AUTOMOTIVE
As a car transport pioneer, we provide safe and expeditious shipping services for automotive.
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ABOUT US
Since its establishment in 1919, “K” Line has sought to enrich people’s lives by providing high-quality logistics services that place the customer first.
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INNOVATION HISTORY
Ever since we developed Japan’s first pure car carrier, we have continued to innovate technologically as a car transportation pioneer.
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SUSTAINABILITY
We bring together the world’s most advanced shipbuilding technology and develop ships with an awareness of the earth’s environment.
NEWS
- Nov. 5, 2024
- Financial Highlights for 2nd Quarter FY2024
- Oct. 31, 2024
- “K” Line Wind Service and Japan Marine United Sign Agreement for Phase 2 of NEDO’s Green Innovation Fund Project
- Oct. 28, 2024
- “K” LINE UNIVERSITY 2024 Held
- Oct. 24, 2024
- “K” LINE decides to trial Inmarsat Maritime's new bonded network service “NexusWave”on its fleet
- Oct. 18, 2024
- Presentation and Panel Discussion at “Japan CCUS Summit”
- Oct. 15, 2024
- “K” LINE Carried Out Emergency Response Exercise
- Oct. 2, 2024
- Presentation at the CCUS WORLD
- Sep. 30, 2024
- Publication of FACTBOOK 2024
- Sep. 13, 2024
- Commission a CCS engineering design work in Sarawak, Malaysia as the “Japanese Advanced CCS Projects” in FY2024
- Sep. 11, 2024
- Consortium selected for NEDO’s next-generation floating offshore wind power technology development project
- Aug. 26, 2024
- “K” Line Wind Service and Acteon have signed Japanese floating wind demonstration collaboration agreement
- Aug. 2, 2024
- Financial Statements 2024 were released
- Aug. 2, 2024
- Financial Highlights for 1st Quarter FY2024
- Jul. 25, 2024
- Notice on Revision to Consolidated Financial Forecasts for the Fiscal Year ending March 2025
- Jul. 23, 2024
- “K” LINE selected as a Constituent of FTSE4Good Index Series, FTSE Blossom Japan Index and FTSE Blossom Sector Relative Index
- Jun. 10, 2024
- “K” LINE Holds Environmental Awards 2024 Ceremony
- May. 23, 2024
- “K” LINE Group Obtains Certification from ClassNK for Seafarer Competency Management System
- May. 16, 2024
- “K” LINE Conducts First Trial Use of B100 Biofuel for Carbon-free Operations on Car Carrier
- May. 7, 2024
- Financial Highlights for FY2023
- May. 7, 2024
- Financial Highlights FY2023 were released.
- Apr. 11, 2024
- Memorandum of Understanding Regarding the Joint Development of Ammonia-Fueled Bulk Carriers Signed
- Mar. 29, 2024
- Establishment of marketing company for liquified CO2 shipping by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. and Nippon Gas Line., Ltd.
- Mar. 25, 2024
- Publication of ESG DATA BOOK 2023
- Mar. 25, 2024
- Signing of a Joint Research and Development Agreement for a New Fire Detection System for Car Carriers
- Feb. 29, 2024
- Publication of FACTBOOK 2023(Interim Updated)
- Feb. 29, 2024
- JAPEX, JGC , and “K” LINE Sign a Storage Site Agreement with PETRONAS and PETROS for the CCS Project in Malaysia
- Feb. 21, 2024
- “K” LINE Safety Campaign 2023 - 2024
- Feb. 20, 2024
- “K” Line Group Exhibits at Wind Expo 2024
- Jan. 4, 2024
- New Year Message from the President "Plant your feet firmly on the ground, think things through, and act swiftly."
- Dec. 18, 2023
- Publication of “K” LINE REPORT 2023
- Dec. 14, 2023
- “K” Line Listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index, a Leading Index for ESG Investing for 13 years in a row
- Dec. 12, 2023
- Approval in Principle (AiP) from Japanese Classification Society ClassNK for Advanced Maneuvering Assistant System
- Nov. 28, 2023
- NEDO Demonstration Project: Demonstration Test Ship for Liquefied CO2 Transportation Delivered
- Nov. 20, 2023
- Commencement of Operation of New Logistics Facilities for Finished Vehicles in Indonesia
- Nov. 14, 2023
- “K” LINE and KEPCO Sign Service Agreement on Development of Liquefied CO2 Carrier Design for CCS Value Chain
- Oct. 16, 2023
- Conduct Emergency Response Exercise
- Sep. 29, 2023
- Publication of FACTBOOK 2023
- Sep. 26, 2023
- Three Japanese Shipping Companies Partner to Establish Global Liquefied Hydrogen Supply Chain
- Aug. 2, 2023
- Financial Highlights for 1st Quarter FY2023
- Jul. 21, 2023
- “K” LINE selected as a Constituent of FTSE4Good Index Series, FTSE Blossom Japan Index and FTSE Blossom Sector Relative Index
- Jun. 22, 2023
- Demonstrative Test Voyage of a Tugboat Using Marine Biodiesel Fuel at Nagoya Port-Efforts Toward Decarbonization-
- Jun. 16, 2023
- Establishment of K LINE MARINE & ENERGY PTE. LTD.
- Jun. 15, 2023
- “K” Line Holds Environmental Awards 2023 Ceremony
- May. 30, 2023
- Joint Research Agreement Signed for Next-Generation (Floating Axis) Small-scale Offshore Wind Turbine Demonstration Project
- May. 9, 2023
- [Updated] Financial Highlights for FY2022
- Apr. 26, 2023
- “K” Line Maritime Academy Obtains New Certification from ClassNK for Ship Handling Simulator Training
- Apr. 14, 2023
- “K” LINE Participates in a Consortium to Study the Offloading of Liquefied CO2from Shipboard CO2 Capturing Systems
- Apr. 5, 2023
- Introduction movie of “WIND EXPO 2023 Spring”
- Mar. 31, 2023
- “K” LINE Chile Holds 50th Anniversary Ceremony
- Mar. 28, 2023
- NEDO Demonstration Project: Demonstration Test Ship for Liquefied CO2 Transportation has been Launched.
- Mar. 24, 2023
- Introduction movie of “Navigation Support System”～Autonomous Ship with Safe and Intelligent Supporting Technology～
- Mar. 23, 2023
- “Seawing” Automated Kite System to be Installedon CORONA CITRUS, a Coal Carrier for Electric Power Development Co., Ltd.
- Mar. 17, 2023
- “K” LINE Awarded CDP’ s “Supplier Engagement Leader”
- Mar. 3, 2023
- Publication of ESG DATA BOOK 2022
- Feb. 28, 2023
- Publication of FACTBOOK 2022(Interim Updated)
- Feb. 22, 2023
- “K” LINE Conducts Trial Use of Marine Biofuel on Capesize Bulker to Help Decarbonize the Shipping Industry
- Feb. 17, 2023
- “K” Line Group Exhibits at Wind Expo 2023
- Jan. 19, 2023
- “K” LINE and KEPCO Signed MoU on the Joint Study of Liquefied CO2 Shipping for Developing CCS Value Chain
- Dec. 14, 2022
- “K” LINE Selected for the 7th consecutive year on the "A List", the highest rating in the CDP "Climate Change"
- Dec. 12, 2022
- “K” LINE Listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index,a Leading Index for ESG Investing for 12 consecutive years
- Oct. 17, 2022
- Publication of FACTBOOK 2022
- Oct. 7, 2022
- NEDO Demonstration Project: Demonstration Test Ship for Liquefied CO2 Transportation has broken ground.
- Sep. 6, 2022
- Introduction movie of “Seawing”～An automated kite system harnessing natural wind power for GHG reduction～
- Aug. 9, 2022
- “K” LINE selected as a Constituent of FTSE4Good Index Series and FTSE Blossom Japan Index
- Jul. 25, 2022
- The World’s First CO2 Capture Plant on Vessel “CC-OCEAN” Project Wins Marine Engineering of the Year 2021
- Jul. 25, 2022
- “K” LINE “CENTURY HIGHWAY GREEN” Wins Large Cargo Ship Sector Award of “Ship of the Year 2021”
- Jul. 20, 2022
- Signing of Additional Purchase Agreement and Technology Development Agreement for Automatic Kite Systems
- May. 19, 2022
- “K” LINE Group’s Yokohama Daikoku C-4 Terminal Starts Operation Utilizing Renewable Energy
- Apr. 9, 2022
- HySTRA celebrates completion of world’s first liquefied hydrogen vessel voyage in Japan
- Mar. 15, 2022
- Publication of ESG DATA BOOK 2021
- Mar. 7, 2022
- Publication of FACTBOOK 2021(Updated)
- Feb. 10, 2022
- “K” LINE Awarded CDP’ s“Supplier Engagement Leaderboard”
- Feb. 2, 2022
- NEDO Demonstration Project: The World's First Demonstration Test Ship for Liquefied CO2 Transportation to be Buil
- Jan. 21, 2022
- Joint project on “Mass-production and Cost Reduction of Floating Offshore Wind Installation” adopted as Green Innovation Fund
- Jan. 20, 2022
- Posted Message for CDP2021 “A List” Award～Earning Highest Rating “A” for Six Consecutive Years～
- Dec. 3, 2021
- Field Trial Utilizing IoT Devise of Lashing Materials Control for High & Heavy Cargo in Car Carrier Business
- Nov. 24, 2021
- Publication of “K” LINE REPORT 2021
- Nov. 16, 2021
- “K” Line Listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index, a Leading Index for ESG Investing for 11 consecutive years
- Nov. 4, 2021
- The Challenge of Achieving Net-Zero GHG Emissions ～Revision of 2050 Targets for “K” Line Environmental Vision 2050～
- Oct. 28, 2021
- “K” LINE and IBM Japan, Field Trial Utilizing IoT and AI Conducted to Improve Safety and Quality of Car Carrier Cargo Handling
- Oct. 26, 2021
- Joint project on “Development of Ammonia-fueled ship” adopted as Green Innovation Fund
- Oct. 20, 2021
- “K” LINE successfully separated and captured CO2 from exhaust gas in World’s First CO2 Capture Plant on Vessel
- Oct. 4, 2021
- Joint Research on Marine Plastic Waste Launched with Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
- Sep. 24, 2021
- Publication of FACTBOOK 2021