“To challenge building new ship types is the symbol for our merger and to bring us an aggressive mood,” Japan Marine United president Shinjiro Mishima pointed out it at an interview with Nihon Kaiji Shimbun (Japan Maritime Daily). JMU, whic…
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (“K” Line) will plan to order additional 7,500 CEU PCTCs and a new Offshore Sub-sea Construction Vessel, the president Jiro Asakura revealed during an interview with Nihon Kaiji Shimbun (Japan Maritime Daily). “K” L…
DNV GL will provide its tools to change existing vessels to eco-ships for Japanese shipping operators and shipowners. Chief Operating Officer Torsten Schramm, Executive Vice President Jan-Olaf Probst, Senior Vice President Regional Manager …
ENEOS Globe, one of the biggest LPG distributors in Japan, is planning to find a replacement for a 1989 built VLGC “NICHIYU MARU” (78,508m3), Osamu Uehira, General Manager of the company's LPG Trading & Supply Department revealed. The compa…
Sanoyas Shipbuilding announced on Friday that it has developed a 60,000 DWT Supramax bulk carrier and started marketing it this year. "The company has received 6 ship orders in 2013 including the new Supramax," Takashi Ueda, the president o…
Class NK (Nippon Kaiji Kyokai) announced on Wednesday that it has developed its Middle-Term Business Plan for the period from 2014 to 2016. Noboru Ueda, Chairman and President of Class NK, stated on Wednesday that the company's registered v…
Hiroshi Minami, president of Oshima Shipbuilding, stated at a press conference on Wednesday that the company expects to secure contracts to build around 35 ships (about fifty-five in 52,500 DWT bulk carriers) in FY2013, and is aiming to kee…
Astomos Energy, the biggest LPG primary distributor in Japan, is planning to expand its VLGC fleet to match its growth in LPG trade. The total volume in trade will reach 12 million tons per year by 2015, up by 20% from this year, thanks mai…
Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen and Offshore Operation, Japanese offshore vessel company, will establish an offshore support vessel Joint Venture in autumn 2013, and place a newbuilding order for an AHTS (Anchor Handling Tug Supply) from a Japanese s…
Kensuke Namura, president of Namura Shipbuilding, stated at a press conference on Thursday that the company won 13 newbuilding orders in FY2012. The orders were mainly for 34,000 DWT bulk carriers (34BCs), which were co-developed by Namura …
Imabari Shipbuilding won 75 newbuilding orders in FY 2012 (30 ship orders in 2011). Yukito Higaki, the president of Imabari shipbuilding, announced at press conference on Wednesday. Its turnover in FY 2012 was JPY419.6 billion, almost th…
Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding held a press conference and announced its new mid-term management plan targeted from fiscal 2014 to FY2016 on Friday. The company will expand its engineering business during the period with the aim to inc…
"Japan Ship Machinery & Equipment Association (JSMEA) will try to develop products or techniques in order to meet ship owners' demands," JSMEA’s new chairman, Motoyoshi Nakashima, the president of Nakashima Propeller, stated at a press conf…
Jorgen Harling, Maersk Line Branch President Japan, said Wednesday that the P3 Network, in which Maersk Line, Mediterranean Shipping Company, and CMA CGM have agreed to establish a long-term operational alliance on East – West trades, will …
The Japan Shipowners' Association announced on Wednesday that Kawasaki Kisen (“K” Line) president, Jiro Asakura will be appointed chairperson of the JSA next month. The current chairperson Akimitsu Ashida, chairman of MOL, announced yesterd…
KHI doesn’t deny merger with MES Kawasaki Heavy Industries president Satoshi Hasegawa gave the impression not to completely deny a merger with Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding at a press conference Thursday. KHI held the press confere…
we would not see the market like the boom before global financial crisis. Another one is that we would face serious problem due to huge tonnage supply. We are very concerned that the newbuildings’ orders pile up before the Product tanker ma…
