Company History｜KYOEI TANKER CO., LTD.

Established - 1970s

1930s

March, 1937
Kyoei Tanker Co., Ltd. established in Kobe.
Builds "Kyoei Maru"(742t) (Japan's first clean tanker (clean oil tanker))

Back row right: SHICHIRO HAYASHIDA（Founder）

1940s

July, 1949
Kyoei Tanker broken up under Corporate Rehabilitation Law, and Kyoei Kisen Kabushiki Kaisha is established with in-kind contribution and cession from the former Kyoei Tanker.

July, 1949
Changes corporate name to Kyoei Tanker Co., Ltd.

1950s

September, 1956
Accepts on trust the operation of a tanker, M/V Tsubame Maru, owned by Maruzen Oil Co., Ltd. (present Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd.)(33,725t)

1960s

October, 1961
Lists on the First Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange

November, 1961
Increases capital to 1.6 billion yen.

March, 1964
Joins NYK Group due to maritime consolidation under the Shipping Reconstruction & Development Law

June, 1965
Relocates head office from Kobe City to Tokyo.

1970s

September, 1970
Builds the VLCC, M/V "Kyoei Maru." (216,121t)

December, 1973
Builds the VLCC, M/V "Taiei Maru."(233,380t)

1980s - 1990s

1980s

March, 1985
Accepts all seamen of Daikyo Tanker Kabushiki Kaisha, and charters three tankers : M/V "Suzuka Maru," M/V "Tokai Maru," and M/V "Daikyo Maru."

May, 1986
Builds the VLCC, M/V "Cosmo Galaxy" (250,298 D/W)

November, 1986
Builds the VLCC, M/V "Cosmo Venus" (250,267 D/W)

1990s

March, 1992
Increases capital to 2.85 billion yen.

September, 1992
Builds the VLCC, M/V "Cosmo Astrea" (255,396 D/W)

September, 1994
Builds the VLCC, M/V "HAN-EI" (259,999 D/W)

November, 1999
Builds the VLCC, M/V "KOU-EI" (279,999 D/W)

2000s

January, 2002
Builds the VLCC, M/V "SKY WING" (295,259 D/W)

September, 2002
Builds the VLCC, M/V "TAIZAN" (299,992 D/W)

September, 2004
Builds the VLCC, M/V "KAI-EI" (299,997 D/W)

September, 2005
Builds the VLCC, M/V "JIN-EI" (299,998 D/W)

March, 2007
Builds the VLCC, M/V"TOHSHI"(300,363D/W)

September, 2007
All tankers became double hulls due to HAN-EI sales.

January, 2008
Builds the product tanker, M/V "CHAMPION PLEASURE" (105,852D/W)

June, 2008
Builds the product tanker, M/V "CHALLENGE PEARL"(47,451D/W)

July, 2009
Builds the product tanker, M/V "CHAMPION PROSPERITY"(115,098D/W)

2010s - Present

2010s

December, 2010
Charters the Bulker, M/V "KT ALBATROSS"(58,743D/W)

March, 2011
Builds the Bulker, M/V "KT BIRDIE"(74,886D/W)

April, 2011
Builds the product tanker, M/V "CHALLENGE PROCYON"(45,996D/W)

August, 2011
Builds the Bulker, M/V "SAGAR JYOTI"(58,110D/W)

October, 2011
Charters the Bulker, M/V "KT CONDOR"(58,110D/W)

November, 2011
Relocates head office from Kudan kita, Chiyoda-ku to Mita, Minato-ku

November, 2012
Builds the Bulker, M/V "NORD SATURN"(77,288D/W)

December, 2012
Builds the Bulker, M/V "SAGAR MOTI" (58,097D/W)

February, 2014
Builds the VLCC, M/V "KYO-EI"(313,990D/W)

March, 2014
Builds the Bulker, M/V "ARCADIA SALUTE"(95,575D/W)

January, 2016
Builds the LPG, M/V LEGEND PROSPERITY(55,133D/W)

January, 2016
Builds the Bulker, M/V "SHIN-SEKIYO"(90,781D/W)

April, 2017
Builds the LPG, M/V LEGEND PRESTIGE(55,076D/W)

March, 2018
Builds the Bulker, M/V "SHINRYO MARU"(92,049D/W)

April, 2018
Builds the VLCC, M/V "GEN-EI"(312,605D/W)

July, 2019
Builds the VLCC, M/V "TENRYU"(312,611D/W)

October, 2019
Establishes KYOEI TANKER SINGAPORE.LTD. (currently a consolidated subsidiary)

TWENTY ANSON (Tenant Building) Entrance

February, 2020
Builds the VLCC, M/V "HOU-EI"(311,745D/W)

November, 2020
Builds the VLCC, M/V "TENZAN"(312,524D/W)

September, 2021
Builds the VLCC, M/V "TOKIWA"(312,473D/W)

February, 2022
Builds the LPG, M/V "MARIE"(7,483D/W)

Present

COMPANY HISTORY