2025.03.19
Investment in Sojitz’s Ship Trading Business
SHOEI KISEN KAISHA, LTD. has signed a share transfer agreement with Sojitz Corporation to acquire shares in Sojitz Senpaku Corporation, which was established following the corporate split of Sojitz’s ship trading business.
Together with ORIX Corporation and Sojitz Corporation, SHOEI KISEN will invest in Sojitz Senpaku and support the business model developed by the company to date. Additionally, Sojitz Senpaku will be renamed “Somec Corporation”.
Sojitz Group has been engaged in the ship trading business for over 70 years and currently operates a wide range of services, including chartering brokerage, newbuild and second-hand ship trading brokerage. The Group’s strengths lie in its extensive international business network, with offices in Tokyo, Imabari, London, Athens, and Shanghai, as well as its highly specialized human resources.
■ORIX Overview
| Name | ORIX Corporation |
| Location. | 2-4-1, Hamamatsu-cho, Minato-ku, Tokyo |
| Establishment | 17 April, 1964 |
| Representative | Makoto Inoue, Member of the Board of Directors, Representative Executive Officer, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
| Business Activities | Diversified Financial Services |
■Sojitz overview
| Name | Sojitz Corporation |
| Location. | 2-1-1 Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo |
| Establishment | 1 April 2003 |
| Representative | President and COO Kosuke Uemura |
| Business Activities | Buying, selling and trading of goods, manufacturing and selling various products and providing services in Japan and abroad, planning and coordinating various projects, investing in various business sectors and financial activities. |
■Sojitz Senpaku Outline
| Name | Sojitz Senpaku Corporation (to be renamed “Somec Corporation”) |
| Location. | 2-1-1 Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo |
| Establishment | 12 February, 2025 |
| Business Activities | Ship trading business (sale and purchase of new and second-hand vessels, brokerage of chartered vessels and Sale & Lease Back, freight forwarding business, ship management). |
