CONTAINER SHIPPING TIE-UP海運大手３社 コンテナ船事業の統合へ

Japanese shipping firms Nippon Yusen, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, and Kawasaki Kisen are integrating their container operations. They say the move is in response to slowing demand and lower freight charges worldwide.
The firms plan to invest 300 billion yen, or about three billion dollars, in the joint venture next July. They aim to start regular container shipping in April 2018. They project about 20 billion dollars in sales for the venture, making it the industry's sixth largest player. Presidents of the three firms say the combined fleet will be an advantage.
The global shipping industry is in crisis and in need of restructuring. Overcapacity and the slowing global economy have sent shipping fares tumbling.
◆shipping firm 　船会社
◆container 　（貨物用）コンテナ
◆operation 事業 　
◆freight charge 　貨物運賃
◆project 　見積もる、予測する
◆player 　大企業など影響力の大きな組織
◆overcapacity 　過剰生産能力
◆tumble 　急落する

Daily Vocabulary(2016/12/01）

18991.make an entry(書き込む）
Sometimes I make some entries in my diary.
18992.jot down(～を書き留める）
I like to jot down a few ideas.
18993.follow up o(～を何処までも追求する、引き続き～に対処する、～を実行する）
I want to follow up on during the day.
18994.contemplative(瞑想的な、瞑想にふける）
I don't have any contemplative morning activities.
11995.muse(詩心､詩の才能）
Nice to hear you have a morning muse.

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