Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced plans to expand East Coast South America (ECSA) and West Coast South America (WCSA) services to take advantage of huge potential for economic growth .

Until now, MOL has offered ECSA/WCSA service with its monthly South America/Oceania service.

MOL is upgrading the frequency to a nine-day interval, in cooperation with Buenos Aires-based Maruba S.C.A., with a combination of coastal space on MOL's Asia-ECSA service and Maruba's Argentine-WCSA service.

The new service begins at the end of October. The port rotation for MOL-operated vessels is: Santos / Buenos Aires / Montevideo / Rio Grande / Sao Francisco do sul / Paranagua / Santos / Rio de Janeiro. For Maruba-operated vessels, the rotation is: Montevideo / Buenos Aires / San Antonio / Callao / Guayaquil / Callao / San Antonio / Montevideo

In addition, cargo to/from ports in northern Brazil (Fortaleza, Suape, Salvador, and Vitoria) will be accepted through MOL's partnership with Navegacao Vale do Rio Doce S.A.(Docenave) .