NYK Line - Nippon Yusen Kaisha

NYK Line
(Nippon Yusen Kaisha)

Japan

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Sailings January-June 1912 (issued January 1912)
Vessel(s)	Ports of call
NYK Line:
Ivo Maru Hirano Maru Tango Maru Kaga Maru Hitachi Maru Miyazaki Maru Aki Maru Atsuta Maru Kitano Maru Kamo Maru Mishima Maru	Yokohama, Kobe, Moji, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Port Said, Marseilles, London, Antwerp.
Kumano Maru Yawata Maru Nikko Maru	Yokohama, Kobe, Moji, Nagasaki, Hong Kong, Manila, Thursday Island, Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne.
Tamba Maru Sanuki Maru Awa Maru Sado Maru Inaba Maru Kamakura Maru	Hong Kong, Kobe, Yokohama, Seattle.
Kasuga Maru Kosai Maru Hakuai Maru Chikuzen Maru Chikugo Maru	Yokohama, Kobe, Shanghai
Great Northern Steamship Co.:
Minnesota	Hong Kong, Kobe, Yokohama, Seattle.

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Sailings April 1922-March 1923
Vessel(s)	Ports of call
Suwa Maru Fushimi Maru Hakozaki Maru Haruna Maru Katori Maru Kashima Maru Hakone Maru Atsuta Maru Kitano Maru Kamo Maru Mishima Maru	Yokohama, Kobe, Moji, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malacca, Penang, Colombo, Suez, Port Said, Marseilles, London, Antwerp. Penang, Malacca and Moji omitted on return voyages.
Yoshino Maru Tango Maru Aki Maru Nikko Maru	Yokohama, Yokkaichi, Kobe, Nagasaki, Hong Kong, Manila, Zamboanga, Thursday Island, Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne. Yokkaichi omitted on return voyages.
Yokohama Maru Shidzuoka Maru Iyo Maru Kaga Maru	Hong Kong, Keelung, Shanghai, Nagasaki, Kobe, Yokkaichi, Shimidzu, Yokohama, Victoria, Seattle. Called at Keelung and Shimidzu on certain voyages only. Shimidzu, Yokkaichi and Keelung omitted on homeward voyages. Occasional calls at Manila (between Hong Kong and Shanghai) in both directions (not when calling Keelung on outward voyages).

Sailings August 1926-March 1927 (issued August 1, 1926)
Vessel(s)	Ports of call
Taiyo Maru Tenyo Maru Shinyo Maru Korea Maru Siberia Maru	Hong Kong, Shanghai, Nagasaki, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu, San Francisco. Occasional call at Shimidzu. Some voyages continued to Los Angeles and back to San Francisco. Did not call Honolulu on all outward voyages, nor Nagasaki on all homeward voyages.
Yokohama Maru Shidzuoka Maru Iyo Maru Kaga Maru Atago Maru Asuka Maru	Kobe, Yokohama, Victoria, Seattle. Return voyages either via Victoria or Vancouver. Some voyages originated from or terminated at Shanghai, calling also at Nagasaki.
Suwa Maru Fushimi Maru Hakozaki Maru Hakusan Maru Kitano Maru Haruna Maru Kamo Maru Katori Maru Atsuta Maru Kashima Maru Hakone Maru	Yokohama, Kobe, Moji, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malacca, Penang, Colombo, Aden, Suez, Port Said, Marseilles, Gibraltar, London, Antwerp. Return voyages from Middlesborough, with calls at Naples. Aden, Penang, Malacca and Moji omitted.
Aki Maru Tango Maru Mishima Maru	Yokohama, Yokkaichi, Kobe, Nagasaki, Hong Kong, Manila, Davao, Thursday Island, Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne. Called at Osaka, omitting Townsville and Yokkaichi, on return voyages.
Awa Maru Tamba Maru Sado Maru	Kobe, Moji, Shanghai (most voyages), Hong Kong, Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Bombay. Return voyages via Singapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai to Kobe.
Bokuyo Maru Rakuyo Maru Ginyo Maru Anyo Maru	Hong Kong, Moji, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu, Hilo, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Manzanillo, Balboa, Callao, Pisco, Mollendo, Arica, Iquique, Valparaiso. Called at Portland instead of Hilo, also omitting Arica, Mollendo and Pisco, on return voyages.
Shanghai Maru Nagasaki Maru	Kobe, Nagasaki, Shanghai

Sailings January 1930-March 1931 (issued January 1930)
Vessel(s)	Ports of call
Asama Maru Tatsuta Maru Chichibu Maru Taiyo Maru Tenyo Maru Shinyo Maru Korea Maru	Hong Kong, Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu, San Francisco, Los Angeles. Occasional calls at Nagasaki and Shimidzu on outward voyages; occasional calls at Nagasaki on homeward voyages. Continued from Hong Kong to Manila and back on certain voyages.
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Siberia Maru Korea Maru Heian Maru Hikawa Maru Hiye Maru Yokohama Maru Shidzuoka Maru Mishima Maru Iyo Maru	Hong Kong, Shanghai, Moji, Kobe, Yokohama, Victoria, Seattle. Occasional calls at Yokkaichi, Nagoya and Shimidzu. Some voyages originated from or terminated at Shanghai or Kobe.
Terukuni Maru Yasukuni Maru Suwa Maru Fushimi Maru Hakozaki Maru Hakusan Maru Kitano Maru Haruna Maru Kamo Maru Katori Maru Atsuta Maru Kashima Maru Hakone Maru	Yokohama, Kobe, Moji, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez, Port Said, Marseilles, Gibraltar, London. Called at Yokkaichi, Osaka, Aden and Naples on most voyages. Called at Naples, omitting Aden, Penang, Moji, Osaka and Yokkaichi on return voyages.
Kamo Maru Atsuta Maru Kitano Maru Aki Maru Tango Maru Kaga Maru	Yokohama, Nagoya, Kobe, Nagasaki, Hong Kong, Manila, Davao, Menado, Thursday Island, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne. Called at Osaka, omitting Menado and Nagoya, on return voyages.
Awa Maru Tamba Maru Sado Maru	Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Moji, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Bombay. (Some voyages originated from Nagoya.) Return voyages via Singapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai to Kobe.
Bokuyo Maru Rakuyo Maru Ginyo Maru Heiyo Maru Anyo Maru	Hong Kong, Kobe, Yokkaichi, Yokohama, Honolulu, Hilo, Los Angeles, Manzanillo, Balboa, Callao, Pisco, Mollendo, Arica, Iquique, Valparaiso. Called at Moji and San Francisco on most voyages and at La Libertad and Buenaventura on some. Return voyages via Iquique, Callao, Manzanillo, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Yokohama, Kobe, Moji to Hong Kong. Called at Balboa and Nagasaki on some voyages only.
Bingo Maru Kawachi Maru Kanagawa Maru Hakata Maru Iyo Maru Kamakura Maru Shidzuoka Maru Kaga Maru Yokohama Maru Aki Maru	Yokohama, Nagoya, Kobe, Moji, Hong Kong, Singapore, Mombasa, Lourenço Marques, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Santos, Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, Buenos Aires. Return voyages via Mossel Bay and East London. Montevideo, Moji and Nagoya omitted. Called at Mombasa on some voyages only.

Sailings January-December 1935 (issued January 1935)
Vessel(s)	Ports of call
Asama Maru Tatsuta Maru Chichibu Maru Taiyo Maru	Hong Kong, Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu, San Francisco, Los Angeles. Shanghai omitted on a few return voyages. (One westbound voyage of the Taiyo Maru terminated at Nagasaki with the next eastbound voyage originating from Nagasaki.)
Heian Maru Hikawa Maru Hiye Maru	Kobe, Nagoya, Shimidzu, Yokohama, Vancouver, Seattle. Continued from Kobe to Osaka and back to Kobe on return voyages, while Shimidzu and Nagoya were omitted.
Bokuyo Maru Rakuyo Maru Heiyo Maru	Hong Kong, Moji, Kobe, Yokkaichi, Yokohama, Honolulu, Hilo, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Manzanillo, La Libertad, Balboa, Buenaventura, Callao, Pisco, Mollendo, Arica, Iquique, Valparaiso. Return voyages via Iquique, Callao, Manzanillo, Los Angeles, Portland, Yokohama, Kobe, Moji to Hong Kong. Called at Balboa on some voyages.

Sailings April-October 1935 (issued April 1935)
Brochure for sailings between Oriental ports; intermediate ports of call outside the region not listed
Vessel(s)	Ports of call
Shanghai Maru Nagasaki Maru	Kobe, Nagasaki, Shanghai. Some voyages originated from or terminated at Nagasaki.
Suwa Maru Fushimi Maru Hakozaki Maru Terukuni Maru Hakusan Maru Haruna Maru Katori Maru Kashima Maru Yasukuni Maru Hakone Maru	Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Moji, Shanghai, Hong Kong, London. Moji and Nagoya omitted on return voyages.
Heian Maru Hikawa Maru Hiye Maru	Kobe, Nagoya, Shimidzu, Yokohama, Seattle. Shimidzu and Nagoya omitted on return voyages.
Asama Maru Tatsuta Maru Chichibu Maru Taiyo Maru	Hong Kong, Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, San Francisco. Occasionally, voyages originated from or terminated at Shanghai; also occasional calls at Nagasaki in both directions.
Kitano Maru Atsuta Maru Kamo Maru Kitano Maru	Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Nagasaki, Hong Kong, Melbourne
Bokuyo Maru Rakuyo Maru Heiyo Maru	Hong Kong, Moji, Kobe, Yokkaichi, Yokohama, San Francisco. Continued to ports on the west coast of South America. Called at Portland instead of San Francisco on return voyages and omitted Yokkaichi.
Nikko Maru	Osaka, Kobe, Moji, Tsingtao. Called also at Hiroshima on every other homeward voyage.

Sailings March 1938-March 1939 (issued May 1938)
Vessel(s)	Ports of call
Suwa Maru Fushimi Maru Hakozaki Maru Terukuni Maru Hakusan Maru Haruna Maru Katori Maru Kasima Maru Yasukuni Maru Hakone Maru	Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Mozi, Keelung, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Aden, Suez, Port Said, Naples, Marseilles, Gibraltar, London. Aden, Penang, Mozi, Osaka and Nagoya omitted on return voyages.

Sailings June-December 1958 (issued July 1958)

Vessel(s)

Ports of call

Hikawa Maru

Yokohama, Shimizu, Nagoya, Kobe, Honolulu (one voyage only), Seattle.
Return voyages: Seattle, Honolulu (one voyage only), Yokohama, Kobe.

Various freighter services:

1) New York Line:
Hong Kong, Japan, U.S. West Coast, Panama, U.S. East Coast. Returned via Panama and U.S. West Coast to Japan.

2) Latin America & U.S. Gulf Line:
Japan, Mexico, Panama, Caribbean, Florida, U.S. Gulf. Returned via Panama and U.S. West Coast to Japan.

West Coast of South America Line:
Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, U.S. West Coast, Mexico, Central America, West Coast of South America. Returned via U.S. West Coast to Japan.

4) East Coast of South America Line:
Japan, Canadian & U.S. West Coast, Panama, North Coast of South America, Trinidad, East Coast of South America. Returned via Trinidad, Panama and U.S. West Coast to Japan.

Pacific North West & Columbia River Line:
Japan, Seattle, Vancouver, Columbia River, California and then to Europe. (No dates from California onwards and no return voyages listed)

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