JFPA Selects MOL Vessels for 2016 'Best Quality Ships Award'
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) said that two MOL-operated and managed vessels - the wood chip carrier WORLD SWAN II and the containership MOL MAGNIFICENSE - were among seven selected to receive the 2016 "Best Quality Ships Award" from the Japan Federation of Pilots' Associations (JFPA). The awards, introduced in 2003, are aimed at heightening awareness of the need to protect harbors and the marine environment through safe operation of oceangoing vessels. The ships receiving the awards are those judged superior by members of the JFPA. For the 2016 awards, seven vessels were selected from among ships that requested pilots at pilotage districts throughout Japan in September and October.
MOL Commended with Quality Ship Awards
MOL Commended for ‘FY2013 Best Quality Ship Award’; MOL president Koichi Muto meets with captain and chief engineer, exchanging views and working to establish a more solid safe operation system. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) announced that four MOL-operated and managed ships were selected for the FY2013 Best Quality Ship Awards by Japan Federation of Pilots’ Associations. MOL Senior Managing Executive Officer Masaaki Nemoto was on hand for the awards ceremony on June 24. On July 17…
NYK Gets Japanese Pilots' Best Quality Ships Award
The NYK-owned containership NYK Arcadia, and the LNG carrier Pacific Eurus, managed by NYK LNG Shipmanagement, an NYK Group company, (Operator: LNG Marine Transport Limited) have received the Best Quality Ship Award for 2011 by the Japan Federation of Pilots’ Associations (JFPA). An awards ceremony was held at the Todofuken Kaikan in Tokyo and was attended by pilots from all over Japan as well as other interested parties. The Best Quality Ship Award was first presented in fiscal 2003 by the JFPA with the aim of enhancing awareness of the need for environmental conservation within ports and oceans through safe vessel operations. Pilots…
