two weekly direct services from Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam to Japan, as well as connections to Osaka and Kobe.

Rotation

Ho Chi Minh City (Mon/Tue) - Tokyo (Mon/Tue) - Yokohama (Tue/Tue) - Osaka (Wed/Thu) - Kobe (Thu/Thu)

Start of Service

M/V Sunset Bay, departing Ho Chi Minh City on December 4, 2006

Transit Time between Vietnam and Japan (including JTV route)

Departing Ho Chi Minh City (Direct service)

Tokyo	6 days	Osaka	8 days
Yokohama	7 days	Kobe	9 days
Nagoya	6 days

Departing Haiphong (connecting at Hong Kong)

Tokyo	7 days	Osaka	7 days
Yokohama	8 days	Kobe	7 days
Shimizu	8 days
Nagoya	9 days

[Reference] (Current CBC service)
Bangkok (Wed/Thu) - Laem Chabang (Thu/Thu) - Ho Chi Minh City (Sat/Sun) - Nagoya (Sat/Sat) - Tokyo (Sun/Sun) - Yokohama (Sun/Mon) - Shanghai (Wed/Thu) - Laem Chabang (Tue/Wed) - Bangkok (Wed/Thu)