NYK president meets with captains and chief engineers

On August 20, NYK President Yasumi Kudo and executive officers held a meeting with six captains and chief engineers at the NYK headquarters in Tokyo.

This meeting was a part of the Remember Naka-no-Se Safety Campaign that NYK conducts every July. President Kudo chairs NYK`s Safety and Environmental Management Committee, which oversees the safe operation of the NYK fleet, and he holds the meeting to hear directly from captains and chief engineers working on the front line of operations and to encourage the implementation of practical, workable activities.

During the meeting, proposals for safe operations and fuel-saving activities were offered by the captains and chief engineers. In addition, issues facing seafarer training and initiatives to mitigate environmental loads were discussed in depth for two hours.

During the campaign period, the NYK Group conducts activities intensively to help related parties refocus on the importance of safety.

The activities include NYK Group members, including NYK executives, visiting vessels to deepen communication between onboard crew and onshore staff by exchanging opinions about safe ship operations and holding safety meetings with shipowners and ship-management companies.  < Korea Shipping Gazette >