Japan, a nation with few natural resources, must import numerous goods. Ample foreign exchange reserves earned through exports are needed for imports. For Japan, which is surrounded on all sides by the sea, ships are the only safe trans-ocean means to carry a huge bulk of goods at one time, whether for import or export. This is proved by a fact that about 20% of the world cargo movements by sea take place around Japan. On the other hand, over 40% of domestic freight ton-km basis (which is the unit used to indicate freight share ratio in terms of freight volume by distance of carriage), including key industrial raw materials, are carried through coastal shipping at present.

You might come across pictures illustrating the materials carried by Daiichi Chuo Kisen Kaisha's fleet of ships and how, if you carefully read the contents of our web pages, but we think it would be great if you realized how the shipping industry sustains society and builds its future as a less flamboyant but powerful socio-economic entity by providing clients with optimum cargo spaces, rather than being a supplier in direct contact with general consumers.