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Apr. 1950 |
Established Nittetsu Steamship Co., Ltd. |
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Dec. 1957 |
Opened a liaison office in London (Closed in Sep 2017) |
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Feb. 1962 |
Merged with Toho Kaiun Kaisha and changed registered name to Shinwa Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd. |
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May 1964 |
Joined Nippon Yusen Group in response to the Marine Transportation Restructuring Act |
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Sep. 1969 |
Opened a liaison office in New York |
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Jan. 1970 |
Established Shinwa (U.K.) Ltd., as a subsidiary |
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Jun. 1974 |
Domestic Transportation Section separated from the Company and established as Shinwa Naiko Kaiun Kaisha Ltd. |
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May 1975 |
Established Shinwa (U.S.A.) Ltd. |
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Apr. 1977 |
Opened a liaison office in Melbourne (Relocated to Sydney in Apr 1993, cloosed in Sep 2017) |
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Apr. 1992 |
Opened a liaison office in Singapore |
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Jan. 1995 |
Opened a liaison office in Hong Kong (Closed in Sep 2017) |
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Jun. 1996 |
Established Shinwa Shipping (H.K.) Co., Ltd. |
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Jul. 2004 |
Opened a liaison office in Shanghai |
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Apr. 2007 |
Established Shinwa (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. |
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Jan. 1957 |
Established Nippo Kisen K.K. |
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Apr. 1964 |
Joined the Showa Shipping group in response to the Marine Transportation Reconstruction Act |
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Sep. 1983 |
Nippon Steel Corporation became top shareholder |
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Sep. 1985 |
Opened a liaison office in London (Closed in Sep 2017) |
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Dec. 1990 |
Merged with Nippon Steel Shipping Co., Ltd. and changed registered name to Nippon Steel Shipping Co., Ltd. |
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Jun. 1997 |
Opened a liaison office in Singapore |
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Began stationing employees in Hai Phong, Vietnam |
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Nov. 2003 |
Concluded business alliance contract with Hsin Chien Marine Co., Ltd. in Taiwan |
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Jun. 2004 |
Relocated liaison office in Singapore to Hong Kong (Closed in April 2007) |
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Apr. 2008 |
Opened a liaison office in Manila |
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Oct. 2010 |
Merged Shinwa Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd. and Nippon Steel Shipping Co., Ltd. into NS United Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd. |
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2011 |
Transported emergency relief supplies to flood-hit Thailand. |
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2013 |
A vessel operated by the Company rescued 11 victims of a shipwreck off the western coast of India. |
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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. |
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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. |
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2016 |
Concluded a 25-year long-term shipping contract with Vale, and decided to build a 400,000-dwt ore carrier. |
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2018 |
Paid out an interim dividend for the first time in a decade, or since 2008. |
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Installation of ballast water treatment systems is in full operation to prevent the impact of ballast water discharge on health and the marine environment. |
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2019 |
Installation of SOx scrubbers (exhaust gas cleaning systems) was in full operation in preparation for stricter SOx emission regulations to conserve air quality. |
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UTASHIMA, a coastal cargo carrier equipped with a hybrid propulsion system powered by lithium-ion batteries, was delivered. |
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2020 |
IBUKI, a biomass fuel carrier was delivered. |
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2021 |
Obtained a third-party verification for our calculated greenhouse gas emissions. |
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2024 |
Opened a liaison office in Bangkok |