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About Nippon Yūsen

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha engages in the provision of various logistics services worldwide. It operates through six segments: Liner Shipping, Air Transportation, Logistics, Bulk Shipping, Real Estate, and Other. The company offers liner trading services, such as container shipping, and terminal and stevedoring services for containerships, car carriers, and cruise ships; and air cargo transportation services. It also provides various transportation services, including overland delivery by truck or train, customs brokerage, forwarding, non-vessel operating common carrier, as well as origin vender management and buyers' consolidation services. In addition, the company offers supply chain management services, such as inspection, sorting, labeling, and repackaging services; warehouse storage; delivery to designated recipients; milk-runs; vender managed inventory; and IT-based inventory management services. Further, it provides bulk shipping services comprising transport services for finished automobiles, heavy construction machines, and used cars; transportation services for bulk freight, including iron ore, coal, and wood chips; and transportation services for crude oil, petroleum products, chemicals, liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas, and coal. Additionally, the company is involved in the rental, sale, and management of real estate properties; and in the upstream areas of the supply chain for oil and natural gas. Furthermore, it operates Asuka II, a luxury cruise ship; and engages in the research and development of transport systems in the fields that include vessel operations, safety, environment, energy saving, etc. The company was incorporated in 1885 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.