■Corporate
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| 1988
Mar. |
Orient Marine Co., Ltd. was established on 29th March, 1988 by spinning off the ship management and time chartering business of the Ship and Marine Project Division of Mitsui & Co., Ltd. to form an independent entity to act as a ship management and chartering arm of Mitsui |
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| 1989
Apr. |
The Ship Machinery section of Mitsui was transferred to Orient Marine. |
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| 1991
Oct. |
The secondhand Ship Sales and Purchase section of Mitsui was transferred to Orient Marine. |
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| 1992
Apr. |
The Ship Machinery section became independent as Toyo Ship Machinery Co., Ltd. Since then, Orient Marine's business operations have focused on its 4 functional pillars: supervision of new building ships and consulting; ship management; chartering and broking of ships (including Mitsui's own ships); sales and purchase of secondhand ships. |
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| 2001
Nov. |
Orient Marine's Amsterdam office was established and began offering chartering operation services to European shipping companies. |
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| 2005
May |
Orient Marine's Singapore office was established as a branch of the Ship Management Department; managing 8 bulk carriers and tankers. |
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| 2006
Dec. |
Orient Marine's Hamburg office was established, reinforcing the provision of shipping-related services to European shipping companies. |
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| 2009
Nov. |
Relocate
to the Marunouchi Trust Tower North, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. |
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| 2010
Apr. |
Toyo Ship Machinery Co., Ltd. was merged with Orient Marine and became the Ship Machinery Sales Dept.; its operations were unchanged. |
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| 2011
Apr. |
Transfer Ship Management business to OMC Shipping Pte Ltd. |