Shoe Carnival finds MOL a good fit

Shoe Carnival finds MOL a good fit Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd said that Shoe Carnival Inc., a large U.S. footwear retailer, has selected MOL Consolidation Service Ltd. to provide freight consolidation services in China and Hong Kong.
   MOL Consolidation Service started the service for Shoe Carnival products manufactured in China and Hong Kong in the 3rd quarter. Shoe Carnival operated 294 stores at the end of the third quarter and planned to add another 20 by the end of the year.
   MOL said it would perform not only freight consolidation in Asia for Shoe Carnival, but also logistics services in combination with container services by MOL and global air freight forwarding and customs house brokerage services provided by its strategic alliance partner, Kintetsu World Express.
   Shoe Carnival is provided cargo information via MOL’s STARLINK system, which gathers and integrates cargo inventory information from all those providers.