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Main Lines of Business

 1) Ship management services
 2) Crew manning services
 3) Ship building, construction supervision and technical guidance on maintenance works
 4) Maritime guidance for ship operation
 5) Shipping industry and other business-related technical assistance
 6) Maritime transport services
 7) Maritime agency
 8) Equipment parts marine supplies, boat supplies and sales of lubricating oil generally



Section

Ship Management Head Division

The Ship Management Head Division generalizing administers Ship Management Supervising Department and the safety Administration Department, Ship Management Department No.1 and Ship Management Department No.2. Moreover, the Tanker Management department is controlling directly administered. The Ship Management Head Division supports marine and navigation assistance, technical assistance, and the expense control budget to an in-house part. Moreover, the business from the outside concerning them is entrusted.


Ship Management Supervising Department

Ship Management Supervising Department does the internal control and the budget management of Ship Management Department.


Safety Administration Office

The Safety Administration Office is primarily engaged in management services for the maintenance and management of the Safety Management System (ISM Code), Quality Management System (ISO 9001-2000), but it also undertakes such services as collecting information on the movements of PSC and external organizations, their inspections and recommendations, and marine casualties. It analyzes and feeds back the results, thus contributing to the enhancement of safe and efficient ship operations and protection of the environment.


Ship Management Department
No.1 & No.2 And Tanker Office

Staff members of these departments and division are organized by Superintendents with extensive experience and technical knowledge, and undertake multiple duties covering a wide range of ship-owners' services such as providing guidance on ship navigation, cargo stowage and operations, hull and machinery maintenance management, outfitting supervision of new construction, processing hull and machinery insurance underwriting and P&I insurance including ship sales and purchases.
Ships under our management include LPG tankers, large bulkers, coal carriers, multi-purpose cargo ships, container ships, lumber carriers, and pure car carriers. The number of ships under management totals 65 at present. Recognizing that an important mission of these departments and office in ship management is to maintain a good balance between the competing goals of increasing the safety of ships and reducing shipping costs, they make every effort to meet the requirements of both ship-owners and charterers.
Acquisitions of Safety Management Certificate meeting the ISM Code and Quality Management Certificate complying with ISO 9001-2000 further reflect our efforts to meet the requirements of ship-owners and charterers.

[Delivering top-quality Ship Management Services・・・]
To effectively curtail shipping costs, our members engaged in ship management services make extra efforts to promote shipboard maintenance together with ship's crew members to minimize the amount of work entrusted to shore contractors. To back up this policy, and ensure effective penetration of the policy among our customers, frequent ship visits by SI are performed and highly competent men are selected from the home countries of crew members to receive on-the-job training with our office personnel.
At present, registered non-Japanese Superintendents including Filipinos already have service records of 10 or more years.
When purchasing lubricating oils, parts, ship's stores, etc., price trends are kept under strict surveillance at all times through the coordination activities of the company's business department. And, by promoting bulk purchases, benefits of scale are fully reflected on the ship-owner's ship operating economics.
In conclusion, we believe that ship management services aim to achieve the best results by optimizing the ship operating market and ship-owner's economics.

[How do consulting services relate to maritime technology,engineering, and ship purchases and sales?]
Staff members have extensive experience and track records of professional consulting services including those related to the specifications of new construction and repairs, outfitting supervision up to completion of shipbuilding work and guarantee work, and delivery. Our many cargo safety superintendents contribute to cargo operations featuring enhanced safety and cargo-operating efficiency by attending cargo operations. Consulting services in the field of ship sales and purchases with domestic and overseas owners on the basis of extensive experience are among our key strengths.
In parallel with the growing trend of the diversification of the off-shore ship registry business, we possess knowledge and expertise on registering ships in overseas ports/countries including Panama, Liberia, Kypros, Philippines, Singapore, and Marshal Islands.


Seafarers Department

The Marine Personnel Department handles transfers of crews serving on ships under our management, personal data management of crews, management of crew's licenses and documents, crew training, transmission of ship money, applications for P&I Insurance compensation (crew-related claims), crew injury statistics assessment and analysis, and all other services connected to crew manning. At present, ships under our management are served, in a stable manner, by about 1,500 healthy and competent Filipinos Japanese, Myanmares, Koreans, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Bangladeshis (seven nationalities in total).
With respect to Filipino crews, a joint venture was established in Manila in 1975, which has served as a good supply source of competent and trained crews to ships under our management.
For crews of other nationalities, we have close links with local manning companies to secure seafarers, and to improve their competency and provide them with education and training programs designed for seafarers. As a result, we man ships under management with competent seafarers, while raising the repeater ratio.


Crew Manning Department

Crew Manning Department does the business similar to Seafarers Department, and Myanmar, Chinese, and Vietnamese crew's manning business chiefly.


Business Department

The Business Department deals in shipbuilding and repair equipment and materials, ship's stores, lubricating oils, etc., under the corporate policy of providing customers with quality products at competitive prices, which are achieved by purchasing ship's equipment, machinery and stores in bulk at low prices.
Furthermore, the Business Department maintains good business relationships, as an all-round ship management company, with domestic and overseas ship-owners through a close communication network established through enthusiastic day-to-day efforts. It is envisioned that the company will grow as a corporate entity capable of offering quality services for ship management, outfitting supervision, and ship sales and purchases around the globe.


Legal and Contact Affairs Office

The Legal and Contract Affairs Department provides the Ship Management Department and masters of our \ managing ships with advice of preventive measures to the difficulties arising from charter party, as well as advice of responding to the contractual troubles in our ship management. The Department also provides customers with advisory services for conclusion of charter party.
Moreover, the department provides a variety of services for confirming the legal contents of ship management or manning contracts, and for giving advice to contract or renew the hull and machinery insurance with underwriters or P & I insurance with P & I club.


Accounting
and Coordinating Department

The Operation Department processes a large volume of data on shipping costs rapidly and accurately, using a cost management accounting system developed by our company, exchanges information with the relevant sections of the company to ensure a down-to-the- earth cost management, and provides customers with detailed and timely information.
The department serves as a coordinator for contracting the hull & machinery insurance and P&I insurance.


General Affairs Department

The General Affairs Department handles matters related to general affairs, personnel affairs, and accounting services.



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