Shipping Business
Real Estate Business
Expanded into domestic and oceangoing LPG tanker business
Transferred Liner Service Department due to shipping industry consolidation
Shipping Business
Founded in Maizuru, Kyoto
Transferred Liner Service Department due to shipping industry consolidation
Real Estate Business
1899
Torakichi Iino founded IINO Shokai in Maizuru, Kyoto, with commencement of transportation of coal by barge and stevedoring.
1918
IINO Shoji Kaisha, Ltd. was established as the successor to Iino Shokai with capital of 1 million yen.
1922
IINO Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. was established to assume the carriage of goods by sea by IINO Shoji Kaisha, Ltd.
1929
TAKATORI MARU No. 1 (1,266 DWT), the Group’s first tanker, was delivered.
1931
FUJISAN MARU (13,586 DWT), Japan’s largest oceangoing tanker, was delivered.
1941
IINO Shoji Kaisha, Ltd., merged with IINO Kisen Kaisha, Ltd., and was renamed IINO Kaiun Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd.
1944
IINO Kaiun Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd. was renamed IINO KAIUN KAISHA, LTD., the current company name.
1946
Head Office moved from Maizuru to Mitsubishinaka Building No. 11, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.
1948
TOA MARU left the Port of Yokohama to ship crude oil from Bahrain.
1949
The Company’s stock was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (By October 1952, it was listed on other domestic stock exchanges, including the Osaka Securities Exchange).
1950
RYUHO MARU (14,717 DWT), Japan's first large-scale tanker of the postwar era, was delivered.
1951
Liner services opened to Bangkok, India, Pakistan, and New York; IINO LINES moved into operations of liner services.
1955
IINO Fudosan Kaisha Ltd. was established.
1957
Liner service was opened to Western Australia.
IINO LINES increased its capital to 13.2 billion yen.
1958
Liner service was opened to Nakhodka. Liner service between North America and Southeast Africa was opened.
1960
Liner service opened to the Great Lakes and Canada.
TOHO MARU, Japan’s first pressurized gas carrier for regional shipping, was delivered, and the Company began regional shipping of LPG.
IINO Building (total floor area: 76,808.82 m²) was completed. The Company’s Head Office was moved to this location.
IINO Hall began operations.
1963
TOYOSU MARU (22,974 DWT), the Group’s first LPG ocean tanker, was delivered. Chiyoda Petroleum Co., Ltd. (a joint venture with Nippon Oil Corporation) was established. Began petroleum retailing.
The separation of the Liner Service Department was brought about by consolidation in the shipping industry and transferred to IINO Kisen Kaisha, Ltd., which later amalgamated with Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. Since then, focus placed on tankers and tramp cargo shipping operations.
