The top news stories from the NYK Group during 2016, the halfway mark for the creative solutions emphasized in the company's More than Shipping 2018 medium- to long-term management plan, are reviewed below.

1. Recreate the NYK Group for a new era

--Integration of container shipping businesses
October: Container shipping business to be integrated with those of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. and

2. Differentiation through creative solutions

--Delivery of new, energy-efficient containership
March: 14,000-TEU containership equipped with the world's first dual rating engine enters NYK fleet. It

3. Promote 'More Than Shipping' powerfully

4. Contribution to long-term, stable transportation of energy-resources

5. Recognitions by society

--Environment
February: Only Japanese company to be recognized with ESI Award from the ports of Le Havre, Rouen,

--Creative solutions
June: Selected as a 2016 Competitive IT Strategy Company for use of IoT and big data; first in maritime

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