History

Shinwa Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd.

Apr. 1950 Established Nittetsu Steamship Co., Ltd.
Dec. 1957 Opened a liaison office in London (Closed in Sep 2017)
Feb. 1962 Merged with Toho Kaiun Kaisha and changed registered name to Shinwa Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd.
May 1964 Joined Nippon Yusen Group in response to the Marine Transportation Restructuring Act
Sep. 1969 Opened a liaison office in New York
Jan. 1970 Established Shinwa (U.K.) Ltd., as a subsidiary
Jun. 1974 Domestic Transportation Section separated from the Company and established as Shinwa Naiko Kaiun Kaisha Ltd.
May 1975 Established Shinwa (U.S.A.) Ltd.
Apr. 1977 Opened a liaison office in Melbourne (Relocated to Sydney in Apr 1993, cloosed in Sep 2017)
Apr. 1992 Opened a liaison office in Singapore
Jan. 1995 Opened a liaison office in Hong Kong (Closed in Sep 2017)
Jun. 1996 Established Shinwa Shipping (H.K.) Co., Ltd.
Jul. 2004 Opened a liaison office in Shanghai
Apr. 2007 Established Shinwa (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Nippon Steel Shipping Co., Ltd.

Jan. 1957 Established Nippo Kisen K.K.
Apr. 1964 Joined the Showa Shipping group in response to the Marine Transportation Reconstruction Act
Sep. 1983 Nippon Steel Corporation became top shareholder
Sep. 1985 Opened a liaison office in London (Closed in Sep 2017)
Dec. 1990 Merged with Nippon Steel Shipping Co., Ltd. and changed registered name to Nippon Steel Shipping Co., Ltd.
Jun. 1997 Opened a liaison office in Singapore
Sep. 1997 Began stationing employees in Hai Phong, Vietnam
Nov. 2003 Concluded business alliance contract with Hsin Chien Marine Co., Ltd. in Taiwan
Jun. 2004 Relocated liaison office in Singapore to Hong Kong (Closed in April 2007)
Apr. 2008 Opened a liaison office in Manila

NS United Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd.

Oct. 2010 Merged Shinwa Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd. and Nippon Steel Shipping Co., Ltd. into NS United Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd.
2011 Transported emergency relief supplies to flood-hit Thailand.
2013 A vessel operated by the Company rescued 11 victims of a shipwreck off the western coast of India.
2015 NS United Naiko Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd. became a wholly owned subsidiary in order to strengthen sales capabilities and competitiveness by integrating coastal and international shipping and to improve the efficiency of Group management.
2015 PACIFIC SPIKE, a long rail carrier, won the Ship of the Year 2014 award in the large cargo ship category, which is given to ships built in Japan that are outstanding technologically, artistically, and socially.
2016 Concluded a 25-year long-term shipping contract with Vale, and decided to build a 400,000-dwt ore carrier.
2018 Paid out an interim dividend for the first time in a decade, or since 2008.
2018 Installation of ballast water treatment systems is in full operation to prevent the impact of ballast water discharge on health and the marine environment.
2019 Installation of SOx scrubbers (exhaust gas cleaning systems) was in full operation in preparation for stricter SOx emission regulations to conserve air quality.
2019 UTASHIMA, a coastal cargo carrier equipped with a hybrid propulsion system powered by lithium-ion batteries, was delivered.
2020 IBUKI, a biomass fuel carrier was delivered.
2021 Obtained a third-party verification for our calculated greenhouse gas emissions.
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