NYK has launched its new “HULL NUMBER ZERO” (HNZ) brand to integrate the technical solutions of the NYK Group. NYK will provide customers with solutions that make full use of the technical capabilities cultivated by the NYK Group for all stages of ship-related issues, including design, construction, operation, and maintenance, with the newly established Ship Business Group taking the lead in April 2023.
Service Overview
NYK’s Ship Business Group and NYK Group companies combine their solid technical capabilities to provide optimal solutions to the various issues surrounding ships. Please click here for specific service details and contact information.
Target businesses
・Provision of shipbuilding and engineer dispatch services
(dispatch of construction supervisors and provision of solutions necessary for shipbuilding, including drawing reviews. Commissioning, maintenance, repair, and refurbishment of prime movers, generators, and control equipment in general)
・Provision of main engine monitoring and fuel-related solutions
(remote monitoring of vessel engine data at a monitoring center in the Philippines, early abnormality detection services by AI and active engineers. Sales of fuel oil additives, fuel oil treatment equipment, fuel efficiency additives, etc.)
・Providing solutions for seafarers’ wellbeing
(e.g. providing financial services to support Filipino seafarers)
・Sales, maintenance and inspection of marine equipment and devices
(shipboard instrumentation, devices for prevention of fouling and pipe corrosion, store & spare parts, sales and inspection of regulatory equipment such as lifesaving and firefighting equipment, etc.)
Background for launch service and brand
The maritime industry is currently undergoing a once-in-a-century period of change where DX (Digital Transformation) and EX (Energy Transformation) are rapidly advancing, and it is important for companies to respond to the daily evolution of technology. Through HNZ, the NYK Group hopes to provide solutions to the issues faced by our stakeholders and contribute to the revitalization of the maritime cluster by making greater use of the Group’s technological capabilities than ever before.
Name origine of service and brand
HNZ means “ship number zero,” which does not exist, and the number in front of the one expresses the image of the foundation of everything and the creation of new value that does not exist here and now. This symbolizes the creation of new value based on the technological capabilities cultivated by our predecessors and expresses our desire for the brand to embody and support the NYK Group’s vision “Beyond being a comprehensive logistics company, we will co-create the value needed for the future by deepening our core businesses and growing new businesses.”.
Positioning of service and brand in the medium-term management plan
The NYK Group’s medium-term management plan “Sail Green, Drive Transformations 2026 — A Passion for Planetary Wellbeing. ” announced in March 2023, sets the key strategy with core business advancement and new business development as the two pillars. We have positioned ships, which support our core business of marine transportation, not only ship as a means but also ship as an objective, and are promoting the commercialization of ship-related technologies, which we will further accelerate through HNZ
Source: Nippon Yusen Kaisha
