MOL Announces Plans to Retire Pioneering Japanese Cruise Ship

MOL Announces Plans to Retire Pioneering Japanese Cruise Ship

MOL Cruises, the leisure operation for Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, plans to retire its pioneering cruise ship Nippon Maru in May 2026. While the com...

Nippon Maru to conclude service in May 2026 after 35 years with Mitsui Ocean Cruises

MOL Cruises Ltd., the operator of Mitsui Ocean Cruises, has announced that its flagship vessel Nippon Maru will be retired from service on May 10th...

Mitsui Ocean Cruises' Nippon Maru to be retired in May 2026

Later that year, a second Seabourn ship will be joining the fleet.

Nippon Maru Slated for Retirement in May 2026 – 35 Years of Cruise Memories for Passengers and Local Communities Alike

President & CEO Takeshi Hashimoto announced that MOL Cruises, Ltd. (President and CEO: Tsunemichi Mukai), which operates its cruise brand Mitsui Ocean Cruises, will retire its cruise ship Nippon Maru on May 10, 2026, with a cruise returning to Yokohama. Since entering service in 1990, the Nippon Maru has sailed 5,332,383.964 km, or about 133 times around the globe, on over 2,000 cruises, calling at over 400 ports in Japan and other countries, an…