NYK Gets Japanese Pilots' Best Quality Ships Award

Two NYK ships, a container ship & an LNG carrier receive the 2011 best ships awards from Japan Federation of Pilots Association

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 performed comprehensive evaluations of vessels that requested pilot operations at pilotage districts throughout Japan during the months of September and October 2011, and then selected seven ships to be recognized before the final choice of winners was decided.