“K” Line

Kawasaki Kisen K. K. (Japanese川 崎 汽船 株式会社, Kawasaki kisen kabushiki - gaisha ), internationally known as " K" Line, partly as CCC, is a Japanese shipping company with headquarters in Tokyo. The company is among the world 's ten largest shipping companies and in addition to conventional cargo ships, container ships, oil and gas tankers, ro-ro and bulk carriers.

History

K- Line was founded through the merger of three companies, Kawasaki Kisen, Kawasaki Zosen and Kokusai Kisen under central management by Kojiro Matsukata and included 1919-1944 a fleet of approximately 40 to 50 units, primarily in the trades Atlantic, North - and South America, Africa, Mediterranean and Baltic Sea were used. 1926 K-Line by Lloyds than three tenth-largest shipping company in the world behind the Japanese NYK Line but before the Japanese also OSK Line out. At the end of the Second World War, the fleet of K-Line consisted of only twelve ships after 56 ships were lost as a result of acts of war.

In the postwar period, K-Line took over the business and the targeted expansion of the fleet again. After the merger of K-Line to the Iino Kisen and a recapitalization in 1966 to 13.5 billion yen, the number of ships operated by K-Line rose to 104 units, which include 55 ships of the company itself. 1968-1974 continued the K-Line expanding the fleet and the establishment of representative offices throughout the world continued consistently. In addition to offices in Hong Kong, Sydney and Peru also subsidiaries originated in Mexico and Chile. There is a further capital to ¥ 21.5 billion now.

The Japanese shipping companies K -Line, NYK Line, OSK Lines, Yamashita Shin- Nippon Kisen and Showa Line formed the Alliance Oasis Container Express Lines, particularly in the trades East Asia and the Persian Gulf. The expansion of the international network continued with the establishment of new offices in Seoul and Rio de Janeiro. In 1983, the K-Line took the first Japanese LNG tankers, the Bishi Maru in operation. In 1989, the K-Line founded the subsidiary Seven Seas Cruises Co., Ltd.. for the operation of several cruise ships.

In 1992, K-Line direct scheduled service between Japan and the Chinese city of Dalian on. At the same time it came to the establishment of a representative office in Ho Chi Minh City in the People's Republic of Vietnam. In 1993, K-Line, a training center for ship crews in Manila in the Philippines and a year later the Chinese Sinotrans Liaoning, the Sino-Japanese joint ventures KS Shipping Limited. During this time the K-Line also began activities in e-business, especially in cargo tracking and booking.

In April 2007, K-Line took over 50 percent of the shares of heavy- Schiffahrtskontor Old Country. As at 30 June 2011, the K-Line took over the Schiffahrtskontor Old Country completely.