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■1954
Late founder, Seiichiro Matsui established a ship brokerage company, Matsui Shokai within the Hamane Kisenﾕs Tokyo office

■1968
Matsui Shokai relocated its office to Marunouchi and proceeded businesses of tanker chartering, secondhand ship sales and shikumisen contracting
Fixed the first shikumisen contract with the 33,000-dwt tanker Chizuru Maru for K Line

■1969
Matsui Shokai played a key role to order a 10,200-dwt product tanker ﾐ the largest ship-type of it and its first ﾐ from Koyo Dockyard
Matsui Shokai fixed shikumisen contact for two freedom ships between Sanko Steamship and Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Industries

■1971
Matsui Shokai changed the corporate name to Matsui & Company Ltd. And Shigeru Matsui assumed the presidency

■1972
Matsui & Co. won the COA contract of the international tender for the largest scale cross-trade of Union Oil in a focus of world attention

■1973
Matsui & Co. brokered for 13 Aframax tanker newbuildings deal for Japan Line

■1976
Matsui & Co. brokered a tanker newbuilding long-term charter between K Line and Exxon for the first time

■1979
Matsui & Co. brokered two shuttle-tanker newbuildings (with fixed Yokohama Fendar) constructed at Koyo Dockyard for a ten-year charter deal with Burmah Oil

■1985
Matsui & Co. brokered 12 Aframax tankers in a block deal for one-year charter deal plus 1 on option between Sanko Steamship and Teekay Shipping.
Later, it brokered to charter newly 18 ships, which Sanko is required for its decision of rehabilitation program

■1986
Matsui & Co. started financial arrangement with the suggestion from Teekay Shipping for newbuilging consolidation plans. In the following 7 years, Matsui brokered contracts for 60ships including Aframax tanker newbuilding and secondhand ship sales

■1990
Matsui & Co. brokered a VLCC newbuilding contract for the first time

■1996
Matsui & Co. relocated the Head Office from Marunouchi to Shimbashi

■1997
Matsui & Co. brokered six Aframaxes in yendenominated by cash deals between Russian operators (owners) and Japanese shipbuilders (first time for the Japanese shipbuilding industry)