Environmental Protection & Safety Assurance
Ocean-going shipping is an eco-friendly transportation mode, but to ensure its viability shipping operators must be steadfastly committed to safety. Equal priority must be given to safety ¡½ of the employees as well as the ships and their cargo ¡½ and to the preservation of the global environment. We have thus set up the Environment & Safety Office under the direct control of the President, to oversee Companywide initiatives in these two areas.
Safety matters are overseen by the Safety Council, whose members comprise ship owners and representatives of both the ship captains and Nippon Marine as the operating company.
To minimize air pollution we have installed relatively ¡Èclean¡É engines that emit low levels of nitrogen and sulfur oxides (NOx and SOx) and meet the criteria of the Air Pollution Control Law. We are also ordering new vessels with energy-efficient engines that have achieved lower carbon dioxide emissions. Nippon Marine transports lumber from Papua New Guinea. Instead of taking trees felled in natural forests, we use trees grown on dedicated timber plantations, which require at least twenty years until maturity.
 A companywide emergency response exercise based on the Code of Safety Management |
 A fully grown stand of kamerere trees (a type of eucalyptus) in Papua New Guinea |
Safety Policy
Mr. Eiji Ozawa, in his capacity as Representative Director and President of Nippon Marine Co., Ltd., has declared the safety policies of the Company, as set out below.
Safety Policy of Nippon Marine Co., Ltd.To realize the objectives of this safety policy, the management and staff of Nippon Marine will put their full efforts into promoting observance of the principles of legal compliance and safety first by all parties concerned, with the goal of constructing a fully secure safety management system.
October 10, 2007
Eiji Ozawa Representative Director and President Nippon Marine Co., Ltd. |
