Shipping consolidation - Kaiunshuyaku

…In 1960, the shipping volume had recovered to the level it had been before the Second World War, and diversification into tankers and various specialized ships had been underway, but it was not possible to expand the shipping volume required for the national income doubling plan that began that year. In response, the government's Shipping and Shipbuilding Rationalization Council announced a plan to consolidate the shipping industry into corporate groups with a standard of 1 million tons of controlled shipping volume in 1962, and the following year, about 90% of Japan's 9.36 million tons of ocean-going shipping volume was consolidated into six groups, centered around Nippon Yusen, Osaka Shosen Mitsui Senpaku, Kawasaki Kisen, Yamashita Shinnihon Kisen, Japan Line, and Showa Kaiun. The deferral of interest collection on loans from the Development Bank, which was granted on the condition of this consolidation, and an increase in the interest subsidy rate, as well as an improvement in the market due to the dramatic increase in Japan's imports and exports, rapidly improved the corporate structure. …

*Some of the terminology used in relation to "maritime transport consolidation" is listed below.

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…60年第2次大戦前の船腹量を回復し，タンカーや各種専用船への多角化を進めてはいたが，この年に始まる国民所得倍増計画に必要な船腹量への拡充は不可能であった。そこで政府の海運造船合理化審議会は，62年支配船腹量100万トン基準の企業グループへの海運集約案を発表，翌年日本の外航船腹936万トンの約90％が，日本郵船，大阪商船三井船舶，川崎汽船，山下新日本汽船，ジャパンライン，昭和海運を中核とする6グループに集約された。この集約を条件に認められた開発銀行融資利子の徴収猶予，利子補給率の引上げと，日本の輸出入の飛躍的な増大による市況の好転とによって，急速に企業体質は改善された。…

※「海運集約」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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