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Sea Japan 2014T

he 11th Sea Japan International Maritime
Exhibition and Conference will be held April
9-11, 2014. With financial support from The Nippon
Foundation, the Maritime Bureau of Japan’s
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport andTourism (MLIT) will lead members of the Japanesemaritime cluster to set up thematic zones in theJapan pavilion, where they will exhibit the nation’s
cutting-edge technologies it boasts to the rest of theworld.

In an area of approximately 1,000 square
meters, the zones will allow ship owners,
shipbuilding companies, ship machinery andequipment manufacturers, research institutes,
inspection agencies and relevant organizations
to exhibit technologies that they have developed
individually and/or together for protecting thenatural environment, saving energy, ensuringsafety, preventing disasters and managing quality.
They will also introduce the efforts they have madeworldwide toward these ambitions.

CONTENTS
Sea Japan 2014……1-3
JSMEA attends Navalshore……4-5
JSMEA holds seminar to promote Japan-Russia
cooperation on products for building
and repairing ships……6-9
JSMEA attends
Kormarine 2013……10-12
JSMEA participatesin Marintec China 2013……13-14
Introducing
the Marine Stores Guide
6th Edition……15

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n respect to the offshore business, where thegovernment of Japan as well as compatriot
organizations and business operators have been
active in recent years, technologies will be unveiledfor developing marine resources, generating
electricity at sea and establishing logistics hubs,
among other initiatives. In addition, to help visitors
fully understand the appeal of ships, Japan’s
leading shipping companies will showcase modelsof their energy-efficient commercial vessels, while
the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the Japan
Coast Guard (JCG) will join forces to display thoseof their state-of-the-art vessels.

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he Japan Ship Machinery and Equipment
Association (JSMEA) will join other membersof the Japanese maritime cluster, with our presenceat the thematic zones. Specifically, we will provide
data on liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered diesel
engines, smart navigation systems and many otherdevelopments.

During Sea Japan 2014, a symposium anda technical seminar will be held. During
the symposium, experts from Japan and othercountries will give presentations on(1) proposals that the Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development (OECD) makes
to advanced economies,(2) an outlook for the future of the Norwegianmarket and ways to take advantage of it,( 3) initiatives by Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. of Brazil foroffshore development and others. Meanwhile,the seminar will be an opportunity to learn
about the development of technologies thatJapan is working on.

We strongly urge you to visit the Japan pavilion
while attending Sea Japan 2014 in order tolearn more about the strengths of the Japanesemaritime cluster and its cutting-edge technologies.

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Subjects to be exhibited at the thematic
zones in the Japan pavilion(1) Development of marine resourcesa. Oil and natural gas
b. Renewable energy technologyc. Seabed mineral resources(2) Concept Ships/Eco ships(3) LNG Fuel Plant(4) Energy-saving technologies(5) Environmental technologies(6) Technology on safety and disaster prevention(7) Quality Management/International response

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Members of the Japanese maritime cluster(subject to change)
M inistry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport andTourism (MLIT), Ministry of Defense (MOD), Japan
Coast Guard (JCG), National Maritime ResearchInstitute (NMRI), Japan Railway Construction,
Transport and Technology Agency (JRTT), Nippon
Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK), Shipbuilding ResearchCentre of Japan (SRC), Nippon Yusen Kaisha(NYK), Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL), Kawasaki
Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line), University of Tokyo,
Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology,
Yokohama National University, The Shipbuilders’
Association of Japan (SAJ), The Cooperative
Association of Japan Shipbuilders (CAJS), Japan
Ship Machiner y and Equipment Association(JSMEA), shipbuilding companies, ship machineryand equipment manufacturers and others.

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Seminars and other events (subject tochange)A pril 9, 2014
(1) “Maritime Green Frontier—Green Growth inMaritime Sector” (the 50th anniversary of Japan’s
admission to the OECD)(2) “Deep Sea Innovation—Further Development of
Ocean Resources”

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JSMEA attends Navalshore 2013T

he Japan Ship Machinery and Equipment
Association (JSMEA) attended an international
maritime trade fair held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
on Aug. 13-15, 2013 with financial assistance fromThe Nippon Foundation. Together with member
companies; the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,
Transport and Tourism (MLIT); and non-member
shipbuilders, the association set up a Japan
pavilion at the Navalshore Marintec South America
2013 Shipbuilding and Offshore Industr ies
Exhibition and Conference (Navalshore 2013). The
JSMEA participated in Navalshore for the fourthconsecutive year since it was present at the eventfor the first time in 2010.

and Engine Co., Ltd., Nakashima Propeller Co.,
Ltd. and Yanmar Co., Ltd.—opened booths anddisplayed panels at the Japan pavilion to promote
Japan-made ship machiner y and equipment
products. At the Sul America Convention Center,
which is located near the center of the capital city,
the pavilion was next to that of Petrobras Transporte
S.A. (Transpetro), a fully owned subsidiary ofPetroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras), a semi-publicenergy corporation of Brazil. As such, the Japan
pavilion welcomed Petrobras-related enterprises,
local shipowners and many other visitors. The
three-day exhibition brought its curtain down on ahigh note.

DTuring Navalshore 2013, six JSMEA-affiliatedmanufacturers—Daihatsu Diesel Mfg. Co., Ltd.,
Fuji Trading Co., Ltd., Kawasaki Heavy Industries,
Ltd., Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Machinery

Navalshore 2013he MLIT convened a meeting on Aug. 12, theday before the opening of Navalshore 2013.
The Third Technical Roundtable Meeting on BrazilJapan Cooperation in the Offshore and Shipbuilding
Sector was attended by leaders of maritime fields
in the Japanese and Brazilian public and private
sectors. On behalf of the JSMEA, Vice-President

Aug. 13: JSMEA visits SINAVAL

Aug. 14: JSMEA visits VARD Niteroi

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Masaaki Matsui and Executive Managing Director
Shoichi Kitamura joined the meeting. Attendees
exchanged information and views in the hopesof creating new business oppor tunities while
enhancing existing ties in both nations’ maritime
fields. Representing the JSMEA, Fukui Seisakusho
Co., Ltd. gave a presentation.

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hen the roundtable meeting came to anend, the JSMEA held a reception with help
from Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK). The Tokyobased association and classification society invited
many parties concerned with maritime affairs in
the public and private sectors of Japan and Brazil.
During the Japan Night reception, approximately
130 individuals from shipping, shipbuilding,ship machinery and equipment and other firms,
including some 80 from Brazil, had the opportunity
to exchange friendship and goodwill.

Taking advantage their Brazil trip, the JSMEA
and other members made a courtesy callon Aug. 13 at a local shipbuilding association,
Sindicato Nacional da Industria da Construcao e
Reparacao Naval e Offshore (SINAVAL). In August
2011, the partners agreed on the Co-Operation
Agreement Between SINAVAL and JSMEA. The
JSMEA mission also visited VARD Niterol S.A.,
a local shipyard, on Aug. 14; Transpetro on Aug.
15; and Estaleiro Atlantico Sul S.A., another local
shipbuilding company, on Aug. 19 to promote
Japanese ship machinery and equipment andexchange views.

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n Aug. 16, the JSMEA visited the Japanese
Consulate-General in Belem to gather
information on shipbuilding affairs in northern Brazil
as well as the taxation and other systems in theSouth American nation.

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articipating in Navalshore 2013, the JSMEA
made various effor ts to promote Japanmade ship machinery and equipment products
and improve the presence of the Japanese shipmachinery and equipment industry.

Aug. 15: JSMEA visits Transpetro

Aug. 19: JSMEA visits Estaleiro Atlantico Sul

Mr. Agenor Cear Junqueira Leite, vice presidentof Transpetro (fifth from left in front row)

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JSMEA holds seminar to promote
Japan-Russia cooperation on products
for building and repairing ships

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he Japan Ship Machinery and Equipment
Association (JSMEA) held a seminar in
Vladivostok, Russia on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013 topromote cooperation between Japan and Russia
on products for building and repairing ships.

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he seminar, which was held with assistancefrom the Japan Ship Design Association(JSDA) and the Russian Maritime Register of
Shipping (RS), was attended by a JSMEA missionof 36 experts who represented 16 enterprises
and two organizations, including ship machineryand equipment makers and the Maritime Bureauof the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport
and Tourism (MLIT). From Russia, 75 individuals
were present at the event on behalf of shipowners,
shipbuilders and ship designers. More than 100
people were present at the meeting.

Acrew from a local broadcasting station cameto the seminar, which was reported in evening
news programs, and pointed to the great interest it
stirred in Russia.

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ollowing these addresses and lectures, seven
JSMEA-affiliated manufacturers and the JSDA
delivered presentations to introduce their respective
products and talked about other topics. Many
questions were asked about the presentations, andanswered by members of the JSMEA mission.

OTn the following day, the JSMEA party visitedthe Far Eastern Shipbuilding and Ship Repair
Center (FESRC), a state-run shipbuilding company
in Russia. Mr. Yuriy A. Filchenok, deputy chief
executive officer (CEO), gave a presentation on its
plans for expanding shipbuilding facilities.

Mr. Naoto Nakagawa gives an address

Mr. Motoyoshi Nakashima gives an addresso kick off the seminar, Mr. Naoto Nakagawaof the MLIT, deputy director for international
affairs of the Maritime Bureau’s Shipbuilding

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and Ship Machinery Division and Mr. Motoyoshi
Nakashima, chairman of the JSMEA, both gave
addresses, while Mr. Masaaki Matsui, vicechairman of the JSMEA, gave a briefing on theassociation’s activities. From Russia, Mr. Sergey A.
Kulikov, regional director of RS’ Far East Branch;
Mr. Georgy N. Bedrik, head of the Business
Development Division at RS’ Head Office; and Mr.
Aleksey Zakharov, deputy head of the Industrial
Department gave lectures on activities that RS
carries out in the Far East, the system under whichships are classified in Russia and other subjects.

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JSMEA holds seminar to promote Japan-Russia cooperation on products for building and repairing ships

Mr. Sergey A. Kulikov gives an address

Mr. Masaaki Matsui introduces JSMEA

JSMEA members deliver presentations

Seminar is fully attended
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(From left) Mr. Aleksey Zakharov; Mr. Georgy N. Bedrik; Mr. Sergey A. Kulikov; Mr. Naoto Nakagawa; Mr. Motoyoshi Nakashima; Mr. Kanji
Tsutsui, vice-chairman of the JSMEA; Mr. Masaaki Matsui; and Mr. Naomi Yoshida, general director of the JSDA

Mr. Kanji Tsutsui gives an address at the reception

Mr. Motoyoshi Nakashima is interviewed

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Mr. Naomi Yoshida proposes a toast

JSMEA holds seminar to promote Japan-Russia cooperation on products for building and repairing ships

JSMEA mission visits FESRC

Mr. Yuriy A. Filchenok (right)

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he Japan Ship Machinery and Equipment
Association (JSMEA) participated in Kormarine
2013. Together with eight member companies,
the association set up a Japan pavilion at theinternational marine trade exhibition, which washeld in Busan, South Korea on Oct. 22-25 aspart of Marine Week 2013, an exposition for the
shipbuilding and other maritime industries in theworld. The JSMEA returned to the event for the firsttime in eight years.

On Oct. 22, the JSMEA team visited theJapanese Consulate-General in Busan, andthe following day, Consul-General Sadao Matsuicame to the Japan pavilion and the eight members’
booths to exchange views.

Ko r m a r i n e 2 013 wa s h e l d a t t h e B u s a n
Exhibition and Convention Center (BEXCO),
the most spacious exhibition hall in the capitalcity. Approximately 1,000 businesses from 45
countries operated 1,850 booths at the four-day
trade fair, which welcomed a record number ofvisitors totaling some 36,000, according to anannouncement made by the secretariat. Adjacent
event halls held the international port, logistics andenvironmental technology and maritime defense
industry exhibitions Sea-Port 2013 and Naval &Defense 2013, respectively, also as part of Marine
Week 2013. Being next to the major marine tradefair, the Sea-Port 2013 and Naval & Defense 2013exhibitions were also attended by many reporters
and visitors and received extensive coverage by
local media, which also noted that Japan was
attending Kormarine 2013 for the first time in eight
years.

JSMEA visits Japanese Consulate-General in Busan

Photo shows (from left) Consul Tomofumi Miyatsu; JSMEA Executive Managing Director Shoichi Kitamura; Consul-General Sadao Matsui;
JSMEA Managing Director Mitsuo Kosaka; and JSMEA Business Affairs Department General Manage Yoshiharu Shigeiri

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JSMEA attends Kormarine 2013

Taking the opportunity of attending Kormarine
2013, the JSMEA visited Daewoo Shipbuilding
and Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME) on
Oct. 23. The association took a group of 35
representatives from 12 member companies andthree member organizations, who inspected various
facilities and exchanged views with local partners.
At that time, the Busan-Jinhae Free Economic Zone
Authority (BJFEZ) gave a briefing on the Complex
for R&D, High-Tech Industry and Residential Site
in Nammoon District. The next day, the JSMEA
called at Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI)and Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (SHI),
accompanied by a group of 26 from 13 member
companies and three member organizations. During
the party’s visit of the manufacturing facilities, thetwo shipbuilding giants gave introductions andbriefings, while the JSMEA mission promoted the
13 affiliated ship machinery and equipment makers.

The chairman and vice-chairmen of the JSMEA
met with the chairman and directors of the
Korea Marine Equipment Association (KOMEA) for
their eighth meeting on the Japanese and South
Korean ship machinery and equipment industries.
The partners exchanged opinions on the industries
and had other exchanges to foster goodwill
between them.

Through all of these Kormarine 2013-related
events, the JSMEA learned about the South
Korean shipbuilding and offshore vessel industries
and inspected sites for constructing floatingproduction, storage and offloading (FPSO) facilities
and drill ships, with meaningful results.

Japan pavilion

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JSMEA team inspects DSME’s Okpo shipyard

JSMEA team exchanges views with DSME Director Bae Jya-ryu

JSMEA team visits Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.

Members of JSMEA team and HHI staff members

JSMEA Vice-Chairman Masaaki Matsui gives an address

JSMEA team visits Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.

JSMEA team exchanges business cards with local partners

JSMEA team has meeting with KOMEA

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JSMEA attends Kormarine 2013 / JSMEA participates in Marintec China 2013

JSMEA participates in Marintec China 2013T

he Japan Ship Machinery and Equipment
Association (JSMEA) participated in Marintec
China 2013, held in Shanghai on Dec. 3-6. Withfinancial support from The Nippon Foundation,

JSMEA executives meet with counterparts of CANSI

the JSMEA opened a Japan pavilion together with
29 member companies at the maritime trade fair.
It was the 16th consecutive attendance by the
association at the biannual exhibition, or since thesecond Marintec China in 1983.

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arintec China, which was held for the 17thtime last year, is the largest international
maritime exhibition in Asia. Approximately 1,700
enter prises from 34 economies, 16 of which
exhibited national pavilions, attended the event,which was orchestrated in six halls (total floorarea: 70,000 square meters) in the Shanghai New
International Expo Centre, the largest exhibition
venue in the city. The number of visitors at the fourday trade fair totaled some 50,000, according toorganizers.

Photo shows (from left) CANSI Vice-Chairman Li Zhushi
and JSMEA Chairman Motoyoshi Nakashima

JSMEA holds a get-together to promote friendship

JSMEA Chairman Motoyoshi Nakashima gives an opening address

CANSI Vice-Chairman Li Zhushi gives an address

JSMEA Vice-Chairman Shinzo Yamada proposes a toast

Many interested parties attend the get-together
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he JSMEA carried out an opening ceremony
for the Japan pavilion on the first day, on which
JSMEA Chairman Motoyoshi Nakashima gave an
opening address, and Consul-General Masahiro
Kohara of the Consulate-General of Japan inShanghai delivered a congratulatory speech.
Following these messages, a ribbon cutting was
performed, for a glamorous start to the pavilion.

In the Japan pavilion, there was a space where
members of the JSMEA mission were free to givepresentations any time to promote their respective
products. At the space, a DVD was also shown
throughout to introduce JSMEA activities. Throughthese efforts, the team emphasized to visitors theexcellence of the Japanese ship machinery andequipment industry.

On Nov 28, a few days before the start ofMarintec China 2013, the chairman andvice-chair men of the JSMEA met with theircounterparts of the China Association of The
National Shipbuilding Industr y (CANSI). The
par tners exchanged views on, among othersubjects, the current state of the Japanese andChinese shipbuilding and ship machinery andequipment industries. To promote friendshipbetween the accompanying member companies
and local maritime-related parties, the JSMEA held
a goodwill get-together at the Oriental Riverside
Hotel Shanghai on the same day, attracting a totalof 200 individuals from Japan and China to deepen
interchange.

Opening ceremony held for Japan pavilion

Photo shows (from left)
JSMEA Vice-Chairman Kanji Tsutsui,
JSMEA Chairman Motoyoshi Nakashima,Consul-General Masahiro Kohara,
JSMEA Vice-Chairman Shinzo Yamada and
JSMEA Vice-Chairman Yoshiro Fukukawa

Consul-General Masahiro Kohara
tours Japan pavilion

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Presentation space secured
in Japan pavilion

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