Message from the President

Thank you very much for your interest in the NYK Group.

The NYK Group is a comprehensive logistics provider dedicated to continually expanding the services we provide by ocean, land, and air. Monohakobi—the transportation of goods—is fundamental to global economic activity and allows not only many of our daily necessities but also our treasured pleasures to quickly and affordably move from one place to another. As one of the world’s premier logistics providers, we at NYK are greatly aware of the social responsibility that we have in the way we conduct business.

In January 2009, we launched our Emergency Structural Reform Project to address the global economic downturn that currently persists. The purpose of this project is to formulate and implement reforms that will result in steady growth even during harsh economic times. The concrete target of this restructuring is to ensure the achievement of the stability, growth, and environmental targets set out in our medium-term management plan,New Horizon 2010, which was announced in March 2008.

In the NYK mission statement, we proclaim the following: “Through safe and dependable monohakobi (transport service), we contribute to the betterment of societies throughout the world as a comprehensive global-logistics enterprise offering ocean, land, and air transportation.” We have affirmed this statement through the subsequent adoption of the three NYK Group Values of integrity, innovation, and intensity, which are currently being instilled among the thousands worldwide who comprise the NYK Group.

As we carry out these adjustments, we will make every effort to make use of not only our hardware but also our software—our character, original ideas, and passion—to generate further growth as a comprehensive logistics provider beneficial to you.

April 2009
Yasumi Kudo
President