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NEWS 033 : SPRING HAS COME!

For Japanese society, the month of April has special meaning, because a school year and a standard account year start together with this month. Yes, it is the season for freshmen and freshwomen!

NEWS 032 : S452 LAUNCHED + S453 KEEL-LAID

831TEU Type Container Carriers for SITC Marine

Another 831TEU type container carrier, S-452, was launched at our dockyard on March 9, 2004. She is "middle daughter" among the 3 sisters ordered by SITC Maritime (Group) Co., Ltd., international liner operator based on Shandong Province of China.

NEWS 031 : S448 DELIVERED!

General Cargo ANKLOW WIND

Our first big event in 2004 was the delivery ceremony for m.v. Arklow Wind, the second cargo vessel ordered by Arklow Shipping of Ireland.

NEWS 030 : S451 LAUNCHING + S452 KEEL-LAYING

831TEU Type Container Carriers for SITC Marine

Clear weather, warm sunshine and soft sea breeze - it was such a perfect day for celebrating! On December 27, 2003, two ceremonies, one for launching of S-451 and the other for keel-laying of S-452, took place at once in our dockyard.

NEWS 029 : S448 LAUNCHED!

General Cargo ANKLOW WIND

On October 20, 2003, we celebrated the naming and launching of a multi-purpose cargo vessel "S448" at our dockyard. She is a sister ship of m.v. "Arklow Wave", which we covered in the previous issue.

NEWS 028 : S447 SEA TRIAL

General Cargo ANKLOW WAVE

On October 16 and 17, 2003, we carried out the sea trial of m.v. "Arklow Wave", 13,650tdw type multi-purpose cargo vessel ordered by Arklow Shipping from Ireland.

BREAK002 : GANRYU ISLAND & BATTLE BETWEEN SWORDMASTERS

Shimonoseki Present & Past - Webmaster's Columns No.2

In my last column, I told about the last battle fought by two samurai families more than 800 years ago, in Shimonoseki. This time, I am going to introduce another samurai battle, no less well known than the last one. It is the story about Ganryu-jima, or Ganryu island, very close to our location.

NEWS 026 : FIRE DRILL!

Preventing fires is always top priority of manufacturers, and shipbuilders are not the exception. Because they are just like a savage beast always watching for a chance to attack, we have to be on guard all the time.

NEWS 025 : TUNA QUEEN IS GO!

180,000cft Ultra-Low Temperature Reefer Boat

On June 18, the naming and delivery ceremony was held for a 180,000cft type reefer vessel, aka "TUNA QUEEN", latest fruit of our state-of-the-art ultra low temperature technologies.

NEWS 024 : PETRO VARIO IS GO!

16,500tdw Petrolium Product Tanker

In this issue, we cover delivery ceremony for a new-building vessel, which took place on June 12, 2003.

BREAK001 : INTRODUCTION TO SHIMONOSEKI, WHERE WE ARE BASED

Shimonoseki Present & Past - Webmaster's Columns No.1

Okay, for those who are getting tired of hearing news about contracting, launching, or delivering of newbuilding ships, we will try to give you a brief description on Shimonoseki, the city where we are based, just to change the air!

NEWS 023 : YES! WE CAN DO IT!

Introducing Kyokuyo's English Learning Support Program

In NEWS003 (Released in January, 2002), Mr. Ochi, our managing director pointed out that Kyokuyo's advantages over our competitors are :

  1. being well equipped to conduct international transactions,
  2. having outstanding design abilities, and
  3. holding high building standard and working accuracy.
As you can see, all of the 3 points are deeply related to the language abilities.

NEWS 022 : A GIRL AND BOYS ABOARD

We have got a new girl and boys aboard. As on the 1st April, 6 fresh persons joined Kyokuyo. (For those who don't know Japanese tradition, Japanese fiscal year starts on April 1 and it is common to employ new graduates on every April 1).

NEWS 020 : NEW REEFER CONTRACT WITH DOMESTIC OWNER

200,000cft Ultra-low Temperature Reefer for Kasuga Kaiun

A brand new contract was signed between Kyokuyo and Kasuga Kaiun K.K..

NEWS 019 : 2 DELIVERIES IN 3 DAYS!!

16,500tdw Product Tanker and 7,000tdw Cement Carrier

We started the year 2003 with a busy month, giving birth to 2 new building ships only at 2 days interval!

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