Company History
(as of October 1, 2012)
| 1900-April | Nobujiro Tatsuzawa takes over the barge division of Nippon Yusen and establishes Tatsuzawa Shipping Agency |
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| 1923- December | Changes name to Maru-Raku Shipping Agency Co., Ltd.
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| 1951- August | Nippon Mining Co., Ltd. and others invest in Maru-Raku Shipping Agency |
| 1951- December | Changes name to Maru-Raku Shipping Co., Ltd.
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| 1960- July | Opens Mizushima Office |
| 1962- February | Takes over Nippon Mining’s Saganoseki Smelter & Refinery Marine Division and opens Sagonoseki Office |
| 1967- March | Nippon Tanker Co., Ltd. (reorganized as Showa Nittan Corp. in April 2012) is established and takes over Maru-Raku Shipping’s domestic tanker division
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| 1971- April | Merges with Nissho Kaiun Co., Ltd. and changes name to Nissho Maru-Raku Shipping Co., Ltd.
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| 1974- January | Changes name to Nippon Marine Co., Ltd. |
| 1984- October | Opens Kanagawa Office, which handles sulfuric acid cargo in the Koyasu Plant of Keihin Kasei Center Co., Ltd. |
| 1997- February | ‘Cypria’, the world’s first dual-purpose copper ore and sulfuric acid carrier, begins service between Japan and Chile. Enters ocean-going vessel business |
| 2001- August | Nittan Marine Service Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Nippon Tanker Co., Ltd., takes over the liquid cargo business (Mizushima and Kashima Offices and other Offices) of Nippon Marine |
| 2006- January | Opens representative office in Tianjin China (closed on March 31, 2008) |
| 2010- September | Launches copper concentrate and sulfuric acid carrier ‘Mar Camino’ |
| 2011- April | Establishes the Nippon Marine Management Philosophy |
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Founder: Nobujiro TatsuzawaBorn in 1865 (first year of the Keio Era), Nobujiro Tatsuzawa was the younger brother of Bin-ichi Ishiwatari, who was a member of the House of Peers and President of Tokyo Gas. After joining Nippon Yusen, he worked in the shipping industry. As a politician, he served as a Tokyo city council member (Friends of Constitutional Government) and as parliamentary speaker for Tokyo. In addition, he was a friend of Taikan Yokoyama and was involved in the restoration of the Japan Art Institute. |
Photo taken at the time of the company’s founding |
