safety in ship operation and cargo handling

16 KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD.A fundamental direction of “K” LINE is securing safety of people, ships and cargo and preserving the earthly environment.. The Committee members consist of

16 KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD.

A fundamental direction of “K” LINE

is securing safety of people, ships

and cargo and preserving the earthly

environment In accordance with

this objective, the Company is

endeavoring, together with its group

companies, to develop and perfect

safe ship/cargo operation

manage-ment together with an integrated

system for protection and

conserva-tion of the environment

More specifically, the ISM Code

has been applied to our entire fleet

since July 2002 With this

applica-tion in place, every ship is being

operated in compliance with a

com-mon manual “Safety Management

System” where all possible types of

preparedness and responsiveness are

described

Concurrently, the “Committee

for Promotion of Safe Ship

Management” was established for

the entire fleet, including charter-in

carriers The Committee members

consist of directors of “K” LINE and

its group ship management

compa-nies At the Committee, various

mea-sures for safe ship/cargo operations

are mapped out The Committee has

responsibility for providing stable

and quality transportation service to

customers by visiting ships for safety

verification purposes along “K”

LINE’s own guidelines for ship

qual-ity, i.e KL-QUALITY

When there is sea pollution by oil

leakage or any marine accident, i.e.,

human injury or death, collision, fire

and grounding, etc., “K” LINE

responds to it in an appropriate man-ner in order to minimize damage

Directors in charge immediately call in an emergency response team organized along “Crisis Management System.” If an accident is large and serious, Company’s President, as the Chief, convenes an Emergency Headquarters in order to examine and carry out all-group-level response

In order to achieve best execu-tion of the above acexecu-tion, Company carries out anti-accident exercises on

a regular basis During Fiscal 2002, exercises for large tankers, LNG car-riers and car carcar-riers were held We also positively adhere to various measures set out by the IMO

At “K” LINE, an employee educa-tional system has been established

The system is aimed at:

1 Assuring that Company’s objec-tives for safety are best understood

by all crewmembers

2 Perfecting safety in ship manage-ment and cargo operations

3 Continuous upgrading of marine technology and the accumulation of knowledge

To effectively carry out the above system, education and training are being given to crews of multiple nationalities at “K” LINE Training Center in Tokyo and “K” LINE Maritime Training Corporation in Manila

At both of these centers, a large number of training courses are pre-pared in which trainees are able to not only gain knowledge/skills

theoretically but also experience practical discipline A variety of pro-grams are available there to satisfy multiple needs

In particular, importance is attached so that crewmembers can judge and behave in response to any unexpected emergency situation That is why simulated training courses are introduced with comput-erized technology

Simultaneously, through use of public institutes, etc., various classes are held for our officers and engineers in Bridge Resource Management training, that is for improvement in administration of the ship’s bridge and ship maneuver-ing technology, crisis management training against an emergency and languages required for working in a global environment

Crisis Management

Education/Training

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

The Company set forth “K” LINE

Group’s Environmental Policy in May

2001 Among management

objec-tives is our commitment to the

reduction of environmental loads

arising from “K” LINE’s activities

We acquired ISO 14001

certifica-tion from Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (Class

NK) in February 2002 and then

established our Environmental

Management System In keeping

with “K” LINE Group’s Environmental

Policy, further efforts continue to be

extended for acquisition of ISO

14001 certification by all group

com-panies in order to come to grips

with the environmental issue

throughout “K” LINE and its group

companies In that regard, “K” Line

(Japan) Ltd joined us in our

environ-mental campaign in July 2002, and

both Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen Kaisha,

Ltd and Nitto Total Logistics, Ltd

joined in April 2003

Prevention of Marine Pollution

To prevent cargo (crude oil, etc.) from spilling due to ship hull dam-age, we are staging a campaign for introduction of double-hull tankers

As of the end of March 2003, double-hull tankers occupied about 82% of all tankers in operation In the mean-time, the Company is striving to totally abolish the use of paints con-taining Tributyltin (TBT) that has been identified as particularly haz-ardous to marine life As of the end

of March 2003, about 93% of our own vessels were using non-fouling, tin-free paints

Saving Resources and Energy

We are endeavoring to perform ship operations in a manner that reduces

CO2 gas, a contributor to global warming As of the end of March

2003, emission of CO2 per ton of marine cargo transport was reduced

by about 17% as compared with 1990

Within our offices, we are tack-ling reduction in consumption of power, water service and paper

Prevention of Air Pollution

We adopted main engines that exhaust less NOx To reduce SOx,

we are using bunker oil with lower sulphur content

As of the end of March 2003, analytical data showed average per-centage of sulfur about 2.7%

Against depletion of the Ozone layer, we are also wrestling with complete abolishment of the use of

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC, R-12)

As of the end of March 2003, about 70% of the Company’s own reefer containers were being oper-ated with the refrigerant known as R-134a (coefficient of depletion of the Ozone layer being zero)

Diminishing Waste

Throughout “K” LINE it is promoted that paper used in offices/aboard ships and magazines published by the Company should use recycled paper

At the same time, wastes origi-nating in offices, aboard ships and at terminals should be thoroughly sorted out Appropriate disposition

of wastes and recycling are being aggressively pursued

Contributing to Society

The Company is cooperating with many institutes by providing volun-tary marine observation aboard ves-sels in our operating fleet

Challenging Environmental Issues

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