MOL Liner Ltd. Announces On-Time Arrival Performance Results for October to December February 7, 2017 Hong Kong MOL Liner Ltd. today announced the On-Time Arrival Performance quarterly results for October to December for the major trade lanes as an effort of upgrading and improving the quality of services MOL Liner offers. During the past five years, MOL has continued to offer industry-leading transparency to customers and showcase its strength as a carrier that provides high quality service by working towards a set of goals for key performance indicators (KPI), including on-time arrival performance. Measurement criteria are: Scope of trade lanes is East-West Trade: Asia-U.S. West Coast Asia-U.S. East Coast Asia-Europe Asia-Mediterranean North-South Trade: Intra Asia Trade: Asia-East Coast South America Asia-Mexico/West Coast South America Europe-Africa /India/Pakistan Japan/Thailand When a vessel arrives at the first port of destination area for both directions, eastbound and westbound, within 24 hours of scheduled time of arrival, the voyage is regarded as On-Time Arrival. In each trade, Table 1 covers all vessels in the above scope and Table 2 covers vessels under MOL operations. Both results are weight-averaged based on MOL space allocation of each service. 1
I. East-West Trade (Table 1) MOL East-West Trades On-Time Arrival Performance (All vessels) Asia-U.S. West Coast (10) 86% 79% 89% 90% 71% Asia-U.S. East Coast (8) 86% 70% 78% 91% 75% Transatlantic (2) 75% 60% 79% 88% 54% Asia-Europe (4) 92% 82% 85% 93% 85% Asia-Mediterranean (4) 95% 93% 81% 94% 89% Measured 28 services on MOL s East-West trade on all vessels. (Table 2) MOL East-West Trades On-Time Arrival Performance (Vessels under MOL operation) Asia-U.S. West Coast (2) 98% 94% 100% 98% 100% Asia-U.S. East Coast (2) 94% 89% 97% 100% 79% Transatlantic (0) No MOL vessels were deployed in Transatlantic service since January. Asia-Europe (2) 94% 95% 100% 100% 90% Asia-Mediterranean (0) 100% 100% 80% 100% No MOL vessels were deployed in Asia- Mediterranean service Measured 6 services on MOL s East-West trade on MOL s own vessels.. 2
Note: MOL s Asia to U.S. West Coast service (JAS and SE2) improved from 98% in July to September to 100% in October to December. The bad weather and dense fog caused berth congestion which affected the on-time arrival performance of Asia to U.S. East Coast service (CNY and NYX) and Asia to Europe service (LP1 and LP7) under MOL operation. Asia to U.S. East Coast service slipped to 79%, while Asia to Europe service regressed to 90% in October to December. II. North-South Trade The below services are measured: Asia-ECSA (East Coast South America) (CSW) Asia-Mexico/WCSA (West Coast South America) (CWL) Europe-South Africa (SRX) The measuring ports are as follows: First Discharge port Service South Bound (Asia-ECSA) North Bound (ECSA-Asia) CSW (4/13) Santos Singapore First Discharge port Service East Bound (Asia-WCSA) West Bound (WCSA-Asia) CWL (1/10) Manzanillo, Mexico Tokyo First Discharge port South Bound North Bound Service (Europe-South Africa) (South Africa-Europe) SRX (4/14) Cape Town Rotterdam Note: (number of MOL vessels / number of all vessels in a service) 3
(Table 1) MOL North-South Trades On Time Arrival Performance (All vessels) Asia-ECSA (CSW) (1) 100% 100% 86% 74% 64% Asia-WCSA (CWL) (1) 57% 70% 85% 100% 50% Europe-South Africa (SRX) (1) 92% 70% 92%* 77% 50% *The on-time performance of SRX service has been rectified from 90% in April to June to 92%. Measured 3 services on MOL s North South trade on all vessels. (Table 2) MOL North-South Trades On-Time Arrival Performance (Vessels under MOL operation) Asia-ECSA (CSW) (1) 100% 100% 100% 100% 50% Asia-WCSA (CWL) (1) 75% 100% 100% 100% 67% Europe-South Africa (SRX) (1) 100% 67% 100% 100% 75% Measured 3 services on MOL s North South trade on MOL s own vessels. Note: In October to December, MOL's Asia-East Coast South America service (CSW) was affected by the stevedore strike in Port Santos, as well as bad weather in South America. The performance of CSW service slipped to 50% as a result. The CWL service under MOL operation was also affected by bad weather in Central China. The performance regressed from 100% in July to September to 67% in October to December. MOL s Europe to South Africa service (SRX) in October to December regressed to 75% due to bad weather and port closures during the Christmas and New Year holiday. 4
III. Intra Asia Trade The below services are measured: Japan Hong Kong/Straits/India/Pakistan (CHS/HSX) Japan Thailand (CBE/CBW) The measuring ports are as follows: Service South Bound North Bound CHS (3/3) Singapore Tokyo CBE (3/3) Laem Chabang Tokyo CBW (3/3) Laem Chabang Osaka Service East Bound West Bound HSX (5/7) Singapore Osaka Note: (number of MOL vessels / number of all vessels in a service) (Table 1) MOL Intra Asia Trades On-Time Arrival Performance (All vessels) (CHS) (1) 100% 85% 96% 85% 96% Japan Thailand (CBE) (1) 50% 65% 77% 65% 23% Japan Thailand (CBW) (1) 74% 76% 62% 58% 4% India/Pakistan (HSX) (1) N/A N/A 100% 100% 96% Measured 4 services on MOL s Intra Asia trade on all vessels. 5
(Table 2) MOL Intra Asia Trades On-Time Arrival Performance (Vessels under MOL operation) (CHS) (1) 100% 85% 96% 85% 96% Japan-Thailand (CBE) (1) 50% 65% 77% 65% 23% Japan-Thailand (CBW) (1) 74% 76% 62% 58% 4% / India/Pakistan (HSX) (1) N/A N/A 100% 100% 96% Measured 4 services on MOL s Intra Asia trade on MOL s own vessels. Note: MOL operated vessels in Japan to Hong Kong/Straits service (CHS) improved from 85% in July to September to 96% in October to December, although port congestion at Singapore and Port Kelang continued to cause delays. MOL s HSX service slipped from 100% in July to September to 96% in October to December due to typhoon Haima but was still able to achieve a strong on-time arrival performance. The performance of the CBW service slipped significantly from 58% in July to September to 4% in October to December. Adverse weather and several typhoons negatively affected ports in Southeast Asia such as Kobe, Busan, Xiamen, Manila, Laem Chabang and Bangkok, which caused port closures and berth congestion. For the CBE service, the performance slipped from 65% in July to September to 23% in October to December. This was also affected by typhoons in Southeast Asia. Laem Chabang, Manilla, Cai Mep and Busan were congested due to bad weather. 6
About MOL Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) has the world s largest ocean shipping fleet. Backed by experience and technologies developed over 132 years, MOL moves today s global economy. MOL operates specialized bulk carriers for iron ore, coal, and woodchips; tankers that transport crude oil and LNG; car carriers; cruise ships; ferries and coastal liners; and containerships that deliver a variety of finished products as part of the largest and most diverse global network of liner and logistics services. MOL Liner Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MOL. The company transports a wide variety of cargoes in international standard containers. The MOL Liner containerships also cover a global network of routes. For more information, please visit www.molpower.com. For more information, please contact: Marvis Wong, Assistant Manager, Global Marketing and Communications MOL Liner Ltd. Tel: (852) 2823 6564 Email: marvis.wong@mol-liner.com 7