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01OVERVIEW / Business overview

WHAT WE DO

Owning ocean-going vessels,
supporting the world's logistics.

Hirai Line owns ocean-going vessels and charters them out to operators.

Bulk carriers, car carriers, chemical tankers, LPG tankers — a balanced fleet meeting diverse maritime transport needs.

02FLEET / Our fleet
DRY BULK · 01

Bulk Carriers / Bulk Carriers

Steel, biomass, grain and coal — dry bulk cargoes that power industry, delivered worldwide.

  • — STEEL
  • — BIOMASS
  • — GRAIN
  • — COAL
ROLL-ON / OFF · 02

Car Carriers / Car Carriers

Carrying Japan's automotive industry across the seas with purpose-built ro-ro vessels.

  • — CARS
  • — TRUCKS
  • — EQUIPMENT
LIQUID BULK · 03

Chemical Tankers / Chemical Tankers

Petroleum products, chemicals and other liquid cargoes — careful handling is our specialty.

  • — PETROLEUM
  • — CHEMICALS
  • — VEG. OIL
GAS CARRIER · 04

LPG Tankers / LPG Tankers

Liquefied petroleum gas — essential energy for Japanese homes and industry.

  • — PROPANE
  • — BUTANE
03OPERATIONS / How we work

Three pillars that hold up
our business.

01
Financing

A stable financial base built on trust. We finance prudently, backed by our 80-year banking relationship with Oita Bank.

02
Sales & Partnerships

Long-lasting partnerships. We value relationships that grow with our customers over ten, twenty years and beyond.

03
Ship Management

Supporting safe operations side by side. We work with specialist ship managers on maintenance plans and statutory inspections.

NETWORK · Our routes

From Oita,
open to the world.

From Oita — to every port of the world. Pacific, Indian, Atlantic. Our vessels cross all three great oceans, carrying cargo to ports across the globe.

CONTACT · Get in touch

Set sailwith us.

Chartering, newbuilding plans, careers and other inquiries — please feel free to reach out.

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