"K" Line

December 25, 2017

LEFT Rogier Spoel of EVO FENEDEX, Middle Steven Lak Chairman EVO FENEDEX, Right Fer Penders Managing Director “K” Line (Nederland) B.V receiving the Award.

It was announced that “K” Line has been selected by EVO FENEDEX* as the winner of the Container Liner Shipping Award 2017.

It is the second time in the 6 years of instalment of this award that “K” Line has been chosen by Dutch Shippers/Entrepreneurs as the best performing Shipping Line.

The selection of the winner of this Award is done by the Shippers/Entrepreneurs based on 26 criteria leading to the best performance this past year.

Important business items as availability, reliability and accuracy are the most important criteria for the service provided by the shipping companies.

“K” Line achieved the highest scores for these criteria and is therefore allowed to call itself “Shipping Company of the year 2017”.

According to EVO FENEDEX it is striking that “K” Line also received the highest scores in the field of digitization and data exchange. EVO FENEDEX sees proof that by means of investments in data exchange a better performance can be achieved and delivered with respect to reliability and accuracy. Digital Exchange of Data between parties in the chain creates lesser opportunities for errors and shorter procedures which increases reliability and accuracy.

* EVO Fenedex is an Entrepreneurs association, a network of Dutch Merchant and Production Companies with a Logistic and International operation.

Left: His Excellency Thulani Dlomo, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Embassy of the Republic of South Africa Right: Mr. Kogure, Executive Officer of “K”Line

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) is proud to announce that we were awarded a certificate of appreciation by Embassy of the Republic of South Africa in Japan.

“K” Line Group has been supporting the Mobile Library Project of SAPESI (South African Primary Education Support Initiative) to improve quality of primary education in the Republic of South Africa since 2011. We have provided free ocean transportation of books donated all over the world for children in that country with the total books transported to South Africa through our global network having now reached as many as 164,000.

“K” Line hopes that these books are proving to be helpful for children to continually expand their learning and lead to the realization of their dreams in the future.

KAR Logistics S.A. (hereinafter shown as KAR*), Joint Venture Company between “K” Line and Agencias Universales S.A.(AGUNSA), which handles Total Logistics Services in Chile and  Latin America countries, has started Auto-Logistics service in Santiago, Chile from Aug, 2016.

Customer requirements for services related to automobiles in Chile and Latin America countries around Chile that are showing continuous growth of vehicle sales and import have been on the increase. With the combined know-how of the two joint venture companies, KAR provides the required value-added service that can successfully satisfy the logistics needs for vehicle.

KAR inaugurated a facility dedicated for vehicle logistics at Noviciado, close to the capital Santiago. And KAR also runs its own fleet of GPS-equipped car transporters. With the facility and equipment, it offers an integrated logistic service for vehicle as well as transportation, storage, accessorizing, and pre-delivery inspection.

“K” Line Group places “Logistics Business” as a stable profit-making sector in its  “Medium-Term Management Plan,” and by following this strategy, “K” Line is further enhancing its Automobile Logistics Business that is already in operation in Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, India, Australia, Brazil and Vietnam. “K” Line will continue to make every effort and do its best for achieving maximum customer satisfaction in Vietnam by utilizing its many years of experience and know-how in sea transportation by Pure Car Carrier vessels.

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd., Tokyo, (hereafter called “K” Line) is proud to announce the delivery of “KISOGAWA,” a 311,000 DWT-type VLCC at Nantong Cosco KHI Ship Engineering Co., Ltd (hereafter called NACKS), China on November 15, 2017.

Main Particulars

LOA   :   339.50 m

DWT  :   312,020 MT

Beam  :   60.00   m

Gross Ton   :   161,486 T

Depth   :   28.90   m

Tank Capacity   :  350,337 ㎥

Draft   :  21.00   m

Flag  :  Republic of Panama

Class   :  ABS

Features

1. The vessel achieves low fuel consumption (about 20% reduction compared with our conventional VLCC) by removing Bulbus Bow, applying ultra-long stroke slow speed main diesel engine and highly-efficient large diameter propeller.

2. A ballast water management system ensures ocean habitat is protected from unwanted environmental effects.

“K” Line is committed to continue providing the most reliable and stable service possible to our valued customers with the highest standard of safety.

We are pleased to announce that “CLK COLD STORAGE COMPANY LIMITED,” an affiliated company of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) that operates a Cold Storage Warehouse in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, has acquired ”ISO22000:2005 Certification,” an international standard for food safety management systems.

“CLK COLD STORAGE COMPANY LIMITED” was established jointly by “K” Line, Cool Japan Fund Inc. (“Cool Japan”) and Japan Logistics Systems Corp. (“Japan Logistics Systems”), and started operation in July 2016 as the first warehouse to provide four temperature zones (Freeze, Chilled, Low temperature, Constant temperature) in Vietnam.  Cold Storage Warehouse’s certification by ISO22000 is one of very few in Vietnam and it is a pioneering case as a Japanese logistics company.

Through acquisition of this certification, we will strive to further develop Cold Chain in Vietnam by offering Japanese-style, high-quality, high-value-added logistics services, paying close attention to “food safety,” and continue strengthening our logistics business which we positioned as an important task under our medium-term management plan.

～Receives Top Assessment of “A Rank” for Second Consecutive Year～

Yukio Toriyama, Managing Executive Officer, speaking at the debriefing session.

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) has been selected for the highest evaluation on the “Climate A List” at CDP’s debriefing session held in Tokyo on October 24^th by CDP, the international non-profit organization (NGO) which carries out activities to achieve sustainable economies. The “Climate A List” is given to companies that have been identified as global leaders for their corporate response to combat climate change.

In response to the questionnaire sent from CDP on behalf of 803 institutional investors with assets of over US$100 trillion in total this year, among the companies that disclosed their own information relevant to climate change, 112 companies accounting for the top 5%, which were evaluated as particularly excellent in climate change measures such as emission reduction activities in the reporting year, have been awarded “CDP Climate A List,” including 13 Japanese companies.

In our Medium-term Management Plan, we define the ESG (Environment, Social & Governance) initiatives as a key management issue. With respect of the environment, we are pursuing measures in line with “K” LINE Environmental Vision 2050 – Securing Blue Seas for Tomorrow” (Note 1) that is our long-term environmental vision formulated in 2015, with efforts such as the delivery of “DRIVE GREEN HIGHWAY” (Note 2), next-generation environmentally-friendly flagship that was awarded “Ship of the Year 2016.” Achievement of our CO2 reduction targets ahead of schedule (Note 3), etc. have also brought fruit, and we have again been awarded the A list, being selected for the second consecutive year.

As an environmental front runner, we will continue to aim for the realization of being a business that enables a greater number of people around the world to enjoy the advantage of marine transportation characterized by a lower environmental load and higher efficiency.

(Note1) “K” LINE Environmental Vision 2050 – Securing Blue Seas for Tomorrow:

Please refer to this link

http://www.kline.co.jp/en/news/detail/1202375_1997.html

(Note 2) “DRIVE GREEN HIGHWAY”: Please refer to this link

http://www.kline.co.jp/en/csr/environment/airpolution.html

(Note 3) “The achievement of our CO2 emission reduction targets ahead of schedule”: Please refer to this link

https://www.kline.co.jp/en/news/detail/1204928_1997.html

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) held a naming ceremony for a newly-built liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier at Nagasaki Shipyard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd (MHI).

The new vessel was given her name “OCEANIC BREEZE” by Mr. Toshiaki Kitamura, President of INPEX Corporation (INPEX).

Designed by MHI, the vessel has adopted “SAYAENDO” which features a continuous cover integrated with the vessel’s hull that makes a reduction in weight and air resistance which accomplishes low fuel consumption while successfully achieving environmentally-friendly conditions.

“OCEANIC BREEZE” will be time-chartered by INPEX Shipping Co., Ltd., a fully owned subsidiary of INPEX, and will be carrying LNG from the Ichthys LNG Project in Darwin, Australia to Naoetsu, Niigata after her delivery.

[Main Particulars of the vessel]