COMPANY

GREETING

President

AKIO TANAKA

AKIO TANAKA

The history of Shitanoe Shipbuilding began in November 1978 in Usuki City, Oita Prefecture, a town with a thriving shipbuilding industry. Shitanoe Bay, where our company is located, is an excellent location for a shipyard because of its "calm waves," "sufficient surface and depth for mooring," and "surrounded by mountains on three sides," which explains why it has been used as a wind port for many years.

Inheriting the intentions of our predecessors and predecessors, over the past 40 years, we have grown into a company that builds ships that are used not only in Japan but also in the "World Wide" such as the world's largest molten sulfur carrier and the world's first concentrated nitric acid carrier, and is expanding its business globally. As the world faces a major turning point in the development of digital technology and the resolution of environmental issues, we continue to take on the challenge of flexibly responding to these changes on a daily basis.

Since our founding, our work on the sea has been supported by the local people. We are grateful for the blessed climate and are determined to fulfill our social responsibility as a shipbuilder, aiming for co-existence and co-prosperity with the local people.
We look forward to your continued support and patronage.

President

AKIO TANAKA

AKIO TANAKA

PROFILE

  • Corporate Name
    SHITANOE SHIPBUILDING CO.,LTD
  • Head Office
    1200 Oaza-Shitanoe, Usuki City, Oita Prefecture, 875-0002, Japan
  • Phone / Fax
    +81-972-67-2216 / +81-972-67-2465
  • President
    Akio Tanaka
  • Founded
    November 1, 1978
  • Established
    March 30, 1979
  • Capital Fund
    ¥ 17,500,000
  • Number of Employees
    Head office - 86, Partners - 350 (As of March 31, 2024)
  • Main Dock (No.1 Dock)
    165m×30m×7m

ACCESS

15 minutes by car from Usuki Station / 15 minutes - walk from Shitanoe Station

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HISTORY

  • The former employees of Usuki Tekko started the steel ships department of Higashi Kyusyu Shipbuilding.

  • Established Shitanoe Shipbuilding Co.,Ltd.

  • Obtained permitted berth 620 G/T.

  • Installed a 10-ton fixed crane.

  • Completed No.1 dock, 30m×135m

  • Installed a 60-ton jib crane.

  • Completed No.1 dock, 30m×135m

  • Closed Higashi Kyusyu Shipbuilding.

  • Buillt a new office building.

  • Installed a 150-ton jib crane.

  • Extended the first dock by 30m and installed an intermediate gate.

  • Built a second office building for ship owner directors and classification examiners.

  • The 30th anniversary of the founding.

  • PSPC-compliant surface preparation plant established at Oita plant (Hiyoshibaru, Oita City).

  • Installed a 200-ton jib crane.

  • The 40th anniversary of the founding.

  • Completed the world's first concentrated Nitric Acid / Chemical Tanker.

  • Acquired a plant building and site in Suehiro, Usuki City. (Suehiro yard)

  • Purchased an adjacent shipbuilding yard and expanded the main yard as the ST yard.

  • A new blasting plant was built on the ST yard site.

  • Oita plant (Hiyoshibaru, Oita City) was closed.

DATA

RECORDS

Composition of Sales by Vessel Type LPG CARRIER 73.6% MOLTEN SULPHUR CARRIE 10.8% LAG TANKER 15.6%　Cumulative Number of Orders by Ship Type CHEMICAL TANKER 33% LPG CARRIER 25% MOKTEN SULPHUR CARRIER 26% OTHERS 16%　Sales by Major Customers JAPAN 53% OVERSEAS 47%　The world's first ××× ! The world's first concentrated Nitric Acid / Chemical Tanker was built!

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