| Company Name : | K-LINE |
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| Register Country : | 日本 |
| Headquarters' address : | Hibiya Central Bldg., 2-9 Nishi-Shinbashi 1-Chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8421 |
| Company profile : | Name Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE) Established April 5, 1919 Paid-in Capital 29,689 million yen President Yasuhide Sakinaga (taking over presidency on April 1, 2000) Employees 547(368 on land, 179 at sea) Business Lines Marine transportation; insurance agency; warehousing; land transportation; through transportation involving marine, land and air intermodal transportation Office Head Office Hibiya Central Building 2-9, Nishi-Shinbashi 1-chome,Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8421, Japan Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8421, Japan Phone:(+81) 3- 3595-5000 Registered Head Office Shinko Building, 8 Kaigandori, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0024, Japan Phone: (+81)78-332-8020 Fax:(+81)78-858-6509 Branches Nagoya 11th Fl. Nagoya International Center Building, 1-47-1, Nagono, Nakamura-ku,Nagoya 450-0001,Japan Phone: (+81) 52-589-4510 Fax: (+81) 52-589-4585 Kansai 4, Nishi 6-Chome, Koyo-Cho, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-0033,Japan Phone:(+81)78-858-6506 Fax:(+81)78-857-1533 Overseas Office Beijing, Manila,Dubai, Rio de Janeiro, Overseas Agent Korea, Hong kong, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, Great Britain Germany, France, Nederlands, Belgium, Italy, Canada, USA, Mexico, Chile, Peru Affiliated Companies 28 (Domestic),156 (Overseas) Stock Exchange Listing Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Frankfurt, Brussels Established as Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. 1941 At the start of World War ll, owned 36 ships, 260,108 deadweight tons. 1945 At the end of World War ll, owned 12 ships, 31,111 deadweight tons. 1948 The rebuilding of the company fleet began with the refloatation of the KIYOKAKYOKAWA MARU, sunk during the war. 1951 The Japan / Bangkok liner route was established as the first step toward resumption of service. Other principal liner routes were reopened or established later. 1957 Work on developing an oil tanker fleet was begun with the building of the FUJIKAWA MARU. 1960 Work on developing a specialized carrier fleet was begun with the building of the ore carrier FUKUKAWA MARU. 1964 Merged with Iino Kisen Kaisha to become the core company of the Kawasaki Kisen group, capitalized at 9 billion yen. 1968 "K" LINE’s 1st full containership GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE put into the Japan / California service route. Started the Japan-Far East / Europe liner route with Mearsk Lines of Denmark. Work on developing a specialized car carrier fleet was begun with the car / bulk carrier TOYOTA MARU NO. 1. 1969 Service with containerships began on Japan / East Australia route. 1970 Service with containerships began on Japan / Pacific Northwest Coast routes. Japan’s first PCC (Pure Car Carrier) TOYOTA MARU NO.10 was completed. 1971 "International Transportation Service, Inc. was established as the company's overseas container terminal in Long Beach, California. 1973 Service with container ships began on the Japan-Far East / New York route. Joined the Far Eastern Freight Conference. 1975 The ACE Group established as a consortium for the joint operations of containerships on the Japan-Far East / Europe route. 1983 Became the ship managing company of Japan’s first LNG carrier BISHU MARU. 1986 Began operation of an exclusive Double Stack Train (DST) linking Long Beach, Chicago, and New York. Left the Japanese 5-line consortium of Japan-Far East / new York route and established a new round-the-world service with two overseas shipping lines. 1988 Terminated the consortium with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines for Japan-Far East / U.S. Pacific North West route and started a independent service. 1989 Reorganized the ACE Group on the European route, and switched to a consortium with two overseas shipping companies. 1991 In conjunction with the establishment of a dedicated DST network in North America, the Japan-Far East / New York all water service was suspended. 1993 "K" Line Re-engineering Program started. "K" Line Maritime Training Corporation established in Manila. Contracts signed for building and chartering seven LNG carriers under the Qatargas project. 1994 Newly-built wide-beam / shallow-draft coal carrier CORONA ACE put into service. 1995 Listing of Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen Kaisha, a subsidiary, on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. 1996 Joint ship assignment with the Yang Ming Line of Taiwan started on the Japan-Far East / North America and Japan-Far East / Europe routes. The "K" Line Re-engineering Phase II started with a two-years period of 1996 / 97. 1997 Trans-Atlantic Container Service (TASCO) jointly established with COSCO, with the participation of Yang Ming Line. The SR (System Re-engineering) project finished. The mainframe was replaced by PCs. 1998 5-year management plan New "K" LINE Spirit for 21 (New K-21) adopted. 1999 Car Carrier Depertment receives ISO9002. 2000 New Containership services, Asia / US East coast (via Panama), Asia / Mediterranean and Mediterranean / US East Coast, commenced, which completed our trunk service routes linking west and east. Taiyo Kaiun Kabushiki Kaisha merged with Kobe Nippon Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. Taiyo Nippon Kisen Co., Ltd. was founded. Reformation of our subsidiary companies for ship management and administration completed. "K" Line Logistics Holdings, Inc. was founded. A first step for restructuring efforts of logistics business determined in New K-21. 2001 Started a new "achievement-based" personnel system and a new organizational system consisting of "groups" and "teams." Established Training Center for Dangerous Cargo Carriers within "K" LINE Traning Center, Tokyo with three training simulators for LNG carriers / LPG carriers / oil tankers. Established "K" LINE Group's Environmental Policy. "K" Line Pte Ltd, Singapore started their business as shipping company. 1st over-panamax containership GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE was built at Hyundai Heavy Industries, Ulsan. "K" LINE, COSCON, Yang Ming and Hanjin (Senator) agreed to accelerate the process of cooperation with an ultimate goal of established an alliance. Reached an agreement with Statoil and Mitsui & Co. for the long-term time charter of two LNG carriers. 2002 Launched Europe / Asia / U.S. West Coast Service with 5,500TEU-type containerships. Acquisition ISO 14001 in recognition of Environmental Management System. Founded a new company "K" Line Total Logistics, LLC (KLTL) to promote "K"LINE group companies logistics capabilities. Started of a new 3-year management plan named "KV-Plan". Established "K" Line (Japan) Ltd. for strengthening containership business activities in Japan. 2003 Opened a business base in Houston for Natural Gas transport services Started its own shortsea car carrier services under the flag and the name of "K"Line European Sea Highway Services GmbH (KESS) Decided to place new orders for four 8,000-teu containerships and five 5,500-teu containerships, to be delivered from 2006 to 2007 The Group obtained govermental permission to establish a new logistics J/V company named Shanghai "K"Line Z.F.Logistics Co., Ltd. Founded a new company named Oriental Sea Highway Services Co.,Ltd. to respond to future increases in demand for marine transport of Chinese vehicles An interim dividend for Fiscal 2003 was executed for the first time, ¥5.00 per share The bond rating by JCR was promoted from BBB+ to A- |
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