- Business
- NS United Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd. engages primarily in international and domestic marine transportation services, operating through two main segments: the international shipping business, which provides transportation of iron ore, coking coal, steel products, nonferrous metal ores by bulk carriers including Valemax very large ore carriers, LPG and petroleum products by tankers, energy resources transport, vessel leasing, and tramp chartering services; and the coastal shipping business, which handles transportation of steel products, limestone, cement by bulk carriers in domestic waters, LPG, LNG and other petroleum products by tankers, and vessel leasing. The company, founded on April 1, 1950 and headquartered at Otemachi Place East Tower 5F, 3-2 Otemachi 2-Chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8108, Japan, manages a group fleet of 140 ocean-going vessels totaling 14,143 thousand deadweight tons and 80 coastal vessels totaling 256 thousand deadweight tons as of October 1, 2025, with consolidated employees numbering 656. It maintains offices in the United Kingdom, United States, Hong Kong, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, Shanghai, and Vietnam, and includes key subsidiaries such as NS United Naiko Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd., NS United Coastal Tanker Kaisha, Ltd., NS United Marine Service Corporation, NS United Business Co., Ltd., and NS United Systems Co., Ltd., while listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market under ticker 9110.T. Recent developments include the head office relocation announced on September 16, 2025; issuance of the NS UNITED REPORT 2025 on October 6, 2025; reorganization of departments and changes in directors' roles on July 31, 2025; plans to retrofit a shaft generator to the NSU TUBARAO and conduct condition surveys on all owned vessels in early 2025; installation of rotor sails on a Valemax VLOC announced October 17, 2024; execution of a memorandum of understanding for construction of a Cape-size bulk carrier powered by dual methanol fuel on May 14, 2024; and a memorandum for joint development of ammonia-fueled bulk carriers among six parties on April 11, 2024.