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NYK president’s New Year message

— Encourages Employees to Execute the Medium-term Management Plan and Rebuild Group Governance Toward the Next 30 Years —

The following is an excerpt from the New Year’s speech made by NYK president Tadaaki Naito as business opened for 2019 at the company’s head office in Tokyo.

“I would like to wish everyone a happy new year. The Heisei period* will come to a close this year, and Japan will welcome a new era. I would thus like to take this opportunity to look back on the past 30 years and look...

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NYK receives recognition from Tokyo Customs

The Tokyo Terminal Office of NYK’s Yokohama Branch was recognized with a letter of appreciation from Tokyo Customs at its 2018 awards ceremony held on Customs Day at the Tokyo port on November 28.

The NYK Yokohama branch was praised for its cooperation with daily customs administration and for cooperating with Tokyo Customs for so long, and the Tokyo Terminal Office of this branch was recognized for contributing to operations within this bonded area together with NYK’s Tokyo Container Terminal....

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ONE held a business briefing

TOKYO – MOL announced that on November 27, K Line, NYK Line and MOL jointly held containership business briefing sessions for institutional investors and media, led by Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd. (ONE). About 120 people in total of the 2 sessions were on hand for the event.

ONE CEO Jeremy Nixon gave a comprehensive explanation of the business environment, the background of the company’s business outlook for fiscal year 2018, which was disclosed on October 31, and future strategies to improve...

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NYK to use a new sulfur-in-oil analyzer

NYK and Nippon Yuka Kogyo Co., Ltd., an NYK Group company, have teamed with Horiba Ltd. to develop a new sulfur-in-oil analyzer for ships. The new device is based on an existing device used at onshore analysis centers. Using this new analyzer, NYK will be able to thoroughly comply with regulations limiting sulfur oxides (SOx) from vessels, as well as optimize the company’s use of low-sulfur fuel oil.

1. Background

Certain areas around Europe and North America have been designated as emission...

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NYK to test Internet of Ships Platform

On October 18, a testbed was established for an Internet of Ships Open Platform (IoS-OP), and for the test NYK provided a next-generation onboard IoT platform that the company has been developing with MTI Co. Ltd., an NYK Group company, and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT).

The NYK Group will proactively make use of the IoS-OP to improve safety and reduce environmental loads, and thus create an innovative, new business model.

1. Background

The IoS-OP consortium was launched in June...

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