"K" Line

“K” LINE SHIPPING (SOUTH AFRICA) PTY LTD (KLSSA), an affiliated company of “K” Line in South Africa, has donated a reformed container to an NGO “BeadkidZ” in Western Cape, South Africa. The BeadkidZ provides workplace for beadwork and support for earning an income through selling beadwork products made by unemployed youth. Beadwork is a traditional handcraft decorating with beads in South Africa.

Staff of KLSSA in Cape Town have voluntarily painted the container and arranged for the installation of the door, windows and air conditioner so the container can be used as a bead workplace. In addition, this donation was in association with our service providers, APM TERMINALS SOUTHERN AFRICA of which SATL FREIGHT (PTY) LTD provided the transport.

“K” Line and KLSSA continuously support the activities of a mobile library project which aims at raising the level of primary education in South Africa, and have been cooperating in providing free ocean transportation of children’s English books to the country since 2011.

We will continue to initiate social contributions around the world through our global network.

October 14, 2016

KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD. (“K” Line) is pleased to announce our latest enhancement of our Asia/Vietnam RORO services which have been established and continued since 2012. In order to accommodate increased demand for RORO transportation to Vietnam, we have enhanced the service quality for North Vietnam port with high-frequency, fixed day and direct calling from all Asian ports. We will keep offering a solid RORO service to Vietnam by utilizing our business expertise and know-how which we have acquired thorough our long experience since the service began.

Details of the service are as follows:-

Asia/Vietnam Line: Trunk Line Express Service

Port Rotation:
・Jakarta (Sun)– Singapore (Tue)- Port Kelang (Thu) – Laem Chabang (Sun)– Ho Chi Minh (Tue)– Haiphong (Sat)

*Singapore and Laem Chabang are the transshipment ports for the shipments from another loading port among above port rotation.

・Vessel Deployment:　　 4000RT Type Vessel “JASA BAKTI” and 1 additional Vessel

・Service Frequency:　　 2sailings/Month

・Commencement Date:　October 16, 2016 ETA Laem Chabang

・Enhanced points:

１．Changed Northern Discharging port from Cai Lan to Haiphong

⇒Near : The port location being more than 60km closer to the capital city, Hanoi.

⇒Large: The total yard capacity will be ample to accept incoming CBU waves expected in the future.

⇒Sure : Since Haiphong port newly set up a dedicated RORO terminal (Tan Vu) for this new service

and our vessels will have priority berthing privileges , we believe we can bring safer and

more reliable services.

２．Additional frequency for Northern Vietnam (1sailing ⇒ 2sailings)

This will fulfill higher requirements from our esteemed customers.

３．Direct connection through all Asian loading ports to Northern Vietnam

In order to offer variety of options for our valuable customers who would be considering next step in Asia, we trust the direct connection for all possible loading ports is the most effective solution.

September 12, 2016

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) has been selected again as an Asia/Pacific Index component company of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), one of the leading global indices on Socially Responsible Investment (SRI)(*1). It has been selected for 6 consecutive years since 2011.

DJSI is a world’s leading SRI index jointly offered by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC of the United States and Robeco SAM AG of Switzerland, which only includes the top ranked companies among the large companies worldwide as a result of evaluation of their sustainability performance in terms of social, environmental and economic criteria. Launched in 1999, DSJI is one of the first global sustainability benchmarks for investors and fund managers who integrate sustainability consideration into their portfolios.

As an integrated logistics company group grown from shipping business, “K” Line group always strives to contribute to realize the better society and increase the corporate value.

*1 SRI (Socially Responsible Investment) describes an investment strategy which takes account of enterprises’ social, ethical and environmental aspects as well as financial performance.

KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD. ( “K” Line ) has established its Cargo Handling Service Joint Venture “Nitto Baxi Private Limited” in India with our group company “Nitto Total Logistics Ltd.” and our business partner J.M. Baxi & Co.

“Nitto Baxi Private Limited” plans to start stevedoring and handling of vehicles carried by　Car Carrier initially. The target is to extend similar services to other type of vessels as well.

“Nitto Baxi Private Limited” is expected to provide safer and more efficient cargo handling service by dint of the superior Japanese systems and controls, and the synergy of superior cargo handling skill of Nitto Total Logistics Ltd and the exceptionally rich and diverse track record of J.M. Baxi & Co in Indian Shipping Sector since 1916.

“K” Line Group positioning Logistics Business as a sector which contribute to stable earning in our Medium-Term Management Plan “     Value for our Next Century – Action for Future -”. We will move forward to develop logistics business in rapidly developing countries surrounding Asia.

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＊ J.M Baxi ＆ Co. ：

Established: 1916

Business description: Agency Service/Owned Terminal Operation/Cargo Handling/Chartering & Broking/Marine Transportation, etc. involving all service, logistics and infrastructure in Indian maritime cluster.

“K” Line and J.M. Baxi & Co. have joint venture named “K” Line (India) Private Limited as agent of “K” Line which are serving not only Agency services but also logistics, such as customs clearance, inland transportation and warehousing. In addition, they are providing Marine related services, like “Ship Inspection & Audit” and “Cargo Operation Supervision” etc..

Location of Head Office: Dubash House, 15, J. N. Heredia Marg, Ballard Estate, Mumbai, INDIA

Chairman: Krishna B. Kotak

Website:  http://jmbaxigroup.com/

KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD. (“K” Line) is pleased to announce the launch of new Asia/India/Pakistan services; PMX (SWACO-K1) and PIX (SWACO-K2) with enhanced port coverage. “K”Line continues to offer stable and value-added services with varied network.

Details of the service are as follows:-

PMX

• Vessel Deployment:  Six (6) x 4200 TEU type vessel
• Port Rotation:  Qingdao – Shanghai – Ningbo – Singapore – Port Kelang – Karachi – Mundra – Colombo – Singapore – Qingdao

• Commencement Date: 28th AUG 2016 ETA Qingdao

PIX

• Vessel Deployment:  Five (5) x 4200 TEU type vessel
• Port Rotation:  Fuzhou – Hongkong – Nansha – Shekou – Singapore – Port Kelang – Colombo – Karachi – Mundra – Port kelang – Fuzhou

• Commencement Date: 8th SEP 2016 ETA Fuzhou

August 18, 2016

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) is honored to have received recognition from the port authorities of both Long Beach and Los Angeles, for recording high level of compliance throughout 2015 with voluntary speed reduction by“K” Line’s containerships, car carriers and dry bulk carriers in the two ports’ respective programs in order to prevent air pollution and warming by slowing ships within the designated water.

Ships participating in the program are asked to comply with speed limit of 12 knots within 40 miles (about 74 kilometers) from each port in order to reduce emissions of exhaust gases containing nitrogen oxide (NOx), sulfur oxide (SOx), particulate matter (PM) as well as CO2 from ships. As a result of this year’s achievement, “K” Line has been honored to receive this award from the Port of Long Beach for eleven consecutive years since 2005 and from the Port of Long Beach for eight consecutive years since 2008 when their awards were commenced respectively. Especially, as to the Long Beach program, there were only two carriers including “K” Line which both recorded more than two hundred calls at the port and more than 90% compliance rate.

Recognition:

Long Beach Port “2015 GREEN FLAG VESSEL SPEED REDUCTION PROGRAM”

(“K” Line meets 99.31 compliance rate, totaling 286 compliant legs.)

Los Angeles Port “2015 VESSEL SPEED REDUCTION PROGRAM”

(”K” Line meets 100% compliance rate, totaling 63 compliant legs.)

“K” Line Group continues its focus on contributing to environmental and biodiversity conservation through its active participation in environmental initiatives taken by port authorities around the world in order to fulfill our mission to hand down a sustainable society as well as this blue and beautiful ocean to the next generation under “K” Line Environmental Vision 2050.

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) and “K” Line Pte Ltd. (KLPL), have signed the ship building contracts for three next generation VLCCs and two AFRAMAX tankers in line with their fleet upgrading plan under the newly-reformed Medium-Term Management Plan, “  　 Value for our Next Century – Action for Future -“.

Orders for two VLCCs were placed by “K” Line with Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (KHI) which will deliver them in 2017 and 2018, respectively, and order for one VLCC with Namura Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. which will be delivered in 2018, whereas orders for two AFRAMAX tankers were placed by KLPL with Namura Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., which will deliver them in 2018 and 2019, respectively.

These VLCCs and AFRAMAX tankers are designed to comply with all existing regulations as well as forthcoming rules such as the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ship’s Ballast Water and Sediments.

Main Particulars of VLCCs

Shipyard　Nantong Cosco KHI Ship Engineering Co., Ltd.　 Namura Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. Imari Shipyard

Delivery                        2017, 2018                    2018

LOA                              339.5m                         338.9m

Beam                            60.0m                           60.0m

DWT                             311,360MT                    310,300MT

Tank Capacity                348,500m3                    351,500m3

Main Particulars of AFRAMAX tankers

Shipyard                        Sasebo Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.

Delivery                        2018, 2019

LOA                              243.8m

Beam                            42.0m

DWT                             113,000MT

Tank Capacity                125,400m3

With these five new ships, “K” Line and KLPL will continue to provide reliable and stable service to our valued customers with the highest standard of safety.

“K” Line Group are focusing on maintaining and improving vessel safety operations and environmental preservation as we regard these as our first principle in running our business sustainably, fulfilling our social responsibility.

As part of confirming this principle, “K” Line and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd Group have developed “K-IMS”^*1 ; Integrated vessel operation and performance management system.

“K-IMS” is based on two systems which already exist in our fleet ; “SPAS”(Ship Performance Analyzing System) which is the electrical AB log and vessel performance analyzed, and “EP-Monitor”(Engine Plant Monitor) which is a remote monitoring system for the vessel engine plant condition. However, we have developed a new system by integrating “EP-Monitor” which is able to collect and observe all kinds of operation data including navigation data and “NAVI” (Optimum Navigation System) which we have newly adopted. Integrating these individual systems enables us to utilize the real-time operation data from vessels, so-called Big data, into a mutual system and also enables us to support vessel operation and manage vessel performance in a simple way by taking real-time vessel operating conditions, optimum safety route selection, the latest vessel performance and so on, through the new data browsing system that we have developed.

“K-IMS” and the Big data are managed in the cloud system via a shore server and they have various functions such as observing the operating condition of vessels, analyzing the performance of vessels and deciding the safest and recommending the lowest course cost based on the analysis results and weather information. “K-IMS” can be shared among operation teams, ship management companies and vessels. Therefore, it will contribute not only to safety navigation and saving fuel costs but also dramatically improving efficient vessel operations and management.

Furthermore, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd and “K” Line Ship Management Co., Ltd., part of the “K” Line group, recently applied for the project “to support R&D of advanced technology for safe vessels” offered by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.  Our development project “Enhancing analysis accuracy by automatic correction function with hull property model and applying it to safety operation” was adopted because it merits the development of “advanced safe vessels” by IoT (Internet of Things) for vessels’ equipment with marine broadband and making use of Big data.  With the success of this project the accuracy of the Optimum Navigation System in the “K-IMS” is much improved and it is expected that further improvement of ship safety and economic operations will be achieved in appropriate navigation route selection.

“K” Line will continue to work on environmental preservation and economic operation, continuing to build a reliable safety operation organization by improving the accuracy of the optimum navigation system and further developing and utilizing of bottom fouling analysis system, trim optimization system, engine diagnose system on “K-IMS”.

^*1 K-IMS : Kawasaki – Integrated Maritime Solutions