MOL Cruises, the crocieristica division of the shipowning group Japanese Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), announced the launch of the new Mitsui Ocean Cruises brand with which it will operate its own Nippon Maru ship and a second cruise ship which is the vessel d 32,477 gross tonnage Seabourn Odyssey that MOL has bought in recent months from Seabourn and which, renamed Mitsui Ocean Fuji, the Japanese company will put into service in December 2024. Mitsui Ocean Fuji will be based in Yokohama Port.

Announcing the new brand, the company recalled the own plan to expand the business with the acquisition of new ships, confirming the intention to commission two units of 35,000 GRT announced at the end of last year ( of 25 November 2022).