MOL consolidates Nordic business

MOL consolidates Nordic business Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. has decided to integrate all back office activities in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland currently undertaken by the Japanese shipping company’s agent in the Scandinavia region into its own MOL Nordic unit.
   MOL Nordic was established in July 2004 to handle overall management and sales and marketing while SevenSeas (Lehmann Nordic) handled functions such as customer service, documentation and bookings.
   The contract with SevenSeas will be terminated by Dec. 31.
   MOL Nordic has offices in Gothenburg, Sweden; Helsinki, Finland; and Aarhus, Denmark. The Danish office will oversee MOL’s activities in Norway.
   “Bringing all MOL liner business in the region under one management enables us to directly control our business and provides us with opportunities to further improve our service rendered to our customers,” said Mark Mol, general manager, MOL Nordic.