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“K” LINE Group Environmental Awards 2025 Ceremony held on June 4, 2025.

The awards were established to honor and give recognition to outstanding environmental-preservation activities undertaken by both executives and employees working throughout the “K” LINE Group. This year marks the 11th awards ceremony since the establishment of the awards in 2015. We accepted many entries from our group companies both in Japan and overseas. The activities of eight companies — one “Grand Award” , four “Excellence Awards” and five “Special Award” were selected from such standpoints as “Creativeness,” “Challengingness,” “Contribution to the environment,” “Consistency” and “Spillover Effect” and they received the awards from our President.

Awardees of the “K” LINE Group Environmental Awards are as follows:

GRAND AWARD

• Initiatives to Reduce Environmental Impact and Costs through the Implementation of Solar Panels and Energy-Saving Devices

 CLK Cold Storage Company Limited^*1

CLK operates refrigerator/freezer warehouse in Vietnam. In 2021, the company installed its first set of solar panels, and in 2022, additional panels were added. In its ongoing efforts to explore new environmental conservation and cost-saving measures, the company achieved further reductions in CO2 emissions and costs by introducing energy-saving equipment in September 2024.

<CO2 Reduction Achievements>

Solar panels

CO2 Emissions Reduced: Equivalent to 589 tons (November 2021 – December 2024)

Energy-saving devices

CO2 Emissions Reduced: Equivalent to 12 tons (October 2024 – December 2024)

EXCELLENCE AWARDS

• Advanced Digitization of Marine Trailer Management on the Shimizu/ Oita Route

Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.

By utilizing GPS technology, Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen has enabled real-time management of vehicle location, cargo status, and trailer availability, leading to improved dispatch efficiency.

This initiative is also expected to help accommodate increasing demand for Ro-Ro vessel transport amid a shortage of truck drivers.

• Implementation of Reuse and Recycling through Changes in Disaster Preparedness Stockpile Management Scheme

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd., General Affairs Group,

During the replacement of emergency stockpiles, “K” LINE General Affairs Group implemented reuse, donation, and recycling of supplies. In addition, the management method was revised to a centralized company-wide system, contributing to reduced ordering workload and more efficient use of storage space.

• Contracts to Promote the Use of SAF in Air Cargo Transport

“K”Line Logistics, Ltd.

As a freight forwarder, “K”Line Logistics encourages shippers to participate in SAF programs, thereby contributing to the reduction of their Scope 3 emissions and supports CO2 reduction across the entire supply chain.

• Tree planting with local Community and Cost Savings through Waste Reduction, etc.

K Line Container Service (Thailand) Ltd. (KCST)^*2

Carried out a variety of environmental initiatives, including tree-planting with students,

promoting reusable materials in warehouse operations, reducing waste, and conducting regular clean-up activities around its facilities.

SPECIAL AWARD 　*Accumulation 10 entries

• “K” Line America, Inc.
• “K” Line (Korea) Ltd.
• K Line (China) Ltd.
• K Line Container Service (Thailand) Ltd.
• “K” Line Logistics, Ltd.

The “K” LINE Group will continue to broadly share environmental preservation activities being addressed within our Group companies via the presentation of these annual “K” LINE Group Environmental Awards in order to demonstrate the environmental preservation activities by the entire Group. Through this emphasis on continuing to aggressively contribute to environmental preservation and biodiversity protection, we will successfully accomplish our mission, i.e., “Passing on a sustainable society and this blue and beautiful ocean to the next generation” as expressed in “K” LINE Environmental Vision 2050.

*1 CLK Cold Storage Company Limited

Joint-venture established in 2015 by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. , Cool Japan Fund Inc. and Japan Logistic Systems Corp.

With state-of-the-art, energy-saving Cold Storage facilities in the suburbs of

Ho Chi Minh City, it provides high-quality, high-value-added, Japanese-style services.

*2 K Line Container Service (Thailand) Ltd. (KCST)

KCST own three warehouses and an inland container depot in Thailand.

KCST provide Import/Export Customs Clearance, Land Transportation, Warehousing,

Machinery Installation, Container Depot Operation.

Please be advised that “K” LINE Tokyo Head Office published the following press release today. 

Please refer to the attached PDF document for details.

・  Notice of Occurrence of Non-Operating Income by Dividends Income

This document is also available on their website both in English and Japanese.

https://www.kline.co.jp/en/

Kawasaki Kisen Group (“K” LINE Group) is pleased to announce that the vessel OCEANIC BREEZE, managed by K MARINE SHIP MANAGEMENT PTE. LTD., our in-house ship management company, received the Director-General Award from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) at “K” LINE’s Tokyo head office on June 3. The award recognizes the vessel’s longstanding contributions to maritime weather observation and reporting, which have greatly advanced the country’s meteorological services.

The JMA presents the Director-General of the Japan Meteorological Agency Award to vessels engaged in maritime weather observation and reporting every June 1,*¹ which is Meteorological Memorial Day.

Maritime weather observation is considered significantly more challenging than land-based observation due to geographical and technical constraints, with a particularly evident lack of observational data in the vast open ocean. In these circumstances, weather reports from vessels are a valuable source of data for meteorological agencies around the world. These reports are not only utilized in the development of weather forecasting models and weather charts in various countries but also contribute to ensuring the safety of maritime traffic, the early detection of extreme weather, and the research and monitoring of global climate change. As mobile observation platforms, ships are indispensable components of the modern meteorological observation network. The continuation of these reporting activities significantly contributes to future weather disaster prevention and environmental conservation efforts.

The “K” LINE Group will continue to contribute to the development of meteorological services in Japan by providing maritime observation data to the JMA.

*1 Meteorological Memorial Day:

The Tokyo Meteorological Observatory, the JMA’s predecessor, began Japan’s first meteorological and seismological observations on June 1, 1875. To commemorate this event, the Central Meteorological Observatory declared June 1 to be Meteorological Memorial Day in 1942. The annual Meteorological Memorial Day ceremony honors individuals and organizations that have significantly contributed to meteorological services. This year marks 150 years since the Tokyo Meteorological Observatory began its observations.

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE) is pleased to announce that it has introduced the operation management platform Veson IMOS Platform (IMOS, provided by Veson Nautical) as part of its digital transformation (DX).

IMOS is an integrated platform that optimizes operation management tasks such as charter contracts, cargo contracts, fuel, and accounting. It is equipped with advanced functionalities that support data utilization and decision-making, helping to optimize operational efficiency by making use of operational data.

“K” LINE has previously been using multiple systems dedicated to specific tasks, such as charter contracts and accounting, but IMOS has now been introduced with the goal of unifying and standardizing work processes. In addition to simply replacing previous systems, the introduction of IMOS will foster the ability to quickly adapt to changes in the business environment, while at the same time allowing “K” LINE to overcome legacy corporate culture and to offer customers more value.

“K” LINE’s Medium-Term Management Plan frames DX as a business foundation that is of key importance to the company’s management strategy, along with safety, vessel quality control, and environmental and technological sophistication. Centering on “K” LINE’s Group-wide DX promotion, the aim is to build a solid business foundation and achieve a sustainable improvement in corporate value by utilizing data and digital technology to address issues related to safety and quality improvements while cutting CO2 emissions.

Standardizing Calculation Methods to advance decarbonisation across the shipping industry

On April 14, the Global Ro-Ro Community (GRC)* including Eastern Car Liner Ltd., Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd., Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd., Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Wallenius Wilhelmsen ASA, and ClassNK (hereinafter referred to as the “six members”), announced guidelines for calculating GHG emission intensity for Ro-Ro ships,** such as car carriers, in conjunction with the international non-profit organization Smart Freight Centre (SFC),*** aiming to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the logistics sector. These guidelines introduce a common calculation method, enabling shippers to accurately measure Scope 3**** emissions, and will further promote decarbonization in the shipping industry.

In recent years, interest in carbon emissions (carbon footprint) throughout the lifecycle of products and services has been increasing. But this has not been without challenge, in particular, the accurate measurement of GHG emissions in maritime transport and differences arising in individual calculation methods.

The six members participated in the GRC hosted by SFC and developed a standard model for calculating GHG emissions through open discussions ensuring fairness and transparency with stakeholders involved in Ro-Ro ships (shipping companies, shippers) and third-party verification organizations. The standard model complies with the ISO 14083***** and GLEC (Global Logistics Emissions Council) framework and was announced at the SFC annual event “Smart Freight Week” held in Amsterdam in March. Derived from the standard model presented by GRC, it now features as a set of guidelines on the SFC website. In the future, the SFC plans to collect actual data on environmental performance on a ship-by-ship basis and publish average high-precision emission intensity data for the industry.

Consequently, the initiative provides a cross-industry first step towards decarbonizing global logistics and contributes to promoting measures against global warming.

The guidelines：Deep-sea Ro-Ro Ship Greenhouse Gas Emission Intensity Calculation Methods

* Global Ro-Ro Community (GRC) Established in April 2024, the GRC is composed mainly of major Ro-Ro operators, which account for approximately 80% of the world’s automobile transport capacity.

Global Ro-Ro Community

** Ro-Ro Ships Cargo vessels that allow automobiles, trucks, trailers, construction machinery, and agricultural machinery to drive directly onto the ship. This includes car carriers and ferries.

*** Smart Freight Centre (SFC) Based in the Netherlands, SFC is a non-profit organization that operates globally to address climate change in the freight transport sector. It has a track record of developing guidelines for calculating GHG emissions from Ro-Ro ships within Europe.

Smart Freight Centre

**** Scope 3 Indirect GHG-emissions associated with an entire corporate supply chain, including emissions that occur across the supply chain and outside the organization’s direct control, such as raw-material sourcing, product transport, product use, and disposal.

***** ISO 14083 An international standard for the calculation and reporting of GHG emissions, focusing specifically on emissions from freight and passenger transport.

ISO 14083:2023 – Greenhouse gases — Quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions arising from transport chain operations.

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE) is pleased to announce that it has received a visit from  16 students from International Trading Institute, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University (SMU).

Since its establishment in 2000, SMU has produced a large number of human resources to trading industry, including marine transportation, and offers Industry Study Mission, overseas company visit programme, for students specializing in maritime business or global trading. This year, Tokyo was selected as the place to visit, and “K” LINE has decided to cooperate on the programme since Singapore is an important business base for the company.

At the company visit on May 13, 2025, “K” LINE offered a two-hour programme, including a lecture on its business and environmental initiatives followd by a Q&A session, during which the students asked various questions actively. They seemed to be particularly interested in “K” LINE’s environmental initiatives.

“K” LINE will continue to promote understanding of the shipping industry by accepting company visits and cooperate in the development of the next generation.

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE) has released a video on its official website explaining the progress of its medium-term management plan and the results for FY2024. Initially shared on “K” Line With, the Group’s internal video communication platform, the video is now available to a broader audience.

“K”LINE’s latest video on Financial results for FY2024 & Medium-term Management plan Progress

https://www.kline.co.jp/en/corporate/kline_with.html

“K” Line With details the progress of the medium-term management plan on a quarterly basis, providing explanations of the latest earnings forecasts and also focuses on initiatives which consider the three important points of the medium-term management plan, specifically, the business strategy, the functional strategy and the capital policy. By doing so, it communicates the progress in the medium-term management plan to people in the “K” LINE Group and a broad range of other stakeholders.

The first half of the video explains the FY2024 earnings results and FY2025 earnings forecasts.

The latter half of the video details how “K” LINE will be a company that is chosen by customers and partners through continuous efforts to strengthen its functional strategy and achieves a growth strategy capitalizing on low carbon and decarbonization initiatives as opportunities.

“K” LINE has posted the video on its official website in addition to “K” Line With to make outside stakeholders more aware of the Company’s activities. “K” LINE also aims to deepen understanding of the medium-term management plan among business sites on land and sea within the Group, globally promote internal communication and information sharing, encourage a sense of solidarity as a source of the Group’s strength, and reinforce the foundation of its business operations.

(A news release related to “K” Line With)
November 17, 2023: Sharing Information within the Group Using Video Communication Site for Employees “K” Line With
https://www.kline.co.jp/en/news/other/other-20231117.html

Please be advised that “K” LINE Tokyo Head Office published the following press release today. 

Please refer to the attached PDF documents for details.

・Financial Highlights for FY2024

This document is also available on their website both in English and Japanese.

( <https://www.kline.co.jp/en/>)

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE) is pleased to announce that a joint venture company *¹ held naming ceremony for 174,000m3 LNG vessel for QatarEnergy *² at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd on 17 April.  The vessel was named “AL TUWAR” by Ms. Shi Dai, Director and President of China Merchants Group Limited. is derived from the name of a hill in Al Wakrah, a major city in Qatar.

The vessel is the first of a series of 12 LNG vessels that the joint venture companies will build for QatarEnergy.

QatarEnergy is the world’s largest LNG producer and will allocate the newbuilding vessels to transport LNG around the world.

The newbuilding vessel is equipped with X-DF 2.1 iCER *³ which will contribute to reduction of GHG emissions and realize the ease of environmental impact by lower fuel consumption in operation.

In its Medium-Term Management Plan published in May 2022*⁴, “K” LINE has placed LNG business as one of the top priority areas in the future investment. “K” LINE will further expand long-term contracts and accommodate growing energy demands by responding to various customers’ needs.

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE) has decided to provide a monetary donation of 2 million yen through the Japanese Red Cross Society toward relief efforts in the areas damaged by the earthquake that hit the central Myanmar on March 28, 2025.

“K” LINE would express its most sincere sympathy to all those affected by the earthquake and pray for the soonest recovery of the damaged area.