Japan Marine United Corporation (ジャパン マリンユナイテッド株式会社, Japan Marine United Kabushiki-kaisha) (informally JMU) is a Japanese ship building marine engineering and service company headquartered in Yokohama, Japan.
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 Headquarters Yokohama Blue Avenue | |
| Company type | Public KK |
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| Industry | Shipbuilding |
| Founded | 2013 |
| Headquarters | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan |
Area served | Global |
Key people | Kotaro Chiba (President and CEO) Yoshio Otagaki (Representative Director) |
| Parent | JFE Holdings: 35% IHI Corporation: 35% Imabari Shipbuilding: 30% |
| Divisions | Merchant Ship Naval Ship Offshore & Engineering Ship Life Cycle |
| Website | www.jmuc.co.jp |
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It's Japan’s second largest shipbuilder after Imabari Shipbuilding, with shipyard facilities in Kure, Hiroshima, Yokohama, Nagasu, Kumamoto, Maizuru, Kyoto and Mie prefectures.
JMU's products include the design, manufacture, purchase and sale of both merchant and naval ships, offshore engineering and ship life cycle services.
History
editOsaka Iron Works (Hitachi Zosen) established in 1881. Nippon Kokan (NKK) established by Asano zaibatsu in 1912. Both united and became Universal Shipbuilding Corporation in 2002.
Ishikawajima Shipyard established in 1853. Uraga Dock (Sumitomo Heavy Industries) established in 1893. Both united and became IHI Marine United in 2002, part of Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., later renamed IHI Corporation
Universal Shipbuilding Corporation and IHI Marine United Inc. united and became Japan Marine United in 2013.[1][2]
On January 1, 2021, JMU (with 49% of shares) merged into a new joint venture with Imabari Shipbuilding (with 51% of shares) named Nihon Shipyard covering all ship types except LNG carriers,[3] which are designed and sold by MI LNG Company, established as a joint venture of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Imabari Shipbuilding.[4] In parallel, Imabari Shipbuilding bought 35% of JMU's shares. The cooperation between these two Japanese companies make it one of the largest marine engineering and shipbuilding company in the world.
References
edit- ^ "About IHI". IHI Corporation. IHI Corporation. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ https://www.jmuc.co.jp/en/company/history/ Japan Marine United
- ^ "Nihon Shipyard, a JV of Imabari and JMU, formally launched". 6 January 2021.
- ^ "三菱重工と今治造船、LNG運搬船の設計・販売合弁会社を設立で合意". レスポンス（Response.jp） (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-03-09.
External links
edit- (in Japanese) Official site
- (in English) English part of the official site