NYK nominated for Heyerdahl International Maritime Environment Prize

NYK has been nominated, as the first ever Japanese corporation, for the Heyerdahl International Maritime Environment Prize by the Association of Norwegian Ship Owners. NYK was jointly nominated with the Norwegian Knutsen OAS Shipping Company and the winner will be selected from these two companies. The award ceremony will be held on May 19, 2005, at the Hotel New Otani in Tokyo, Japan, in the presence of Mr. Borge Brende, Minister of Marine Transport in the Kingdom of Norway.

NYK was nominated for this prize due to its highly appraised activities. For example, NYK established a Safety and Environmental Management Committee chaired by NYK President, Koji Miyahara, and, on the base of NYK's own standards for safe vessel operations and environmental preservation activities, NYK has been globally committed to safe vessel operations and environmental conservation in cooperation with the owners of chartered vessels and ship management services companies.

Encouraged by this nomination, NYK will make continued commitment to safe vessel operations and global environmental preservation.