K Line
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Operations
K Line buys French kite manufacturer
The biggest client of a ship kite system originally developed by Airbus has become such a fan that it has…
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Asia
Great Eastern buys cape
Brokers report that Japan’s Libera Corp has sold its capesize Cape Althea (179,300 dwt, built 2011) to Great Eastern Shipping…
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Asia
K Line panamax fixed on timecharter
K Line’s panamax bulk carrier (78,259 dwt, built 2013) has been reported fixed on a 10- to 16-month timecharter to…
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Asia
New container shipping consortium may be launched to compete with Ocean Alliance
A new consortium of container shipping lines could soon be formed by members of the CKYHE, G6 and Ocean Three…
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Asia
K Line sells third bulker in the space of a month
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) is attempting to shave off its third reported bulker of the year, all within a…
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Asia
K Line offloads baby cape
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has just offloaded its second bulker of the year. Broker sources tell Splash that the…
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Asia
CKYHE Alliance cuts Asia-North Europe and Mediterranean services
The CKYHE Alliance, made up of major container lines COSCO, K Line, Yang Ming, Hanjin Shipping and Evergreen, is to…
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Asia
Japan’s largest steel producer orders nine super-capesize bulkers
Japan’s largest steel producer Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp (NSSMC) reportedly plans to replace its fleet of chartered-in capesize…
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Europe
BP takes two LNG newbuilds
A joint venture between Greece’s Chandris and a UK-based gas shipping subsidiary of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has clinched…
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Greater China
Japan’s big three lines facing more car carrier investigations
Beijing: Japan’s big three shipping lines face more headaches from a spiralling car carrier price fixing row. Bloomberg is reporting…
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Asia
UAE bauxite deal for K Line
Tokyo: Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has concluded another deal with a long-term business partner, Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA). K…
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Asia
K Line, Chandris and DVB form LNG joint venture
Tokyo: In a dramatic shift in how it goes about ordering ships, Japanese shipping major Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line)…
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Asia
K Line tracks down rail contract
Tokyo: Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has signed a deal to transport rail cars for Hitachi for a UK rail…
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Asia
K Line vessel refloated
Tokyo: The 10,292 dwt Marine Diamond (built 2005) was refloated today having run aground on Wednesday in Nagoya port. The…
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Asia
K Line fixes Imabari newbuild for Mitsui’s Cameron LNG project
Tokyo: Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha’s (K Line) will fix an LNG carrier on charter to Mitsui & Co for 25 years.…
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Asia
LNG the big winner in K Line’s 2020 vision
Tokyo: A dramatic growth in its LNG fleet forms a key plank in K Line’s new mid-term management plan announced…
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