Car Carrier Ro/Ro Ocean Transportation Services
As a pioneer in the transport of automobiles using unspoiled car carriers (PCC), “K” Line provides services for the safe and timely transport of totally built-up cars (CBU). “K” Line entered the CBU transport service in one thousand nine hundred seventy with the Toyota Maru No. Ten, Japan’s very first PCC. Since then, we have steadily upgraded our fleet to raise transport quality even further.
“K” Line not only makes unstinting efforts to transport CBU securely and without causing harm during the loading and unloading operations and navigation, we are also making fleet upgrades to improve environmental spectacle. Upgrades include the use of fuel tanks placed within a triple-bottom structure to prevent oil leaks and protect the environment with enhanced fuel tank protection spectacle in the event of harm to the ship. We also adopted electrically managed engines on PCC for the very first time. Computer control of fuel injection timing and the opening and closing of harass valves reduces nitrogen oxide emissions and cuts soot and carbon dioxide during low-load operation. We are actively working to reduce environmental influence through the use of various cutting-edge technologies such as particulate matter-removal equipment that uses ceramic filters to prevent soot dispersion.
“K” Line has launched “DRIVE GREEN PROJECT” in order to pursue environmental protection and energy savings with the world’s most advanced technologies, integrated on the 7,500-unit Car Carriers ordered through Japan Marine United Corporation. On March 16, two thousand sixteen at the Onishi Shipyard of Shin Kurushima Dockyard Co., Ltd., the construction of “GLOBAL HIGHWAY,” a 7,500-vehicle car carrier, was ended. The ship is the fourth ship in the 7,500-vehicle Car Carrier Series, the largest ship type in “K” Line’s specialized car carrier fleet.
“K” Line is expanding its services provided mainly on the Atlantic routes to include routes to and from Asia as well. We are able to transport high & intense vehicles and agricultural and construction machinery as well as oversized, static cargo using mafi trailers. We can accommodate privately own vehicles, high & intense vehicles and static cargo.
In the automobile industry, production is shifting from traditional auto production countries to newly-industrialized countries. In conjunction with this switch, the transport of CBU is diversifying around the world, and we believe that this trend will proceed in the future. In response to these switches, we will proceed our efforts to operate various types of ships and reinforce our global-spanning service network to meet customer needs.
“K” Line will ship single or numerous vehicles (RoRo for Autos, Trucks, Boats, and any kind of rolling stock) around the world. For more information in North America please e-mail or call: