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<Dec.2004>

		"K"Line Bonds Upgrades from A- to A[Dec.28, 2004]
		Top Management Change[Dec.24, 2004]
		Establishment of "K"Line Agency Company in Finland[Dec.21, 2004]
		"K"Line upgrades Ningbo, Xiamen, Guangzhou to Branch Offices[Dec.17, 2004]
		"K"Line and Yara Agree on Long-Term Charter[Dec.15, 2004]
		Conclusion of Joint shipbuilding contract for a new 153,000M3 Type LNG Carrier[Dec.13, 2004]
		Signing of a Long-Term Charter Agreement with RasGas II[Dec.02, 2004]

<Nov.2004>

		"K" Line Air Service, Ltd. New Forwarding Company Opening in Shenzhe[Nov.30, 2004]
		Dissolution and Liquidation of a Subsidiary Company[Nov.26, 2004]
		Concluding Long-Term Charter Contract for Newly-Built LNG Carrier[Nov.15, 2004]

<Oct.2004>

		Delisting from the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the Euronext Brussels[Oct.29, 2004]
		"K" Line Air Service, Ltd. New Logistics Company Opening[Oct.15, 2004]
		"K" LINE Enhances PNW Service Starting New All-Water Service[Oct.06, 2004]

<Sep.2004>

		"K"LINE (China) Ltd. Chengdu Office Opening[Sep.27, 2004]
		"K"LINE Continues to be Included in FTSE SRI Index "FTSE4Good Global Index"[Sep.14, 2004]
		"K" Line Concludes 10 year Contract with Jiangsu Shagang Group Co., Ltd[Sep.09, 2004]
		"K" LINE Continues to be Included in Dow Jones Sustainability Index[Sep.03, 2004]
		"K" LINE inks another charter agreement with J&S Cheniere for a new 154,200m³ LNG Carrier[Sep.01, 2004]

<Aug.2004>

		"K"LINE inks agreement with J&S Cheniere S.A. for new 145,000 m³ LNG Carrier[Aug.27, 2004]
		"K"Line’s 3rd Distribution Center opens in Thailand[Aug.17, 2004]

<Jul.2004>

		Amendments to Financial Prospects and Dividend for Fiscal 200(Consolidated and Non-Consolidated)[Jul.30, 2004]
		"K" Line Air Service, Ltd. Hangzhou Representative Office Opening[Jul.29, 2004]
		"K" LINE Group ready for 2002 Amendments to SOLAS and ISPS Code[Jul.08, 2004]

<Jun.2004>

		"K"LINE Orders 3rd 300,000-dwt Super Large Ore Carrier for Nippon Steel Corporation [Jun.08, 2004]
		K Line Thailand Group Awarded ISO 9001:2000 Certification[Jun.07, 2004]
		"K" Line sets up its own agency in the Czech Republic[Jun.01, 2004]

<May 2004>

		Enhancement of Container Terminal in Tacoma[May 26, 2004]
		"K"LINE Orders 2^nd 300,000 dwt Ore Carrier[May 24, 2004]
		New Management Plan "K" LINE Vision 2008[May 13, 2004]
		Change of Corporate Auditors as of June 29, 2004[May 13, 2004]
		Change of Board Members as of June 29, 2004[May 13, 2004]
		"K"Line concludes Charter Contracts for VLCCs[May 07, 2004]
		"K" LINE Decides Specs for New 8,000TEU Ships and Main Engines[May 06, 2004]

<Apr.2004>

		Construction of 300,000 dwt Super Large Ore Carrier for JFE Steel Corporation[Apr.14, 2004]
		Launching of "Corona Kingdom" for Tokyo Electric Power Company[Apr.05, 2004]
		New Vessel Sharing Agreement Covering the East Coasts of the United States and South America[Apr.02, 2004]
		"K"Line and Zim Line will exchange slots between AMP/PNW[Apr.02, 2004]

<Mar.2004>

<Feb.2004>

		Announcement by Maersk K.K. & Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. Joint Lease of Kobe Container Terminal RC-3/4/5[Feb.20, 2004]
		"K"Line’s Car Carrier passed the "SSP verification" and "Ship security audit" (for ISPS code) as the first Japanese flagged vessel[Feb.17, 2004]
		"K"Line participation in Statoil’s LNG Coastal Transportation Project[Feb.16, 2004]
		"K"Line (Europe) Ltd. orders new Capesize Vessels[Feb.13, 2004]
		"K"LINE Acquires ISO9001:2000 in Recognition of its Quality Management System[Feb.10, 2004]
		Beijing Representative Office Opening[Feb.04, 2004]

<Jan.2004>

		"K" Line and Yang Ming Enhance All-Water East Coast Service[Jan.15, 2004]
		Changchun Representative Office Opening[Jan.13, 2004]
		Establishment of New Tugboat Company in Nagoya[Jan.06, 2004]