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Imabari Shipbuilding Strengthens Group Operations Through M&A Strategy 今治造船、M&A戦略でグループ事業を強化
Following JMU and Daihatsu Infinearth, HZME Becomes Consolidated Subsidiary with 60% Voting Rights Shoei Kisen Also Expands Shipowning Business JMU・ダイハツに続きHZMEを議決権60％取得で連結子会社化 正栄汽船も船主業を拡大 Imabari Shipbuil... -
“Japan-Linked Ships” Seen Locally as “Indian” and “Omani” Vessels 「日本関係船」、現地では「インド船」「オマーン船」
Two MOL-Related Ships Transit Strait of Hormuz, With Judgements Likely Based on Flag, Crew and Cargo Destination 商船三井関係船2隻、ホルムズ海峡では船籍・船員・貨物仕向け地で判断か Two merchant vessels effectively owned or jointly held b... -
NYK Bulkship Partners Launched NYKバルクシップパートナーズが発足
Three-way merger of Asahi Shipping, Hachiuma Steamship and Mitsubishi Ore Transport 21 owned vessels and 87 managed ships under one integrated dry bulk platform 旭海運、八馬汽船、三菱鉱石輸送の3社統合 保有船21隻・管理船87隻、ドライバルク... -
Reportage on Japanese Shipowners, Part 17 第17回ルポルタージュ日本船主
“Operational management risk reduced through BBC contracts” 「運航管理リスク、BBC契約で低減」 On March 25, at 10am, the APM (Asia Pacific Maritime) exhibition was about to open at the event venue inside Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands. A se... -
Japanese Operators Redirect VLCCs to US Gulf Loadings 日本勢、VLCCを米ガルフ積みへ転配指示
Hormuz closure prompts rerouting orders for waiting tankers to LOOP ホルムズ封鎖、待機船にＬＯＯＰへの配船変更も As the closure of the Strait of Hormuz drags on, some very large crude carriers (VLCCs) that h... -
No transit fee demand from Iran to Japan’s shipping industry 日本の海運業界にイランから通行料の提示なし
Hormuz Strait: “There is no channel for negotiation,” even at government level ホルムズ海峡、政府レベルでも「交渉の窓口などない」 Speculation has been spreading among some overseas media outlets and market participants that “the Iranian ... -
IINO LINES signs green shipping finance deal with Mizuho 飯野海運、みずほ銀と環境対応融資契約
Methanol dual-fuel VLCC to be assessed under decarbonisation criteria, in a new dialogue-based approach to ship finance メタノール二元燃料VLCCで脱炭素評価、船舶金融に対話型新手法 IINO LINES has signed a loan agreement with Mizuho Bank un... -
K Line continues using bio-LNG on car carriers 川崎汽船、自動車船でバイオLNGを継続使用
Signs long-term procurement deal, aiming to cut GHG emissions by 60,800 tonnes a year 長期調達契約を締結、年6.08万トンのGHG削減へ K Line has begun the continued use of bio-LNG (liquefied biomethane), one of the carbon-neutral fuels, on i... -
K Line Welcomes 51 New Employees 川崎汽船、51名の新入社員迎える
President Igarashi Urges Them to “Take on Challenges with Animal Spirits” 五十嵐社長「アニマルスピリッツで挑戦を」 K Line held its entrance ceremony for fiscal 2026 on 1 April, welcoming a total of 51 new employees, comprising 40 shore-b... -
NYK President Soga addresses induction ceremony 日本郵船の曽我社長、入社式であいさつ
Stresses mission under Hormuz crisis and participation in final year of mid-term plan ホルムズ危機下での使命と中計最終年度への参画を強調 NYK on April 1 held its 2026 induction ceremony at its head office in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, where pre... -
MOL’s Tamura delivers first message as president 商船三井・田村城太郎社長、就任後初のメッセージ
Emphasises “a sense of ownership” and redefines earning power and capital strategy 「当事者意識」を強調、“稼ぐ力”と資本戦略を再定義 Jotaro Tamura, who assumed the post of president of MOL, delivered a “Company Anniversary Day President’s... -
Chiyoda and NYK Group sign basic agreement in CCS 千代田化工建設と日本郵船グループ、CCSで基本合意
Aiming to create global projects through optimisation of LCO2 transport LCO2輸送の最適化でグローバル案件創出へ Chiyoda Corporation, NYK and NYK Group’s Knutsen NYK Carbon Carriers AS (KNCC) have signed a basic agreement aimed at collabor... -
Where is the area Iran calls a “safe corridor”? イランが「安全回廊」と呼ぶ場所とはどこか？
No indication of its existence or any transit fee has been made to Japan’s private shipping sector 日本の民間海運にその存在と通行料の打診なく Among industry sources, the view is strengthening that the waters referred to by the Iranian si... -
MOL and Hitachi to Develop Floating Data Centres from Converted Ships 商船三井と日立、中古船改造の「浮体式データセンター」
Proposal for new infrastructure to meet AI demand with no land requirement, shorter construction periods and use of seawater cooling AI需要に対応、土地不要・短工期・水冷活用で新インフラ提案 Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), Hitachi and Hitachi ... -
Is There Really a “Toll Gate” in the Strait of Hormuz? ホルムズ海峡に「料金所」は本当にあるのか
$2m transit claim lacks credibility, dollar payments pose sanctions risk, yuan settlement also speculated for China 200万ドル通航説に現実味乏しく、米ドル払いは制裁リスク 中国は人民元決済観測も Information has been circulating in the shi... -
Shipping Rugby League: NYK v MOL 海運ラグビーリーグ、日本郵船対商船三井
Traditional fixture draws former players from both companies beneath full cherry blossom 伝統の一戦、満開の桜の下で両社OBも参集 The traditional fixture of the Shipping Rugby League, made up of Japanese shipping companies, between NYK and... -
Strait of Hormuz: Will Japan Agree to the “$2 Million” Negotiation? ホルムズ海峡、日本は「200万ドル」交渉に応じるのか
Even if Tehran is engaged, ships do not move — the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps holds the “final decision on passage” イラン政府と話しても船は動かない 革命防衛隊が握る「最後の通航判断」 An European shipping broker based in Singapor... -
Japan moves again towards bringing coal-fired power back online 日本、再び石炭火力の稼働に向け動き出す
Panamax forward rates hit $18,000 as short tonnage threatens operator margins パナマックス市況の先物が18,000ドル 船腹ショートで収支圧迫も Japan’s power policy has shifted into what can only be described as an emergency footing following... -
World’s first hydrogen main engine nears shipboard use 世界初、大型商船向け水素主機が実船段階へ
NEDO-backed project to demonstrate technology on a 17,500-dwt hydrogen-fuelled multipurpose vessel Japan Engine, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, MOL, MOL Drybulk, Onomichi Dockyard and ClassNK NEDO事業、1万7500重量トン型水素燃料多目的船で実証... -
APM panel probes next-generation shipbuilding challenges APM造船パネル、次世代造船の課題とは
The realities of shipbuilding as described by the front line: decarbonisation, labour shortages and geopolitical risk 現場が語った造船の現実 脱炭素・人材難・地政学リスク Can “next-generation shipbuilding” truly become the next growth ... -
Reportage on Japanese Shipowners, No. 16 第16回ルポルタージュ日本船主
“Only Two Weeks of Food on Board: Shipmanagement Companies Caught in the Middle” 「食料保管は2週間、板挟みの船舶管理会社」 “Not all vessels carry food stocks for 40 to 50 days. Some have only around 14 days’ worth of food on board. We wo... -
APM 2026 opens as MOL’s Tamura sets out “GSE era” APM 2026開幕、商船三井・田村専務「GSE時代」を提示
Geopolitics and safety move to the fore, with Japan and Singapore underscored as strategic anchors 地政学と安全が主軸に、日本・シンガポールの戦略的重要性強調 Asia Pacific Maritime (APM) 2026, one of the largest maritime exhibitions and c... -
NYK and four partners launch offshore data centre demonstration 日本郵船など5者、洋上データセンター実証開始
Floating model begins operation in the Port of Yokohama, powered entirely by renewable energy 再エネ100％で稼働、横浜港で浮体型モデルが稼働 NYK, NTT Facilities, Eurus Energy Holdings, Mitsubishi UFJ Bank and the City of Yokohama on March... -
APM to open in Singapore on March 25 APMがシンガポールで明日25日開幕
MOL president-designate Tamura to participate, alongside two panellists from ClassNK 商船三井の田村次期社長、日本海事協会からもパネリスト2名が参加 Asia Pacific Maritime (APM), one of Asia’s largest maritime exhibitions and conferences,...
