Description

Meiji Shipping Co., Ltd., through its subsidiaries, operates as a shipping company in Japan and internationally. The company operates through three segments: International Shipping Business, Hotel-Related Business, and Real Estate Leasing Business. It owns crude and product oil tankers, as well as LNG and LPG, car, chip, and bulk carriers that are operated primarily under time charter parties with shipping companies. The company offers shipping, ship management, and related transaction services; construction supervision, remodeling and inspection, and related services; and business planning, ship finance, and commercial management services. It is also involved in manning and training of seafarers; providing IT related solutions for vessels; marketing of marine equipment and parts; and building operation and management, as well as the operation of nursery schools. In addition, the company sells machinery for ships and ports; rents housing; develops office buildings; offers tugboat, non-life and cancer insurance agency, forwarding, and catering services; and operates hotels, resorts, Chinese and Japanese restaurants, and a golf course. Meiji Shipping Co., Ltd. was founded in 1911 and is headquartered in Kobe, Japan.