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NYK has placed an order for 4,700 additional brand-new 40-foot refrigerated containers, and the delivery of the new containers commenced in November. The company procured 5,500 of the same type of containers last year, and the average age of company’s fleet of over 40,000 reefer containers has now fallen to four years.

During the month of November, NYK offered scholarships to 78 outstanding Chinese students in two universities in China. This was the 16th consecutive year for NYK to demonstrate its corporate social responsibility through the company’s dedicated support of maritime education.

Together with Macquarie Infrastructure Partners III, NYK Ports has announced the decision to invest in Maher Terminals, which operates a terminal in the U.S. port of New York and New Jersey. On November 16, 2016, NYK Ports acquired a 20 percent share of Maher.

The NYK-TDG Maritime Academy (NTMA), operated by NYK in the Philippines, successfully held an international short-term student-exchange program with maritime schools in Japan during the months of August and October 2016.

The members of THE Alliance have announced the details of the plan for their product starting from April 2017. THE Alliance plans to deploy a fleet of more than 240 modern ships in the Asia /Europe, North Atlantic and Trans-Pacific trade lanes including the Middle East and the Arabian Gulf/Red Sea.

Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd., NYK Trading Corporation and NYK Line executed a joint development agreement for a new model of ULTY that integrates NYK Trading’s optimization system for coal boilers with Idemitsu’s highly efficiency combustion technique.

K Line, MOL and NYK have planned to integrate their container shipping businesses including worldwide terminal operating businesses excluding Japan by setting a new joint venture company.

NYK's President, Captains, and Chief Engineers exchanged opinions on safe operations during a meeting at NYK headquarters in Tokyo last August which focused on annual safety campaign.

On August 17 and 20, a shipyard tour was held at the Kure Shipyard of Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU) for teachers and students from elementary schools in Kure. During the tour, NYK crew members gave a presentation on maritime transport, focusing on vessel operations.

NYK has signed a joint-venture agreement with Bolloré Transport & Logistics Kenya Limited (Bolloré) and Toyota Tsusho Corporation to establish Bolloré NYK Auto Logistics Limited,a logistics company for finished cars.