In June, Hitoshi Nagasawa was newly appointed president of NYK, and the NYK Group has further driven the medium-term management plan “Staying Ahead 2022 with Digitalization and Green” under the new management.

Here are the top NYK Group news stories of 2019, including creating new value by integrating management resources to maximize group synergies, using digital technologies to realize an onboard cashless business and manned autonomous ships, and realizing actions to achieve CO₂ emission reduction targets.