- CEO
- Kensuke Namura
- Full Time Employees
- 2,436
- Sector
- Producer manufacturing
- Industry
- Trucks/Construction/Farm machinery
- Address
- Nikken Building Osaka OS Japan 550-0012
- IPO Date
- Jun 1, 1949
- Business
- Namura Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. engages in the design, construction, and sale of ships as well as steel structures and machinery worldwide. The company operates through four main segments including New Shipbuilding, Ship Repair, Steel Structure and Machinery, and Other; it manufactures crude oil carriers, product tankers, bulk carriers such as Panamax and Capesize, ore carriers up to 300,000 dwt, LPG carriers including very large gas carriers of 87,100 cbm capacity, and next-generation fuel carriers; it provides ship repair and demolition services; and designs, produces, and installs bridges, floodgates, and other steel structures. Founded in 1911 by Gennosuke Namura and headquartered in Nishi-ku, Osaka, Japan, Namura maintains shipyards in Imari and Osaka with group companies including Sasebo Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., which it fully acquired in 2014, Hakodate Dock Co., Ltd., Unithai Shipyard & Engineering Ltd. in Thailand, and others supporting operations across Japan and internationally. Recent developments include receiving approval in principle in March 2025 from ClassNK alongside Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and Mitsubishi Shipbuilding for a large ammonia-powered ammonia carrier design featuring expanded cargo capacity beyond VLGCs for low-emission transport to power plants; securing orders in 2024 for two VLGCs from MOL for delivery in 2027 marking its return to the segment after prior deliveries; and fulfilling contracts such as two fuel-efficient 40,000 dwt bulk carriers for Seacon Hi-Tech Ltd. in 2025 and a 182,000 dwt Capesize bulker for DryDel Shipping delivered in 2024.