On October 29, Kyokuyo Shipyard Corporation delivered an 11,000m3 L.P.G. carrier, S520, to the owner Kingcraft Shipping Pte. Ltd. from Singapore.

On October 9, a windless and beautifully sunny day, the 55th "Kyokuyo Open" golf tournament was held to commemorate the anniversary of the company's foundation (October 10, 1942).

On October 7, Kyokuyo Shipyard held a long service award ceremony to honor its employees who had achieved 10 or 20 years of continuous service.

Kyokuyo Shipyard delivered one unit of 11,000m3 liquefied gas carrier to the owner Kisber Shipping Pte. Ltd. of Singapore. The vessel, code-named S-519, and now named "Kisber", is a new design packed with new features that meet ever-changing industrial requirements of today's and tomorrow's merchant ship.

As explained in the president's new year statement, Kyokuyo is undertaking extensive improvements to its production process this year. The first result was the refurbishment of the pre-fabrication shop - the home of pre-fabrication team within Hull Construction Section.

In this issue we will introduce new employees who joined Kyokuyo this April. This year, we welcomed 5 new comers, including 2 college graduates (photo : below) who have just completed in-house training programs for 2 months.

2 weeks after the "mock" ceremonies, the real naming and delivery ceremonies for the 1,103TEU container carrier took place on March 27, 2014. The ship, or S518 as we called her, was the youngest of 2 ship-series ordered by TVL Marine (HK) Co., Limited.

J:COM Shimonoseki, local cable TV station, is running a program called "Iki-iki Shimin Kouza" (Be active! Open Lecture for Citizens) since 2007. Planned and operated by NPO "Iki-iki Monitaa Kaigi" (Be active! Monitoring Committee), lectures, in form of monologue or dialogue, are given twice a month by various guest speakers on a wide range of subjects, and are broadcasted as an hour-long TV program.

Kyokuyo's first happy event for 2015 was the naming and delivery ceremonies for a 1,103TEU container carrier code-named S-517. She is the eldest of 2-ship series ordered by Taiwan-based TVL Shipping Co., Limited.

Dear customers and friends, I would like to wish all the best for you on this first day of 2015!