"K" Line

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) continues to be a member company of the FTSE4Good Global Index, the leading SRI (*1) index calculated by FTSE Group (*2).

This index is reviewed twice a year and　”K” Line has been a consecutive member since 2003.

And also “K” Line has become a member company of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) (*3) as Asia Pacific Index.

Global companies satisfying international standards for corporate environmental and social responsibility are selected as a members company of these Index.

“K” Line will continue to endeavor to meet its social responsibilities.

 *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 Group is an independent company jointly owned by The Financial Times and the London Stock Exchange and a world-leader in the creation, management and other related business of indices for investors.

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

September 14, 2011

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) has donated five 20-foot reefer containers to Ofunato City in Iwate, Japan, which suffered devastating damage from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, as part of its on-going support activities for disaster-stricken areas.

The five reefer containers, which were delivered to four fish processing facilities in the city on September 12, are serving as temporary refrigerated warehouses for fishery products.

According to a general manager of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Department of Ofunato City Office, “Refrigerated warehousing is absolutely essential for the fishing industry. The refrigerated containers we have received from “K” Line are expected to help spur a recovery of the fishing industry in the region.”

“K” Line continues to proactively take part in various relief activities in the quake and tsunami stricken areas by using its resources as a shipping company. 

Reefer containers arrived at Ofunato City

For further information, please contact:

Ryoichi Ikeda

Manager, CSR & Compliance Division, General Affairs Group

Tel: +81-3-3595-5092   Fax: +81-3-3595-5175

Toshiaki Takasaki

Manager, Information & Public Relations Team, IR & PR Group

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

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line)

4 units arrived at Kesennuma City

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) has donated five 20-foot reefer containers to Kesennuma City in Miyagi Prefecture and Miyako City in Iwate Prefecture, which   suffered devastating damage from the March11 earthquake and tsunami.

The donation was made in cooperation with “Kibo-no-Noroshi”(+), an aid fund supported by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism as well as the Fisheries Agency of Japan. The reefer containers, which were delivered to the destinations on 22 August, will be used for refrigerated storage of fishery products at fish processing facilities in the two cities – 4 units in Kesennuma, 1 unit in Miyako.

“K” Line continues to proactively take part in various relief activities in the quake and tsunami stricken areas by using its resources as a shipping company.　

(+) “Kibo-no-Noroshi”, which literally means “Beacon of Hope”, is an newly-established private aid fund for the purpose of ensuring the supply of essential equipment (such as reefer containers, forklifts, etc.) to assist in re-opening fish markets within the March11 disaster-stricken areas.

August 25, 2011

KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD. (“K” Line) is enhancing its East India service with the introduction of a new Thailand – East India Express (TCX) service starting 7^th September 2011 from Laem Chabang as a slot operator.

The port rotation will be as follows:

Laem Chabang – Singapore – Port Kelang – Chennai – Visakhapatnam – Port Kelang – Singapore – Laem Chabang

With this new direct service, the transit time from Laem Chabang to Chennai will reduce to 8 days, thus “K” Line will be able to provide an even better quality service to our valued customers in this region.

“K” Line presently operates another weekly service (called INDFEX-2) calling at Pusan, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Shekou, Singapore and East India.

For further information, please contact:

Fumiyoshi Sato

Manager, Planning Team, Containerships Strategy Group

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.

Tel: +81-3-3595-5341　Fax: +81-3-3595-5288

August 9, 2011

“K” Line has issued its “Social and Environmental Report 2011” in English and Japanese, which summarizes their activities for social contribution and environmental preservation. The report has been published to provide “K” Line’s stakeholders with easy-to-understand explanations on their approach to social responsibility and measures they take for safety in navigation and cargo operations and environmental preservation, which are based on their corporate principles.

In this year’s report, “K” Line emphasize articles on four themes considered important from the viewpoint of responsibility as a shipping line. These themes are Safety in Navigation and Cargo Operations, Environmental Preservation, Work Environment, and Social Contribution. They also striveto show as many opinions from people working for the “K” Line Group as possible.

The report is available to download from the “K” Line  (http://www.kline.co.jp)

July 22, 2011

KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD. (“K” Line) is pleased to announce launching of a new dedicated service (called CIX-2) between the Far East and Indian Sub-Continent from 10^th August 2011.

The new CIX-2 service, currently operated by Evergreen Line and Simatech Shipping, will run with six 2500-2800 teu vessels and offer a fixed-day weekly sailing. “K” Line will deploy one vessel to this new service.

The port rotation will be as follows:

Xingang – Qingdao – Shanghai – Ningbo – Singapore – Tanjung Pelepas – Port Kelang –  Nhava Sheva – Karachi – Colombo – Port Kelang – Tanjung Pelapas – Singapore – Xingang.

“K” Line presently operates another weekly service (called INDFEX) calling at Nhava Sheva port. The new service will double sailing frequency for Nhava Sheva and newly add Xingang and Qingdao as direct calling ports.

“K” Line continues to provide high quality direct service to meet customer demands and enhance service coverage between the Far East and Indian Sub-Continent.

For further information, please contact:

Fumiyoshi Sato

Manager, Planning Team, Containerships Strategy Group

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.

Tel: +81-3-3595-5341　Fax: +81-3-3595-5288

July 21, 2011

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) is pleased to announce an upgrade of its West Africa Express Service (WAX) to a weekly service with an additional Singapore call on both west and eastbound.

A total of 11 vessels will be deployed with “K” Line deploying 2 vessels, China Shipping 4, Hapag-Lloyd 2 and the remaining 3 coming from Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), who will newly join the service, covering a 77-day round voyage.

Details of the service are as follows:-

• Vessel Deployment:

Eleven (11) x 2500 TEU type vessel

• New WAX service rotation (77-day round voyage):

Shanghai – Ningbo – Xiamen – Shekou – Singapore – Port Kelang – Durban (South Africa) – Tema (Ghana) – Lome (Togo) – Cotonou (Benin) – Tincan Island (Nigeria) – Durban –

Port Kelang – Singapore – Shanghai

• Commencement date:

Departure from Shanghai on August 23, 2011

“K” Line offers efficient, high-quality services in its Far East – West Africa service with additional Singapore call, which provides wider connection coverage for Southeast Asian countries.

15th July 2011

“K” Line held the 5th Global Meeting of “K” Line Maritime Academy (KLMA) which is the aggregation of our seafarer’s training centre in the world including the career path of seafarer on 4th and 5th of July in Tokyo. 110 and more participants including instructors from each KLMA around the world, representatives of in-house ship management companies and concerned manning agents, President and CEO Jiro Asakura, “K” Line executives and staff attended this meeting.

In the plenary session on the first day and the instructors’ meeting on the second day, KLMA (Headquarters) in Tokyo explained the review of current measures and policies for securing and fostering seafarers in view of 5 years having elapsed since its establishment as well as showing new direction for the future. Each ship management company introduced its own specialized approach to training and KLMA instructors introduced the present situation and their effort at each KLMA in the world.  The discussions for those issues were executed very actively and positively and all attendees shared KLMA’s future challenges.

Furthermore, KLMA Instructors took the real danger sensing course as external training for their skill improvement on 7th July. They will bring their new knowledge and experience back to their countries and put their new skills into action from the KLMA training.

According to the KLMA Master Plan based on these common consensus, we will accelerate progress towards securing and fostering good seafarers to fulfill our safety standards, assure maximum safety of navigation, maintain and improve the “K” Line brand of Security, Safety and Trust, and then achieve “Synergy for All and Sustainable Growth,” the main theme of our mid-term management plan called “K” LINE Vision 100.

July 14, 2011

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) completed a dedicated vessel contract for grain raw material transportation, from North America Gulf, West Coasts and Australia using Panamax and Handymax type vessels, with the National Federation of Agricultural Co-operative Associations (JA Group).

The distribution volume of domestic mixed grains varies between 24 -25 million tons a year, and the handling amount of JA Group accounts for about 30 percent. In concluding all contracts, “K” Line will transport about two million tons of grain for JA Group in total.

JA Group aims to provide a constant supply of grain to Japan through the efficiency of this transportation system, effected by the reliability and dependability of these vessels, and consequently helping in the support of production of Japan’s domestic stock raising farmers.

““K” LINE Vision 100 – New Challenges” is the mid-term management plan that the Company announced in April, which includes a fleet expansion plan for mainly small and medium-sized bulk vessels. This plan encourages efforts to promote a stronger relationship with the JA Group, including a series of contracts in the future similar to this current one, which will strive to achieve our mission for “Expansion of stable earnings base and sustainable growth”.

5  July , 2011 

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line Group) will start a campaign to save electric power consumption in its head office in Tokyo that includes introduction of in-house Summer Time working hours system and reduce lighting and use of air conditioners. “K” Line Group has been proactively taking measures to reduce consumption of electricity by partially turning off lights in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami in March that crippled the Fukushima nuclear plant, sparking serious concerns about power shortages in Eastern Japan, including Tokyo. Over the past few years, “K” Line Group has implemented lower electrical consumption in summer by setting the temperature of air conditioners at 28C in consideration of environmental conservation. The campaign this summer is aimed at cutting power consumption by 25 percent compared with the peak season last year through enhancing such power saving measures.

Measures include:

– Partial shutdown of air conditioners

– Reduction of lighting units by half

– Introduction of in-house Summer Time working hours system

– Introduction of “Super Cool Biz” (Expansion of Casual Day from Friday to all working days) 

The campaign is scheduled to begin on July 11 (Mon) in order to prevent power outages for over two months after the end of this year’s rainy season during which time demand for electricity is expected to reach its highest level.

“K” Line Group continues to proactively contribute to society as a good corporate citizen and is committed to a voluntary approach to protect and preserve the environment.” 

For further information, please contact:

Ryoichi Ikeda

Division Manager, CSR & Compliance division

Tel: +81-3-3595-5092   Fax: +81-3-3595-5175

Toshiaki Takasaki

Manager, Information & Public Relations Team, IR & PR Group

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

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line)