Interview with MOL Chemical Tankers Middle East, Managing Director, Bongsik Han/Increasing the staff at the Dubai Office
MOL Chemical Tankers, a member of MOL Group, is expanding its business in the Middle East trade. The company has secure…
2017 Interview Archives
Interview with Hiroshima Bank Ship Finance Department Manager, Yoshiaki Yoshizaki and Ship Finance Department Senior Manager, Shigeki Furuya/Fostering personnel who are connoisseurs
The Japan Maritime Daily (JMD): What is the current outstanding balance of ship-related loans? Hiroshima Bank (HB): Th…
-Interview with MOL President, Junichiro Ikeda/Steady development of high quality service-
The Japan Maritime Daily (JMD): How do you feel when you look back on the first half? Ikeda: It was basically as expected, and I am glad we ended the first half with no major discrepancies from the announcement made in July. In terms of th…
Interview with NYK President, Tadaaki Naito/Making logistics a core business through a TOB of Yusen Logistics
The shipping industry has escaped from the worst of the terrible liner and dry bulk markets, and faint rays of light ar…
Interview with Toyofuji Shipping Senior Managing Director, Member of the Board and Chief Officer of the Overseas Sales Center, Yuji Senzawa/Larger ships in the Southeast Asia trade
In January 2018, Toyofuji Shipping will receive delivery of a car carrier, its first new ship in seven years. The compa…
-Interview with Iyo Bank Ship Finance Division Manager, Kiyohiro Ishii/Maintaining the same stance during the good times and the bad
The Japan Maritime Daily (JMD): What is your outstanding ship finance balance? Ishii: For the term ending March 2017, t…
Interview with Ehime Bank Deputy General Manager Chief of Ship Finance Division, Yujiro Shinabe/Responding to the diversification of financing
The Japan Maritime Daily (JMD): What is your current outstanding ship finance balance, and what do you forecast it to b…
Interview with Development Bank of Japan General Manager of Corporate Finance Department, Division 4, Masashi Kumagae/Supporting the maritime shipping industry through integrated investment and loan services
Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) is increasing its presence in the maritime shipping industry. Viewing maritime shipping…
Interview with Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd. (Operating company) CEO, Jeremy Nixon/Best solution for liner transformation
Ocean Network Express (ONE) is the new company that was established in July through the merger of the three major Japan…
CEO-An Interview with Subsea UK CEO, Neil Gordon/Expand and Collaborate with Japanese Subsea and maritime industries.
Subsea UK is the champion for the UK subsea industry. They act for the entire supply chain bringing together operators,…
Interview with ABS Thomas Kirk, Director, Environmental Performance and Mark W. Corsetti, Director, US Gas Development/The largest order book of gas-fueled vessels
With environmental standards imposed on the shipping industry being strengthened, the role of class societies as an exp…
Interview with NYK Representative Director, Senior Managing Corporate Officer, Hitoshi Nagasawa/A Reborn Dry Bulk Division in 2 Years
The direction in which the Japanese shipping companies plan to steer their dry bulk businesses after the spin-off of th…
Interview with K Line President, Eizo Murakami/Striving to make business management more advanced
The Japan Maritime Daily (JMD): How do you evaluate last fiscal year? Murakami: Over these two years, we recorded structural reforms and impairment losses or provisions totaling 119 billion yen, 54 billion yen for bulk carriers, 51 billio…
Interview with Astomos Energy Managing Director Kaname Ichima/ LPG bunkering base and a foothold in Scandinavia
The major LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) wholesaler Astomos Energy has concluded a memorandum of understanding with Norw…
NYK-TDG Maritime Academy/100% pass rate in the national examination. Celebration held in the Philippines commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Maritime Academy
On July 8, the NYK-TDG Maritime Academy (NTMA) jointly established in the Philippines by NYK and the major Filipino com…
Interview with NYK Board Counselor Koji Miyahara and Managing Corporate Officer Tomoyuki Koyama:Aspirations for NTMA/ Establishing the spirit of the “3 I’s”
The Japan Maritime Daily (JMD) asked Koji Miyahara, Board Counselor of NYK, and Tomoyuki Koyama, Managing Corporate Off…
Interview with NS United Kaiun Kaisha President, Toru Obata/Bouncing back from the hard times with higher profits on higher revenue
The Japan Maritime Daily (JMD): How were the results in FY2016? Obata: Because the impact of the dry bulk market falli…
Interview with IINO KAIUN KAISHA President, President Executive Officer, Hiromi Tosha/Pursuing high-quality service to evolve the company’s unique business model
The Japan Maritime Daily (JMD): How do you evaluate the results of the previous medium-term business plan? Tosha: Foll…
Interview with Tellurian President and Chief Executive Officer, Meg Gentle/Managing flexibility with LNG vessels
The Japan Maritime Daily (JMD): Please tell us about business outline of Tellurian. Gentle: Tellurian was formed in Fe…
Interview with NYK President, Tadaaki Naito/Liner integration will be a litmus test for business management
The Japan Maritime Daily (JMD): What are your thoughts about FY2016? Naito: It was the middle of a perfect storm. The …