June 13, 2019
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.
“K”Line Group Environmental Awards 2019 Ceremony held June 5, 2019.
The awards were established to honor and give recognition to outstanding environmental-preservation-contributive activities undertaken by both executives and employees working throughout the “K” LINE Group pursuant to the direction developed in “K” LINE Environmental Vision 2050. This year, which marked the 5th time since establishment of the awards in 2015, we also accepted many entries from our group companies in both Japan and overseas. Activities of seven companies — two for “Grand Award” and five for “Excellence Award” — were selected from such standpoints as “originality,” “challenge level,” “degree of contribution,” “continuity” and “potential for pervasiveness” with representatives from these companies receiving the awards from our President and CEO, Yukikazu Myochin.
The “K” LINE Group will continue to broadly share environmental preservation activities being addressed within our Group companies in order that we can further advance dissemination and enlightenment of environmental preservation activities as an entire Group effort by the presentation of these “K” Line Group Environmental Awards. Through this emphasis on continuing to aggressively contribute to environmental preservation and biodiversity protection, we should successfully accomplish our mission, i.e., “Passing on a sustainable society and this blue and beautiful ocean to the next generation” expressed in “K” LINE Environmental Vision 2050.
Awardees of the “K” Line Group Environmental Awards are as follows:
Grand Award (Random Order)
Reducing Fuel Consumption by Time Saving to Line Trailers toward Container Terminal
（Daito Corporation）
The awardee tried to reduce traffic congestion caused by line trailers around the OHI container terminal, targeting “work efficiency up” while checking empty containers.
After measures, there was a decrease in line trailers of 908meters and 46min on average per day. This has the effect of reducing daily fuel consumption (*Note1) generated at idling by 67.6 L (estimated) or more.
(*Note 1) Calculate the number of vehicles as 20m per trailer, and assume that the number of fuel consumption in 46 minutes.
Received GREEN JOURNEY AWARD on Ship Speed Reduction Program in North American East Bank
（“K” Line America, Inc.)
The awardee made a great contribution to environmental preservation and received the Green Journey Award, the most significant prize among 20 shipping companies that participated in the vessel speed reduction program called Clean Vessel Incentive Program of Harbor Authorities in New York and New Jersey.
Excellence Award (Random Order)
Green Management, Optimization of Energy Activities
（Seagate Corporation）
Initiatives of 5S Activities
（Nitto Total Logistics Ltd）
Recycling of Disposed Soap in Hotels
（Century Distribution Systems Inc. (Hong Kong)）
Awareness Building on Marine Biodiversity (Coral Transplantation)
（“K” Line Ship Management (Singapore) Pte Ltd.）
Participation in Cleaning Activities of Port Mizushima
（NITTO TUGBOAT CO., LTD.）
＜Shots from the ceremony＞
