"K" Line

November 26, 2013

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) is proud to announce that it has been awarded a Certificate of Appreciation by Embassy of the Republic of South Africa in Japan

“K” Line has been supporting the volunteer activities of SAPESI (South African Primary Education Support Initiative) to improve the quality of primary education in the Republic of South Africa by providing ocean transportation of educational tools and books for children in the country free of charge.

On November 25, at Embassy of the Republic of South Africa in Tokyo, “Bon Voyage Ceremony” of Mathematics Education Kits for elementary schools in South Africa has been held. At the ceremony, Certificates of Appreciation have been awarded by Ms. Nosicelo Mbele, Minister Plenipotentiary, to supporters of the project to present those kits to South Africa, including “K” Line. This time, “K” Line is carrying about 130 sets of arithmetic tools, 190 English books, and 10 sets of white magnetic boards from Yokohama to Durban.

Other than mathematical education kits from Japan, “K” Line has been supporting “Mobile Library Project” promoted by SAPESI by providing free ocean transportation of English books for children in South Africa from around the world since 2011.

“K” Line continues contribution to society through its core business, ocean transportation.

November 21, 2013

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) has today announced that, in order to give relief to victims of Super Typhoon “Haiyan” and support disaster recovery efforts, it has decided to donate 5 million yen (approx. 50,000 US dollar) through The Rayomar Outreach Foundation Inc. (ROFI*), a charitable institution founded by Rayomar Group, “K” Line’s business partner in the Philippines, as well as to provide seafarers, their families, and students of maritime academies with financial support. At the moment, the estimated amount of the donation and the financial support is around 20 million yen (approx. 200,000 US dollar) in total.

In addition, “K” Line has decided to provide transportation of emergency relief supplies to the country free of charge by its containerships from Japan in conjunction with the Japanese Shipowners’ Association (JSA).

The typhoon that hit mid Philippines on November 8 brought great deal of damages to the country.

The Philippines is the largest supplier of seafarers in the world, and a number of Filipino seafarers are on board vessels operated by “K” Line.

“K” Line would express its most sincere sympathy to all those affected by the typhoon and hopes its support may be of any help for the soonest recovery of the damaged area.

*ROFI is a charitable institution to support a livelihood, medical care and education, as well as to as to collect donation and to support volunteering activities.

For further information, please contact:

Toshiaki Takasaki

Manager, CSR & Compliance Division

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. Tokyo

TEL: 81-3-3595-5092 FAX: 81-3-3595-6076

31^st October 2013

On behalf of our client Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd, (“K” Line) we are pleased to send you notification of their Financial Highlights for the 2^nd quarter of F2013.

English version

• Financial Highlights for 2^nd Quarter of F2013   –  http://bit.ly/HgtKmW

This is also available to download from their website : http://www.kline.co.jp/en/

• Difference in Financial Results from Projections, Revised Forecast of Financial Results – http://bit.ly/HrfXdv

For further information, please contact:

Makoto Arai

General Manager, IR & PR Group

Tel:  +81-3-3595-5189  Fax: +81-3-3595-5001

In addition, “K” Line has also been selected as an Asia / Pacific Index component  company of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) ^(*3) three years in a row since 2011.

Global companies satisfying international standards for corporate, environmental and social responsibility are selected as members of these prestigious Indices.

“K” Line always strives to reduce environmental impact, strengthen corporate governance and support communities in which it operates as a good corporate citizen.

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

*2 FTSE is an independent company wholly owned by the London Stock Exchange Group. It is a global leader in indexing and analytical solutions. FTSE’s indices measure multiple markets and asset classes in more than 80 countries.

*3 DJSI is an SRI index that RobecoSAM of Switzerland and investment advisory company S&P Dow Jones of the U.S. offers together.

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) and shipbuilding companies have reached agreements to build four next generation car carrier vessels.

Participating shipbuilders are Shin Kurushima Dockyard Co. Ltd and Japan Marine United Corporation, each company to build two vessels, respectively.

“We have spent considerable length of time studying and investigating the most suitable next generation car carrier with shipyards. We have appointed two shipyards and are adopting state of the art design in terms of top notch fuel efficiency and flexibility on cargo handling that will be far better than our existing fleet”, says Yoshiyuki Aoki, Executive Managing Officer, Car Carrier Sector. “These vessels will be the widest beam ever built, around 37-38 meters with 7,500-unit capacity. Length of the vessel is kept at 200 meters, considering ability to call at any port.”

“37-38 meter beam has come as a result of a series of simulation tests, exploring both better stability of the vessel and better fuel efficiency at the same time. Thanks to full support from the Shipyard, we are confident that we will have success in optimizing those two factors. These new vessels will be equipped with “CAUL” to mitigate wind pressure for optimum fuel consumption. Another technical point being addressed with these new ships is cargo loading equipment inside of the cargo hold and loading ramp as well in order to be best suited for not only passenger cars but also other RORO cargoes.”

“These four ships will replace existing aged tonnage. It is our estimation that the car transport market and RORO cargo market will steadily grow, so we will continue to develop our fleet to deliver value added efficiency and capability of handling an even wider variety of cargo mix to assure our services successfully meet the needs of our valued customers,” Aoki added.

Delivery of this quartet of new ships will take place in 2015 and the first quarter of 2016.

For further information please contact:

Toru Otoda

Group Manager, Car Carrier Planning & Development Group

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.  Tel: +81-3-3595-5471

Takamasa Soejima

Manager of Planning & Co-operation Team, Car Carrier Planning & Development Group

August 8, 2013

“K” Line Zhenhua Logistics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter KLZH-Shanghai), a joint venture between “K” Line and a Hong Kong company, holds opening ceremony for new warehouse which was constructed in Logistics Park of Shanghai Lingang New Town and starts operation on August 8, 2013. The Logistics Park is an economic development zone which has been ratified by State Control of the PRC. This area which expects continuous future development is located on Shanghai City side of the bridge connecting Shanghai City and Yanshang deep-water port, now ranked as one of the largest trading ports in the world.

This new modern facility is a 2-story warehouse having 43,890 square meters of total floor space with first phase constructed on about 140,000 square meters land area. KLZH-Shanghai deals with a wide variety of cargo such as daily necessities, apparel, electronic parts and automobile parts and provides excellent service utilizing a most-advanced inventory system. It can be used for CFS warehouse for export cargo, devanning and interim storage warehouse for import cargo, also as distributive processing warehouse for domestic cargo with vanning and devanning operations between 1^st floor and 2^nd floor provided speedily by using rail crane. KLZH-Shanghai can examine lease of the warehouse space upon request. It is provided with sprinkler system as a disaster prevention measure and a monitoring system by CCTV and security personnel 24 hours daily as anti-crime measures.

The “K” Line Group provides tailor-made warehouse services to meet a variety of customer needs especially targeted for export and import cargo in Shanghai port where an increase in future transaction volume is being expected.

The name of warehouse: “K” Line Zhenhua Logistics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Lingang Warehouse (named as Yanshan International Logictics Center)

Address: 668 Qiuxian Road, Logistics Park, Lingang New Town, Pudong District,

Shanghai, PRC

Contact information: Tel: +86-21-6327-2200, Fax: +86-21-3330-2006

Total floor space: 43,890 square meters

For further information, please contact

Goichi Tsuruta

General Manager, Business Promotion Group

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. Tokyo

TEL: +81-3-3595-5272  FAX: +81-3-3595-5175

August 6, 2013

“K” Line (India) Private Limited (hereinafter KLIN), “K” Line’s subsidiary company in India, has started marine management services (vessel inspections, port captaincy, port and terminal investigations, recruitment of marine professionals) in the city of Mumbai, India.

KLIN is steadily expanding operations in this region while experiencing a considerable increase in vessels in port, including not just containerships but also car carriers and bulk carriers. KLIN has operated and managed over 20 vessels in Mumbai. The Indian subsidiary of “K” Line Ship Management Co., Ltd., “K” Line’s subsidiary company for ship management, operates a well-equipped facility in Mumbai for manning vessels and providing marine technical training. Moreover with KLIN’s joint venture partner J. M. Baxi Group having employed top-class Indian seafarers for many years, “K” Line has accumulated considerable in-depth know-how. Leveraging these human resources and the experience within KLIN’s group, KLIN will now have four ship Captains and one Chief Engineer working full-time to deliver these new additional marine management services.

With India continuing to experience remarkable growth, and with expected future expansion of both Middle Eastern and African markets, being in a position to deliver such a full range of marine management services from India is geographically advantageous. The first introduction of these services began at the beginning of July when we carried out vessel inspection for a Supramax bulk carrier visiting port on India’s east coast.

KLIN is dedicated to providing the high quality services of the “K” Line brand in all its operations in India; not only to our own group’s vessels, but to our many business partners as well.

For further information, please contact

Goichi Tsuruta

General Manager, Business Promotion Group

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. Tokyo

TEL: +81-3-3595-5272  FAX: +81-3-3595-5175

July 31^st, 2013 

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. is delighted to announce the foundation of a new subsidiary company, “K” LINE RORO SERVICES LTD., effective October 1, 2013. The business outline of the new company is Sales and Marketing of so-called RORO cargo, including construction machinery, agricultural machinery and static cargo, as well as used automobiles and used construction machinery.

RORO cargo team, Car Carrier Business Group of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. has been handling this role previously, which will be wholly shifted to the new company. The new company will expand its customer base of such cargo and will further enhance sales activities to customers dealing with such cargo.

We recently see more and more diversification of cargo mix being loaded, or susceptible for loading, into our car carriers. The new company, composed of a group of specialists in the handling of this above-designated cargo, will promote its activities through communication with present and potential customers, analyzing their needs

and offering reasonable and personalized solutions, and will also provide them with reliable, well-established, service utilizing the extensive fleet of car carriers operated worldwide by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.

Outline of the new company:

Name  :  “K”LINE RORO SERVICES LTD.

Foundation  :  October 1, 2013

Offices  :  Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Hiroshima

Business  :  Sales and marketing of RORO cargo and used cars and equipment.     Marine technical support for RORO cargo.

July 31^st, 2013

“K” Line (India) Private Limited (hereinafter KLIN), “K” Line’s subsidiary company in India, has started Milk Run of automobile parts in the suburbs of Delhi, India for DENSO India Limited.

“Milk Run” refers to a logistics service for making a circuit of several automobile parts manufacturers at a set time, collecting products aiming for “just-in-time” delivery to customers. Milk Run is the ideal logistics method to perform consecutive circulation of returnable boxes designated by customer.

Until now auto parts manufacturers delivered their products individually, whereby using Milk Run method they can improve their efficiency in collecting products in small lots from several manufacturers using just one truck, and in this way DENSO India Limited can drastically reduce traffic within the factory. Milk Run also has the advantage of being an eco-friendly logistics service that reduces the overall operational process, traffic jams around factory and carbon-dioxide emissions.

KLIN is introducing Milk Run service around Delhi for DENSO India Limited from July 2013 by utilizing 6 trucks. A “K” Line subsidiary company in Thailand has already been providing Milk Run service to automakers and auto parts manufacturers for more than 10 years, currently utilizing about 300 trucks. The “K” Line group has accumulated extensive knowhow regarding logistics that it is anxious to share by providing comprehensive logistics services to meet customer needs that utilize strong local ties.