日本海事新聞ニュース Japan Maritime Daily Feb 12, 2026 (Thu)

Tsuneishi Expands Global Footprint: Deepens Yangzijiang Ties and Prepares for New Yard in Timor-Leste

Sachio Okumura, President of Tsuneishi Shipbuilding

　--The group’s domestic shipbuilding companies have been reorganized. 　“At the end of June last year ・・・ 続きはログインして下さいnext 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