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No.160 August 2011
News Roundup...........................................................................P2-4
Having a Goodtime........................................................................P6
Bulker Hakuta Completed
Letter from Singapore! — Company Incentive Trip 2011
The Ballast Water Treatment Facility Modeled on Large Coal Ships at IHI AMTEC Co., Ltd.
My First Trip to Europe — A Unique Experience
Fifth Global Meeting of “K” Line Maritime Academy Held
Welcome to “K” Line Brasil Office!!
180,000-ton Cape-Size Bulker Cape Dream Completed
Editors’ Log.................................................................................P11
Having fun in the “K” Line Classroom............................................P5 OCEAN BREEZE No.160
Special Feature.............................................................................P9
News Roundup Bulker Hakuta Completed Bulk Carrier Group On June 29, 2011, a solemn naming and handover ceremony took place for the 82,000-ton bulker Hakuta at Tsuneishi Factory of Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. Despite some concerns about the weather, the ceremony was in fact held under a bright midsummer sky. In the presence of a large audience, including Kyowa Sansho Co., Ltd. President Tetsuo Sugitani and his wife, President Takao Kawamoto of Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., and General Manager Suetsugu of Ube Industries Ltd., among other business partners of “K” Line, the ceremony concluded with President Sugitani christening the ship, followed by the cutting of the tethering rope by the wife of our auditor Mr. Watanabe. The ship then embarked on its journey to the port of Newcastle in Australia, where it will be loaded with coal.
The Ballast Water Treatment Facility Modeled on Large Coal Ships at IHI AMTEC Co., Ltd. Technical Group The day arrived to load the ballast water treatment facility modeled on large coal ships at IHI AMTEC Co., Ltd. (Aioi-shi, Hyogo; “AMTEC”), a subsidiary of our joint research partner IHIMU, in a loading test. This experiment is the main event of the project.
On June 13, two large holes were drilled into the wall of the machine room of the ship at the third dock of AMTEC. A large filter measuring about
3 meters in diameter and height, large ballast duct materials 600mm in diameter, and other devices were brought onboard. The work began.
About 60 personnel took part in the work, conducted at the time of the regular five-year inspection, including support staff from the Kure
Plant of IHIMU. On some days, the work continued late into the night, so as not to fall behind the 14-day schedule for delivery. Ultimately, the
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News Roundup work was completed on the scheduled finishing date of June 27, when the ship was towed out of the dock after closing the holes and giving the body a beautiful coat.
The project used the support services of Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK), which
held an observation tour during the process. On June 24, when the facility layout and ducting work was largely complete, representatives of the member maritime companies of the Construction Committee of the Japanese Shipowners’ Associationwith whom our company has worked in dealing with the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments-were invited on the tour. In a Q&A session held after the observation, many questions were asked by participants who seemed astonished by the scale of the work.
Fifth Global Meeting of “K” Line Maritime Academy Held Marine Human Resources Group Our Company held the Fifth Global Meeting of “K” Line Maritime Academy (KLMA), an integrated body of educational programs involving the career paths of crews and training organizations, for two days on July 4 and 5, 2011 in Tokyo.
Over 110 people participated in the meeting, including representatives of KLMA instructors from around the world, representatives of in-house ship management
companies
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affiliated
manning
agents,
President & CEO Jiro Asakura, and other members of the Board of our Company. Greetings by President Jiro Asakura
At a general meeting held on the first day and an
instructors’ meeting on the second day, KLMA (headquarters) in Tokyo explained the revisions to measures for securing and cultivating crews and the new direction for the future, recognizing that
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A scene from general meeting (on the first day)
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News Roundup five years have passed since the establishment of KLMA. Next, each of the ship management companies explained the measures they were taking for crew education, and KLMA instructors from different regions made presentations on the current status and measures for recruiting and training crews. After the presentations, active and positive discussions were held to share recognition of the measures to be adopted by KLMA. On July 7, following the meetings, KLMA instructors from a number of regions took part in the sensory safety training for themselves, as an outside training session. These instructors will take the new knowledge and experiences back to their own countries, for use in crew education. A scene from the outside training for instructors
180,000-ton Cape-Size Bulker Cape Dream Completed Coal & Iron Ore Carrier Group At 10:30 a.m. on June 28, a grand completion and naming ceremony began in the presence of President J. S. Lee of Hyundai Heavy Industries, Chairman Yamamoto and President Imahito of the shipowner Libera Corporation, President Jiro Asakura of “K” Line and many other guests.
The ship joined our group of cape-size bulkers as Cape Dream, following the christening and cutting
of the tethering rope by Mr. Michael Harvey, COO of Rio Tinto Marine, one of the global resources majors and an important customer of our Coal & Iron Ore Carrier Group.
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Having fun in the “K” Line Classroom Having fun in
the “K” Line Classroom
Kappa rookie boy
In this corner, specialists from different areas appear each month to provide us with knowledge that is useful for working in the maritime industry. This month, Instructor Penguin, a specialist in machines and equipment on ships, tells us about life rafts!
Q. Instructor Penguin, what kind of device is a life raft? A. Briefly, a life raft is an emergency evacuation system
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Instructor Penguin
A life raft is used as equipment of last resort, when a ship is about to sink. Inside the white capsule is something like a covered rubber boat. When the capsule is launched onto the surface of the water, which is done by pulling a lever on the platform, the life raft inflates automatically. To give you an image of what it is like, it is similar to the Hoipoi Capsule (made by Capsule Corporation) that is featured in the cartoon series Dragon Ball.
A life raft is equipped with a wonderful mechanism to ensure that if the ship sinks before the
capsule is thrown onto the sea surface, the raft will float and inflate automatically. In addition, it is stocked with drinking water, emergency food, signal devices, tools, seasickness medicine and many other items. You might wonder how one could load so many things onto such a compact capsule. However, a life raft is for use only when the ship is sinking or facing similar emergencies, so it is not something that crews look forward to using. The raft looks like this when inflated
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Photographed during an ocean trial
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Having a Goodtime Letter from Singapore!
Company Incentive Trip 2011 Contributed by Mr. Jimmy Kwok (KSPI) This year’s company trip was to Bali. I decided to bring my wife and baby along as we have not travelled overseas together before and thought this was the opportunity to have a short get-away.
Upon arrival on the first day, we were greeted by the sunny weather of the beautiful place. The
sky was clear blue, and the wind was cool which gave us a very good first impression since it was our first time there. First destination that our tour guide brought us to was this famous local Chinese restaurant that was highly recommended by him. I thought the food was just okay, since we were more looking forward to dig into Bali’s local delights, something that is not found in Singapore. So, we put our expectation on the other meals for the few days left of the trip.
Next location was to the Ancient Pura Uluwatu Temple, one of the oldest temples in Bali. The place is quite unique
as we had to wear sarongs and tie colourful cloth on our waist if the bottoms we wore were above the knees. We were also greeted by hundreds of monkeys that were surrounding the temple. The guide warned us to watch our eye glasses to avoid being snatched by them. The place was so beautiful that I began to shoot pictures of everything, the temple, the monkeys, the rough waves pounding on the cliff below us. So I was excited like a little boy on Christmas and forgot to take off my glasses until hearing my colleagues scream at me; the monkeys really came to attack my glasses. Then a local lady came throwing bananas at the monkey in the tree, shouting “shoo shoo!” After struggling for awhile, the monkey dropped my glasses and we had to tip the local lady, whom we thought had some “conspiracy” with the monkey. Nonetheless, it was a memorable experience.
The guide also brought us to Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park, where the future “Tallest statue in the world”
was located. It was a pity I was not able to catch a glimpse of it as my baby boy was sleeping on the coach. I am sure those who saw it was amazed by it. The last destination of the day tour was dinner. This time, the food served was great! After dinner, some went shopping at the local market, but we decided to check in to our hotel in Kuta, Hard Rock Hotel. OCEAN BREEZE No.160
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The following day was a full day at leisure, so we had breakfast at the hotel and strolled around the
Kuta Beach. The beach was full of locals persuading us to “Learn to surf!”, but we decided to just walk around and enjoy the scenery of the long beach. We headed to our next destination looking forward to a bargain feast at Jalan Poppies. I wanted to get some nice Bali tees and batik. We proceeded to savour some local delight Babi Guling and was recommended by the hotel staff to the one nearby. It was different from what we saw people eating it at Ubud area but was still very nice.
For dinner we went to Bubba Gump restaurant and were delighted to see such a
great place with friendly staff, well decorated surroundings and great food!
Overall we had a great trip, with everyone taking care of and playing with my baby
boy. Here is a picture of little Justin. Thanks to everyone who shared joy with us during the trip!
My First Trip to Europe
A Unique Experience Contributed by Mr. Ryosuke Yokohata (KLPL/CAR) Hello, I am from Daito Corporation, one of the “K” Line group companies. Currently I am assigned to work in KLPL. It has been almost 4 years since I came here, and I am fully accustomed to the lifestyle and weather conditions here.
Travelling is one of my hobbies. I have frequented many Asian destinations, but finally I had the
chance to visit Europe, which is my dream destination since long time ago. I would like to share my experience in this first trip to Europe.
The perennial choice and “must see” of a Europe holiday is Paris and Rome. When I arrived in Paris,
I was very impressed by the ambience of the city, which was in a class by itself, and I would say,
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Splendid view of San Pietro’s Square in Vatican
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of world heritage standard. The people on the streets were well dressed and had a good sense of fashion. They were sophisticated in the use of words. Having been to only Asian countries, I was amazed and it was definitely a culture shock for me. I flew 13 hours from Singapore to come to Paris. It was well worth it!
After checking into the hotel in Paris, I went out straight for lunch. I walked into a small restaurant nearly.
My eyes were wide in awe when I saw the menu. An ordinary set lunch cost €20 (S$36). I thought I had accidentally walked into a high class restaurant but it was embarrassing to walk out without ordering anything. So I asked for a cup of coffee for €3 and hurriedly left the restaurant. The next hour was spent wandering around hunting for a more reasonably priced restaurant. The price level was almost the same everywhere. I have heard that cost of living is high in France, but I never thought it was this high……
After a while, the call of nature beckoned and I searched for a toilet in the department store. I could not
find any. The urge was getting stronger and I had to ask a sales person for direction to the toilet. He gave me
Louvre Museum where I saw Mona Lisa painting
a cold reply of NO. I was getting irritated. I went to look for a public toilet but found none. I could not hold myself anymore. I went into a cafeteria and straightaway requested the waiter.
“Please let me use the toilet. Emergency!”
“You cannot use the toilet unless you order something. Coffee €3.”
Again, €3! Well, I had no choice but to order a cup of coffee (`Д´) in order to use the toilet. Later
I found out that it was common to pay for toilet use in France. My lunch for that day was bread and salad (even that cost €11 = S$20, so expensive…). That was Day 1 of my Europe trip, and I started to miss Singapore and Asia.
Thereafter, I had many interesting and rare encounters. I took a one-hour train journey from Paris
to visit the Palace of Versailles, only to find that it was closed on that day. The owner of the hotel where I stayed was a chatterbox. Whenever he caught me, I would be held up for more than an hour or so. On a casual occasion when I ordered a cup of coffee and ice cream in a bar, what came out was
Palace of Versailles
an ice cream as big as a soccer ball. It was not delicious at all but ripped me off €24.
Well, I think I have written too many negative things about the trip. Nevertheless, Paris and Rome
Trevi Fountain – hoping for good fortune
are fabulous places to visit. Given another opportunity, I would like to visit again. To those who have yet to visit Paris and Rome, I would recommend you to do so. And my little piece of advice is that, “better go to the toilet whenever you find one.” €3 coffee
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Special Feature Welcome to “K” Line Brasil Office!! Contributed by Mr. Edson Hanaki, “K” Line Brasil Ltda. Our “K” Line Brasil office has been in operation since 2007 and as from 2009 our “K” Line RoRo & Bulk office was established. Both offices are headed by Mr. Kenji Hatakeyama and responsible for container business, car carrier, high heavy, break bulk cargoes in Brazil (East Cost South America area).
As from March 2011 our office moved from Avenida Paulista to Alameda Santos where we are the first leaser in a modern and safe building (equipped with fingerprint entrance control).
Except the two Japanese representatives working in the office, we “K” Line Brasil
have 4 employees, and 2 staff from “K” Line RoRo & Bulk, total of 8 staff. We still have desks and chairs available, so if you are interested in working in Sao Paulo, you are most welcome!
Our office is famous for our coffee, some vendors or clients just come here to drink
the coffee. It is nothing special, the coffee we buy from supermarkets (but of course made in Brazil), and the machine is the simplest in town (sorry this is made in China). I think our Latin Samba spirit gives the true essence, and the flavor to the coffee, so whenever you have a chance to visit our office, please say “Posso tomar uma xicara de cafe?” meaning “Can I have a cup of coffee please”. Again, you are most welcome!
Brazil is a multicultural country. Is where you can find friendly and generous people always optimistic despite
so many adversities found in an under-developed country. It’s a land where foreigners can feel as if they were at home, specially, in Sao Paulo where the mix of various races can be easily found in the faces you meet on the streets. Outside Japan, Brazil has the biggest colony of Japanese due to their immigration decades ago. And Sao Paulo is one of the cities where they are mostly concentrated. Being such, the number of Japanese restaurants is as big as barbecues which are the most popular kind of restaurant for Brazilians.
Sao Paulo is a big metropolitan city and the second largest and high quality gourmet center in the world. Anything you want, you can find
it here.
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In about a range of 100km, you can either choose to go to the countryside where very nice small cities can be visited or you can enjoy nice
beaches, i.e., you can keep in touch with nature and find relief on your weekends from the rush time.
The city also has rich culture and leisure options for your best choice!
Although Carnival in Rio de Janeiro is most well known overseas, in Sao Paulo you can also enjoy the same level of party.
For the ones who enjoy night time, you have so many options that you can go to a different place 365 days a year without repeating any!
Many talk about security problems in Sao Paulo which we cannot deny, but is not at as serious a level that would interfere in the pleasure you
can experience in the city. Come and try!
Some curiosities about Sao Paulo city: Sao Paulo has.... •The biggest Ferrari dealership around the world. The second is in Los Angeles, •The 4th Maseratti dealership in the world, •The 2nd Porsche dealership, •The 2nd Lamborghini dealership, •The unique Bentley and Rolls subsidiaries in Latin America as from Mexico. •The largest agricultural aircraft fleet in the world •The largest fleet of private jets (surpassed N. York) •The largest fleet of Porsche Cayenne S, Carrera in Americas •The largest fleet of private helicopters in the world •The largest consumer of long-haul yachts Ferretti — Viareggio — Lucca •The unique city in the world that has four Tiffany’s shops •The unique city in the world which has three Bulgari stores •The most profitable Louis Vuitton branch •Montblanc, pens, is the best selling affiliate out of Switzerland •80,000 Paulistas (Sao Paulo citizens) have the second house in Europe and United States •The largest amount of thoroughbred Arabian horses in the Americas
•11 million habitants •1,530km2 •5.5 million cars circulating throughout the city thru the Paulista Avenue circulates more than 5,700 cars and 1,400 buses per hour at peak times •The city has more than 6,000 pizza parlors that produce about 720 pizzas per minute, some of them among the best in the world •Approximately 278 sushi are produced per minute •More than 205 hospitals •About 1,500 bank branches national and international •105 colleges, 28 universities, 23 technological education centers •12.500 restaurants •500 steakhouses (churrascaria) •15,000 bars •270 cinemas
Sao Paulo is.... •The 3rd largest Italian city in the world •The largest Japanese city outside Japan •The largest Portuguese city outside Portugal
•The largest Spanish city outside Spain •The 3rd largest Lebanese city outside Lebanon
(Sources www.prefeitura.sp.org.br www.webluxo.com.br www.ibge.gov.br www.timesonline.co.uk www.nytimes.com)
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Editor’s Log How is everybody during this hot summer season? I hope the heat hasn’t affected your health. Even though I complain about the heat a number of times each day while conserving energy, I was deeply moved by the Nadeshiko Japan women’s soccer team, which won the World Cup for the first time. It was a wonderful game that gave energy and courage to the Japanese people, who have been somewhat dispirited in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11. I am sure that people in the areas affected by the disaster were especially overjoyed and uplifted.
A newspaper in southern Germany praised the team
as having slashed the pitch with the dexterity of an expert sushi chef.
I’m sure the hot summer season will persist for awhile,
but let’s all make it through the summer filled with energy, just like the Nadeshiko Japan players!!
Ocean Breeze and “K” Line News are looking for color photographs!!!! Landscapes near the port visited that are not found elsewhere, snapshots taken while traveling, and photographs taken in the past are acceptable. Send in your favorite photographs from those you have taken. A photograph competition is held once a year. The first place getters are awarded a wonderful prize! Your efforts are always welcome.
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