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NACKS Joint Venture (Kawasaki x COSCO Shipping)
NACKS (Nantong COSCO Kawasaki Ship Engineering Co.) is a joint venture between Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation and COSCO Shipping for container ship construction in China, recently launching a 24,000 TEU containership.
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- joint venture
- Status
- Activeoperating
- Announced
- 1995-01-0131.7 years ago
- Active for
- 31.7 years
Who’s involved
Kawasaki Shipbuilding (formally Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ship & Offshore Structure Company) is the shipbuilding division of [Kawasaki Heavy Industries](https://global.kawasaki.com), producing LNG carriers, LPG carriers, container ships, bulk carriers, oil tankers, submarines for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and jetfoils. With origins dating to 1878, it operates shipyards in Kobe and Sakaide, Japan, and is collaborating with [NVIDIA](/companies/nvidia) on a next-generation AI-powered digital shipyard.
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- COSCO Shipping · co developer
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