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Serving as the shipowner of steel materials carriers for Kobelco Logistics, Shinkyo Kaiun owns two ships. The company handles the type of mass cargo transportation only possible with coastal ships. Shinkyo Kaiun is working to reinforce safe operations and to provide stable transport using company-owned ships while improving operational efficiency to better serve customers.
The 257-ton, leading-edge Shinkyo Maru was completed in August 2017 and can transport around 820 tons—equivalent to the 10-ton loads of 82 trucks. The ship is operated by four individuals: the captain, chief mate, second mate, and chief engineer.
Kobelco Logistics Kakogawa Building, 4F, 2956 Shinobe, Befu-cho, Kakogawa, 675-0131, Japan
Showa Koyu supplies and distributes bunker fuel, marine lubricants, and marine oil products mainly around the Osaka Bay area as a dealer for Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. The company puts safe operations and environmental protection first and, with three tankers in its fleet, quickly responds to customer needs.
Showa Koyu has recently begun to engage in the distribution of fuel and oil products onshore. Making use of the distribution network of Idemitsu Kosan, the company can now supply these products anywhere in Japan.
Taiju Seimei Kobe Sannomiya Building, 9F, 119 Ito-machi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0032, Japan
As a Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport-approved consigned freight forwarding company (second class, first class), Airmodal Service, Inc. (ASI) handles integrated maritime and air cargo transportation for importers and exporters. The company provides transportation services optimized for customer requests and the unique properties of the cargo, as opposed to the packaged mixed-freight services of major freight forwarders.
ASI’s mission is to quickly provide reliable and safe transportation services. The company has established a network with not only domestic companies but also logistics partners in 100 major cities around the world. In particular, ASI is leveraging the Kobelco Logistics Group’s unique know-how to provide special cargo transportation, such as chartering Antonov aircraft—among the world’s largest heavy freight aircraft—to transport heavy cargo. The company plays a central role in Kobelco Logistics’ strategic field of international integrated transportation and is steadily building up its performance record.
Gendai Kobe Building 6F, 2-11-14, Wakinohama-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 651-0072, Japan
Shinriku is a general trucking company and class I freight forwarder and owns vehicles compliant with safety standards (maximum loading capacity of 29 tons). The company transports mainly wire materials to clients in the Kinki region from its base at Kobe Steel’s Kakogawa Works. Shinriku owns side dump flatbed trucks that can transport a number of various heavy steel plate products. All vehicles are fitted with on-board safety equipment, such as dashboard cameras and backup cameras, with the aim of eliminating any traffic accidents and maintaining the quality of products transported.
In June 2011, Shinriku replaced its trailers capable of carrying two 8-ton coils with lighter weight trailers capable of carrying three of the same coils, thus realizing energy savings by improving its loading capacity utilization.
1874-5 Ikeda, Onoe-cho, Kakogawa, 675-0023, Japan
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