Shipbuilding

• In the past 20 years, the fuel consumption per ship (such as VLCC and LNG Ships) per day was reduced by about 40%,and will continue to promote the development of high efficiency and energy saving type vessels.

Measures

• Will promote production efficiency and sophistication by means of steady realization of CIM, promotion of investment in automation equipment, etc.
• Will promote the development of high-efficiency, energy-saving type of vessels such as new generation VLCC (mammoth tanker) and LNG ships and of ships that suit the reform of maritime physical flow.

• Efforts will be made to raise the recycle rate of waste produced in the manufacturing stage to more than 75% in 2010. (It was 58% in 1990)

Measures

• Efforts will be made at the manufacturing stage, to design products which can be easily recycled.
• Efforts will be made towards reducing/recycling waste discharge and disposal in appropriate way.
• In coordination with the cement, construction and other industries, will promote the use of mine scrap as raw material.
• Will promote the purchase of recycled products and of supplies, equipment and material whose environmental burden is small.
• Will maintain and promote the reclamation of waste "ships."

• Will promote adoption and improvement of environmental management and inspection systems.
• Will promote participation in and cooperation with ISO environmental label, evaluation of environmental performance, and designing of LCA's international standard.