As a member of the Imabari Shipbuilding Group, which is Japan's largest shipbuilder of new ships and one of the world's leading shipbuilders, we are a shipowner with over 100 ships of a wide variety of state-of-the-art vessels. In recent years, we have also been promoting the metabolism of environmentally friendly ships, and are actively working on environmental measures to help prevent global warming. In addition to being responsible for overall ship management in-house, we support the world's shipping industry by providing a large number of our ships to operators in Japan and overseas. It is no exaggeration to say that the shipping industry, which accounts for 99.7% of Japan's trade volume, is the lifeline of the Japanese economy. As one of Japan's leading shipowners, we place the utmost importance on safe operation of our vessels, which is our unchanging philosophy and the ironclad rule of ship management operations. This unchanging mission lives on in all of our diverse fleet of vessels and in the hearts of each and every one of our employees.

We will continue to do our utmost to contribute to the development of the global shipping industry and, by extension, the global and Japanese economies, while accurately responding to the diverse needs of our operators. We look forward to your continued guidance and support.