NEWS

NEWS 133 : SILENT DEPARTURE OF THE SECOND SSS-BOWED SHIP

CITY OF ROTTERDAM Named and Delivered

April 12, 2011 Category: shipbuilding

On March 29, 2011, 2,000unit type pure car carrier S495 was named and delivered. She is the second and the last of 2-ship series of Kyokuyo's self-developed eco-friendly ship with a semi-spherically shaped bow (SSS-bow) that reduces the wind resistance. Featured in TV and newspapers, the sisters are perhaps the most famous of the vessels we have ever built.

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Tags: ceremony, roro, sss-bow, pcc, japan

NEWS 123 : SECOND GEMSTONE WAS BORN

Naming & Delivery of 7,200m3 LPG Carrier SIVA PEARL

October 18, 2010 Category: shipbuilding

On September 29, 2010 was born another 7,200m3 LPG Carrier. The weather was still hot but breezy and reasonably comfortable, compared to this summer's violent heat from which we still suffered one month ago, when we delivered her sister "SIVA CORAL".

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Tags: gas carrier, ceremony, japan

NEWS 122 : ECOSHIP LAUNCHED WITHOUT WIND RESISTANCE

Launching of The World's First SSS-bowed PCC

September 21, 2010 Category: shipbuilding

September 11, 2010 is the day when everyone at Kyokuyo delightfully witnessed launching of the most original and sexiest newbuilding ship in its 68 years of history: S-493, "eco-friendly" car carrier with a futuristic "SSS bow", or Semi-Spherical Shaped bow, which we featured in News112.

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Tags: pcc, ceremony, japan, roro, sss-bow

NEWS 121 : A FRESH GAS CARRIER IN A HOT SUMMER

Naming & Delivery of 7,200m3 LPG Carrier SIVA CORAL

September 13, 2010 Category: shipbuilding

On August 26, 2010, we delivered a 7,200m2 type LPG Carrier code-named S496. She is the first liquefied gas carrier we have built since 2002.

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NEWS 092 : FOG, THUNDER AND SUNSHINE

Naming and Delivery Ceremonies for S-481 Container Carrier

December 15, 2008 Category: shipbuilding

Our last big event of 2008 was the naming and delivery ceremonies held on December 11 for S-481, 845TEU geared container carrier.

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NEWS 050 : PRINCESS WAS BORN!

Naming & Delivery of Refrigerated Cargo Carrier TUNA PRINCESS

October 20, 2005 Category: shipbuilding

On September 25, Kyokuyo delivered a 180,000cft refrigerated cargo carrier, S-461. The vessel, with fish processing equipments installed onboard, is the latest and also a milestone product in our continuing line of ultra-low temperature reefer technologies.

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NEWS 025 : TUNA QUEEN IS GO!

180,000cft Ultra-Low Temperature Reefer Boat

July 20, 2003 Category: shipbuilding

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.

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NEWS 020 : NEW REEFER CONTRACT WITH DOMESTIC OWNER

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

March 01, 2003 Category: shipbuilding

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

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NEWS 019 : 2 DELIVERIES IN 3 DAYS!!

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

February 10, 2003 Category: shipbuilding

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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Tags: product tanker, ceremony, singapore, japan, cement carrier

NEWS 016 : S443 CEMENT CARRIER LAUNCHED

7,000tdw Kurohime Maru

November 25, 2002 Category: shipbuilding

On November 12, a clear autumn day, the naming and launching ceremony for our cement carrier S-443 (do you remember her?) took place at our shipyard.

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NEWS 013 : CONSTRUCTION OF S443 JUST STARTED!!

7,000tdw Cement Carrier

September 15, 2002 Category: shipbuilding

On September 10, the keel laying for S-443, a cement carrier ordered by messrs. Seiho Kaiun Co., Ltd., took place at our all-weather block assembly factory.

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Tags: cement carrier, ceremony, japan, keel-laying