Company Profile  History |
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■HISTORY |
| 1898 |
Established as Naigai-Unyu Corporation in Kobe |
"Meriken" Wharf of the Meiji era
The container ship loading
was began at Maya Wharf
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| 1942 |
Founded Giyu Kaiun having branch in Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka and operation office in Shiodome, Osaka, Moji and Nagasaki |
| 1965 |
Established Giyu Packing Co.,Ltd.
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| 1979 |
Established Giyu Coastal Transport Co., Ltd, Giyu Land Transport Co., Ltd. (renamed Giyu Techno) |
| 1988 |
Established KGM Services Co., Ltd. in Bangkok, Thailand |
| 1995 |
Established Shanghai representative office in China |
| 1996 |
Established Giyu Kaiun Hong Kong Ltd. |
| 2006 |
Established Middle-East office in Dubai, UAE |
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Port Island under construction
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Present Kobe port
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| Photograph offered by Kobe port promotion society |
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■ORIGIN & HISTORY |
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Around 1912, Czarist Russia started liner services between Russia and Japan, which was called "GIYU MERCHANT SHIP" among Japanese.
In 1914, Naigai Unyu Company was nominated its agent in Japan and was renamed "Giyu Shokai Ltd. Started to handle heavy duty equipments from Mitsubishi Electric, Mitsubishi Heavy Ind. And Mitsubishi Steel.
Then, in 1937, it started liner services between Korea/China and Japan by its own ships.
In 1942, due to Japanese law, Giyu Shokai Ltd. Parted with its own ships, dissolved, then restarted as "Giyu Kaiun Co.,Ltd. |
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■THE ORIGIN OF THE COMPANY BADGE |
Trademark registration
3064996 |
Company logo from life buoy. It was designed in 1914 during Giyu Shokai Ltd., and passed over the century. It was derived from company policy which was made much of life and respected for human. |
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