Shipping & Marine Services News in Japan
| 9/26/2023 - Marlink, the smart network and digital solutions company, has secured a contract to extend its innovative smart hybrid network solutions with Starlink LEO internet service to the owned fleet of leadin... |
| 9/21/2023 - Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE), TIS Inc. (“TIS”) and Miotsukushi Analytics Inc.
(“Miotsukushi”) are pleased to announce that we have jointly developed a draft survey application. Th... |
| 9/19/2023 - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto) announced at the "Procure Innovation Dialogues" held by the World Economic Forum that MOL will represent the shipping sector as a "S... |
| 9/6/2023 - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto) announced that MOL has become the first Japanese shipping company to participate in the non-profit organization "Leadership Initiati... |
| 8/10/2023 - Norvic Shipping, the global dry bulk owner and operator, has taken delivery of an energy efficient ultramax vessel on a long-term charter as the organization continues to expand its fleet to meet incr... |
| 7/26/2023 - Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE) currently uses the Port of Kobe Rokko Island RC4-5
container terminals leased from Kobe-Osaka International Port Corporation. Talks with KobeOsaka International... |
| 7/26/2023 - On July 25, the LNG-fueled tugboat Sakigake, operated in Tokyo Bay by the NYK Group’s Shin-Nippon Kaiyosha, conducted its last bunkering at Yokohama Shinko pier as a vessel fueled by liquefied natural... |
| 7/26/2023 - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto) announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the Port Island Phase 2 Development Project at the Port of Kobe (No... |
| 7/25/2023 - Smart Maritime Network has announced the launch of the Standardised Data Innovation Challenge (SDIC), a programme for maritime start-ups and entrepreneurs to work with real world standardised datasets... |
| 7/21/2023 - Three NYK Group companies — NYK, Japan Marine Science Inc., and MTI Co., Ltd. — will participate in the Joint Technological Development Program for the Demonstration of Fully Autonomous Ships under th... |
| 7/19/2023 - In July, NYK held its annual fleet safety management meetings for domestic and international shipowners and ship-management companies. During the meetings, safety initiatives were shared, past acciden... |
| 6/29/2023 - ClassNK has received approval from the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) to accept HermAce developed by FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD (FURUNO) as an alternative for the onboard Annual Performance Test (APT) ... |
| 6/27/2023 - After several years of research & development (R&D) Eco Marine Power (EMP) announced today that it has developed a new type of sail device for ships. This sail device known as a SailetTM (patent pendi... |
| 6/5/2023 - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto) announced the name of a company-MOL Sunflower Ltd.-will integrate two wholly owned ferry and coastal RORO vessel operating companies... |
| 6/1/2023 - Smart Green Shipping (SGS) is delighted to announce their collaboration with Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS) as part of the ‘Winds of Change’ project which held its first in-person kick-off meeting ... |
| 5/29/2023 - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto) announced the launch of an inter-system linkage between "Lighthouse" (Note 1), a platform developed for bulkship customers to provid... |
| 5/26/2023 - ClassNK has granted its Innovation Endorsement for Products & Solutions to Inmarsat’s Fleet Secure Endpoint, cybersecurity service for ships. In order to promote the spread and development ... |
| 5/19/2023 - Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. is proud to announce that the website for the Ship Operation and Performance analysis support system (SOPass) is now launched. SOPass*1 is a voyage performa... |
| 5/10/2023 - United Maritime Corporation has entered into a twelve-month bareboat charter agreement for a Japanese-built modern Panamax dry bulk vessel with an unaffiliated third party in Japan. The bareboat chart... |
| 5/8/2023 - Mitsubishi Electric Corporation will begin shipping samples of a new Schottky barrier diode (SBD)-embedded silicon carbide (SiC) metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) module, feat... |
