EUKOR Car Carriers Inc. operates over 90 specialized for pure car truck carriers (called PCTCs in the shipping industry.)
The Seoul-based company transports 3.6 million cars to 220 different ports in 150 countries annually. They serve most major auto manufacturers, including HYUNDAI, KIA, BMW, Daimler Benz, Volvo, Chrysler and Ford.

Recently, environmental issues have made big headlines as greenhouse gases increase more than predicted by scientists. Therefore, it is essential for today's shipping industries to face the challenge of making operations less harmful to the environment.

EUKOR has long been concerned about fuel consumption in order to reduce environmental impact and control fuel emissions without compromising safety and punctuality. This is one component of a larger goal to achieve total business management optimization in order to improve their fleet operations.

Weathernews has been developing our new service for not only cost and risk management, but also emission management. Our Optimum Ship Routeing (OSR) and Optimum Ship Operations (OSO) services are ideal solutions not only for ship masters, but also for ship operators who need to monitor all fleet vessels' status and weather information.

Weathernews welcomed Mr. Choi as a representative of Eukor Car Carriers, and held the Partnership Signing Ceremony in Japan at the end of 2008. Our company re-confirmed its commitment to EUKOR by contributing a practical solution that supports the total optimization for EUKOR's entire fleets of PCTCs.

Through the ceremony, EUKOR expressed a desire that Weathernews will provide not only comprehensive solutions, but also people oriented service for customer satisfaction at all levels.
Weathernews sees this as a great opportunity for extending our service to all shipping companies around the world.