Hamburg 13th August 2007:

NYK Line appoints new Managing Director for Germany

NYK Line is pleased to announce the appointment of Klaus-Peter Barth as Managing Director of NYK Line (Deutschland) GmbH. The role will involve the management and direction of the NYK Line’s German organization. This includes NYK Line’s offices in Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Dusseldorf and Frankfurt as well as the Austrian agency. He will also co-ordinate NYK Line’s activity in Eastern Europe and Russia.

For further information contact: Thorsten Kroeger, NYK Line (Deutschland) GmbH, +49 403 3400 165, thorsten.kroeger@ne.nykline.com

About NYK:
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha is one of the world's leading transportation companies. The NYK Group operates approximately 777 major ocean vessels, as of the end of March 2008, as well as fleets of planes, trains, and trucks. The company's shipping fleet includes around 155 containerships, 286 bulk carriers, 55 wood-chip carriers, 113 car carriers, 21 reefer carriers, 79 tankers, 30 LNG carriers, and three cruise ships. NYK's revenue in fiscal 2007 was about $26 billion, and as a group, NYK employs about 51,000 people worldwide. The company has offices in 240 locations in 27 countries, warehouses on nearly every continent, and harbor operations in Asia, North America, and Europe. NYK is based in Tokyo, and has regional headquarters in London, New York, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Sydney, and Sao Paulo.