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By the end of 2016, nearly 580 NYK Group volunteers comprising employees, board members, and former employees had volunteered to assist recovery activities in the area devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 and Typhoon Lionrock in August 2016.
Every year since 2014, new employees at NYK have engaged in these activities. The activities and the communication with the people of the area allow new employees to consider the need for the company to play a part in society. The engagement also helps the new employees gain experience in other fields and broaden their perspectives as business persons.
Our 2016 volunteer activities to assist the recovery are highlighted below.
Period: July 7???11 2016, July 24???28 2016; two groups; four nights, five days
Participants: 43 new employees
Area: Otsuchi town and Kamaishi city in Iwate prefecture
Activity: cutting rapeseed, threshing, cleaning farms, thinning brush, etc.
Period: August 26???28 2016; two nights, three days
Participants: 17 staff members
Area: Kamaishi city in Iwate prefecture Activity: cutting rapeseed, seeding, etc.
Period: October 7???9 2016; two nights, three days
Participants: 6 staff members
Area: Rikuzentakata city in Iwate prefecture
Activity: recreation at a nursery school, making wind-breaking nets for pine seedlings, mowing grass around the temporary dwelling
Period: October 21???23 2016; two nights, three days
Participants: 6 staff members
Area: Iwaizumi town in Iwate prefecture
Activity: removing mud and sand left by Typhoon Lionrock
Comments from participants in 2016 included, ???I want to do what I can and inform others about the conditions of the area,??? and ???The people living in the area have their own approaches to doing things, and I learned a lot from them as a member of society.???
Twelve years have passed since NYK established a specialized section to promote social contribution activities. As a good corporate citizen living in global society, the NYK Group promotes employee involvement in volunteer activities and promises to work positively in activities that contribute to society.
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Hercules Leader, a pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) operated by NYK, rescued six yachtsmen in distress off the coast of Bermuda on January 19.
While Hercules Leader was sailing from the U.S. port of Jacksonville to Gibraltar, a British colony south of Spain, the vessel received a request from the United States Coast Guard (USCG) to assist a yacht that had become stranded off the coast of Bermuda. The ship immediately set a course for the yacht and rescued the six sailors around noon. The following day, on January 20, the yachtsmen disembarked from Hercules Leader into a rescue boat off Bermuda, as directed by the USCG.
Afterward, NYK was offered appreciation by the USCG in writing.
About Hercules Leader
Captain: Eugen State
Flag: Japan
Crew: 25 seafarers (Indian, Filipino, Vietnamese, Romanian)
Gross Tonnage: 63,083 tons
Type of Vessel: Pure Car and Truck Carrier (PCTC)
Ship Management: NYK Shipmanagement Pte. Ltd.
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Linden Pride, an LPG carrier operated by NYK, rescued a seafarer from a boat in distress 100 nautical miles off the coast of Nicaragua on December 4.
While Linden Pride was sailing from Balboa, Panama, to Sendai, Japan, the ship came upon a disabled boat with one survivor requesting assistance, and immediately initiated the rescue. The rescued sailor was in good health and disembarked from Linden Pride off the coast of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, on December 8 as directed by the United States Coast Guard.
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Captain: D???souza Lloyd
Flag: Panama
Crew: 23 seafarers (Indian and Filipino)
Gross Tonnage: 46,021
Type of Vessel: LPG carrier
Ship management: NYK Shipmanagement Pte. Ltd.
