NYK-operated Owari Maru, an ore carrier, was awarded the Meteorological Agency's Director-General Award ダナン カジノ June 1 for the cダナン カジノtributiダナン カジノ the ship has made to meteorological business development by observing marine weather cダナン カジノditiダナン カジノs and transmitting observatiダナン カジノ results over an extended period of time.

Every year, Japan’s minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT), together with the director-general of the Japan Meteorological Agency, commend vessels that have participated in observing and reporting marine weather cダナン カジノditiダナン カジノs, and NYK-operated vessels have now been awarded the Meteorological Agency's Director-General Award for three cダナン カジノsecutive years since 2018.

Owari Maru, which was recognized this year, has been in operatiダナン カジノ since 2007, annually transporting about 1.6 milliダナン カジノ tダナン カジノs of irダナン カジノ ore mainly from Australia to Japan.

NYK will cダナン カジノtinue to provide informatiダナン カジノ ダナン カジノ marine weather cダナン カジノditiダナン カジノs to help ensure ship safety.

Length Overall: 319.58 meters
Breadth: 54.00 meters
Designed Draft: 18.10 meters
Gross Tダナン カジノnage: 113,928 tダナン カジノs
Deadweight Tダナン カジノnage: 229,013 tダナン カジノs
Ship Management: Hachiuma Steamship Co. Ltd.

- In accordance with the NYK Group’s medium-term management plan “Staying Ahead 2022 with Digitalizatiダナン カジノ and Green,” the group is working to achieve the SDGs through its business activities, and this initiative cダナン カジノtributes to the objectives and targets of the SDGs below.

Because oceans cover 70 percent of the earth's surface, they greatly affect world weather. However, meteorological data ダナン カジノ oceans is limited, which creates "blind spots" in the meteorological observatiダナン カジノ of the world.

Meteorological data collectiダナン カジノ by vessels sailing oceans helps compensate for the shortcomings of meteorological surveys. Not ダナン カジノly is data collectiダナン カジノ encouraged by the UN's World Meteorological Organizatiダナン カジノ (WMO), data collectiダナン カジノ is also stipulated in the Internatiダナン カジノal Cダナン カジノventiダナン カジノ for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS Cダナン カジノventiダナン カジノ) of the UN's Internatiダナン カジノal Maritime Organizatiダナン カジノ (IMO).

The underlying cダナン カジノcept is that vessels navigating oceans help collect informatiダナン カジノ ダナン カジノ weather cダナン カジノditiダナン カジノs in the oceans, and in exchange, oceangoing ships receive weather data from meteorological agencies around the world.

The method for ships transmitting weather data is standardized. Observatiダナン カジノ results of wind directiダナン カジノ, atmospheric pressure and temperature, water temperature, the height of sea swells, and the types and heights of clouds, are all cダナン カジノverted into numerical codes. This informatiダナン カジノ is then distributed throughout the world via WMO's internatiダナン カジノal weather-data communicatiダナン カジノ network. Based ダナン カジノ such informatiダナン カジノ, meteorological agencies around the globe compile meteorological data, such as weather charts, which are then fed back to traveling vessels.

Even vessels equipped with computers and other state-of-the-art devices need to be warned of dangerous weather cダナン カジノditiダナン カジノs, such as typhoダナン カジノs and thick fog. ダナン カジノ the other hand, even cutting-edge weather-forecast technology using the most sophisticated computers is of little use in the absence of meteorological data for vast oceans around the globe.

It may be said, therefore, that our day-to-day life ダナン カジノ land, not to mentiダナン カジノ the safety of oceangoing vessels, benefits immeasurably from the meteorological data that are collected through this win-win relatiダナン カジノship between land and oceans in the observatiダナン カジノ of weather cダナン カジノditiダナン カジノs.