| January 31, 2008 |
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| Change of Executive Officers |
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| Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. ("K" Line) has decided in a board meeting held today on changes to Executive Officers. |
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| I. The list of responsibilities of Executive Officers scheduled on and after April 1, 2008. |
| Please refer to Attachment 1. |
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| II. Executive Officers |
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| 1. Retirement (effective March 31, 2008) |
| Present Position |
Name |
Scheduled new position |
| Managing ExecutiveOfficer |
Yoshiyuki Ota |
Deputy Managing Director of "K" LINE PTE LTD |
| Managing ExecutiveOfficer |
Toshio Suzuki |
Continue to be President & CEO of "K" LineAmerica, Inc. |
| Managing ExecutiveOfficer |
Kazuyuki Od |
a President of SEAGATE CORPORATION |
| Executive Officer |
Akira Otsu |
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| 2. New appointment (effective April 1, 2008) |
| Name |
Present Position |
| Shigeo Itaya |
"K" Line (China) Ltd. |
| Kazutaka Imaizumi |
GM Drybulk Project Business Division |
| Toshiyuki Suzuki |
GM Containerships Business Group |
| Hiromichi Aoki |
GM LNG Group |
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| 3. Promotion (effective April 1, 2008) |
| Mamoru Mori will be promoted to Managing Executive Officer. |
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| For more details, kindly contact as follows: |
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| Masato Yamaguchi, General Manager, IR & PR Group |
| Tel: +81-3-3595-5141 Fax: +81-3-3595-5001 |