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ISEWAN TERMINAL SERVICE CO.,LTD.

Company

Brief History

  • Established〜
    1949 Jan.

    Established with capital of one million yen
    Inaugurated Founding President Yurihiko Kawaguchi
    Mar. Obtained license for customs brokerage (Nagoya district)
    Apr.

    Launched business operations
    Established the Chuo Pier Service Site

    Chuo Pier Service Site
    Oct. Authorized as shipping agent, maritime transport forwarder (Nagoya district)
    1950 Apr.

    Inaugurated Seitaro Inaba as President
    Sep. Warehousing business notification filed
    1951 Sep. Registered general harbor transport/onboard cargo/barge transport/coastal port transportation per the Port Transport Business Act
    1952 Jun.

    Established the Horikawa Service Site
    Oct.

    Established the Chitose Service Site
    Nov. Registered wooden vessel shipping business
    1953 Sep. Established the Isshucho warehouse office
    1954 May Registered wooden vessel forwarding business
    1955 May Obtained license to issue warehouse certificates
    1956 Mar.

    Established Tomeiko Service Site (now Tomeiko Office)
    1957 Feb. Established Tokyo Branch Office
    Nov.

    Constructed new corporate headquarter building
    1958 Feb. Vessel Rental/Charter permits obtained
    Jul. Became a designated warehouse for grain exchange
    Sep. Established new pier at Tomeiko (first phase of construction)
    Oct. Completed Chitose bachelor dormitory
    1959 Dec.

    Established Inae Service Site (now Inae No. 1 Pier Service Site)
    1961 Aug. Transferred Inae Service Site to new facility
    Oct. Completed Hoshigoe-so retreat facility (Mikawa Miya)
    1962 Mar. Obtained license for warehousing business (Nagoya district)
    Established a coastal cargo station at Chuo FutoService Site
    Aug. Completed Tokai Dormitory
    Sep. Listed in the 2nd section of the Nagoya Stock Exchange (now Main Market）
    Dec. Obtained license for general port and harbor transportation business,stevedoring and lighterage (Nagoya district)
    Registered as small craft forwarding business
    1963 Jul. Established the Tokai Iron Manufacturing Service Site (now the Tokai Service Site）
    Sep. Expanded new pier at Tomeiko Harbor (second phase of construction)
    1964 Aug. Registered as coastal forwarding business
  • 1965〜
    1965 Aug. Completed Inari Dormitory
    1966 Sep. Expanded new pier at Tomeiko (third phase of construction)
    Dec. Established Toho Gas Sorami Service Site
    1967 May Established the Dai-ni Inae Pier Office
    Sep. Established Toyama Branch Office
    Oct. Intermodal transportation license obtained
    Established Shin-etsu Business Office
    Nov. Established 8 silos at the Tomeiko Service Site
    1968 Mar. Established the Sorami Container Service Site
    May

    Inaugurated Shiroo Takashima as President
    Nov. Completed Welfare Center
    Completed temperature-controlled warehouse at Horikawa Service Site
    1969 Apr. Completed company housing - Shofuen (Fujisawa City)
    May Registered for automotive transport handling, representation, and usage
    Jun. Completed new office at Chitose Service Site Completed Dai-ichi Horikawa Dormitory
    Aug. Established the Horikawa Service Site as a business office
    Sep. Obtained license for domestic coastal forwarding business
    Nov. Re-established the Hokuriku Office as the Toyama Business Office, transferred into a new facility
    1970 Apr. Established Area No. 4 Kinjo Pier Service Site
    May Obtained license for customs brokerage work by Nagoya Customs
    Established Meiyon Warehouse Office
    Aug. Established Pier Service Site
    Completed the No. 2 Horikawa Dormitory
    1971 Apr. Established the Seibu Business Office (now Seibu Service Sites)
    Aug. Completed the Mukaiyama Dormitory (Tokai City)
    Dec. Relocated the Shinetsu Office to Shimosuwa
    1972 Dec. Obtained license for customs brokerage (Toyama district)
    1973 Mar. Completed chilled warehouse at the Horikawa Business Office
    Jul. Completed new office at the Tomeiko Service Site
    Dec. Completed Suzuran-so (Suzuran Highland)
    1974 Jun. Completed Tokai Service Site (Tokai City)
    Aug. Expanded 8 silos at Tomeiko Service Site
    Sep. Incorporated corporate computer system
    Completed Tomeiko Pier
  • 1975〜
    1975 Mar. Established the Komaki Business Office, with the Toyama Business Office and the Tokyo Office as branch offices
    Jul.

    Established the Nagoya Port Distribution Center (now the West-4 Station)
    Aug. Relocated the Tokyo Branch Office to Chuo-ku in Tokyo
    1976 Jan. Establisheda dedicated warehouse for textile exchange
    Apr. Designated the Horikawa/Komaki Business Office as a branch office
    1977 Jan.

    Established the Kosugi Steel Center (Imizu City in Toyama Prefecture)
    1978 Jan. Established joint venture Grinstead Agency in Hong Kong
    Jun. Established Area No. 11 Service Site
    1982 Aug. Vessel Rental/Charter permit obtained
    1983 Mar. Obtained license for Toyohashiko (two-type restriction) and coastal (four-type restriction) stevedoring
    1984 May Designated as warehouse for grain/sugar exchange
  • 1985〜
    1985 Mar. Issued first property security convertible bond
    May Established aviation business office
    Jun. Obtained license for general port and harbor transportation business at Toyohashiko (single-type restriction)
    Aug. Established Kaolin Center (Toyohashi Akemi Pier)
    Oct. Obtained license for port and harbor cargo handling business
    1986 May Established Beijing Office (China)
    1987 Feb. Established West Nagoya Port Service Site
    Mar. Authorized as IATA cargo agent
    Apr. Registered as air transport agency
    Jul. Published inaugural issue of quarterly magazine "Isewan"
    Sep. Established ISEWAN U.S.A. INC. (Los Angeles, U.S.A.)
    1988 Jan. Established Osaka Branch Office
    Apr. Established European office (Antwerp, Belgium)
    May Integrated Toyama Branch Office into Kosugi Steel Center and designated Kosugi as the Toyama Branch Office
    Oct. Established Nagoya Airport Office
    Dec. Established Shanghai Office (Shanghai, China)
  • 1989〜
    1989 May Licensed by LME (U.K.) as designated warehouse (West Nagoya Port Service Site)
    Jun.

    Kazuo Takashima as President

    Inaugurated Kazuo Takashima as President
    Inaugurated Shiroo Takashima as Chairman
    Aug. Established ISEWAN(H.K.)LIMITED (Hong Kong, China)
    Oct. Established ISEWAN EUROPE GmbH (Duesseldorf, Germany)
    Nov. Transferred site management to Nagoya Operations Center
    1990 Jan. Established Kinjo Pier Service Site
    Apr. Relocated accounting office and expanded computer operations
    Jun. Relocated corporate offices (Irifune 1-7-44 to 1-7-40)
    Nov. Maritime forwarding notification filed
    Dec. Obtained license for freight forwarding business (domestic, vehicle)
    Registered for forwarding business (domestic, international, vehicle)
    1991 Mar. Obtained license for customs brokerage by Tokyo Customs (Baraki Business Office)
    Licensed for freight forwarder business (international transport business)
    Apr. Established air cargo division and Baraki Business Office (Baraki, Ichikawa City)
    Obtained license for port and harbor cargo handling business at Toyohashiko (limited)
    Jul. Established ISEWAN U.S.A. INC. Chicago Office
    1992 Jan. Established Seibu (South) Container Terminal Office
    Feb.

    Commenced warehousing at Osaka Port Integrated Cargo Distribution Center Co.,Ltd. (Warehouse complex)
    Mar. Obtained license for freight forwarding business - Type 1 (transport international maritime)
    Apr. Established Dalian Office (Dalian City, China)
    1993 Apr.

    Commenced warehousing at Nagoya Port International Integrated Cargo Distribution Center Co.,Ltd. (Warehouse complex)
    Commenced warehousing at World Cargo Distribution Center Co.,Ltd. (Warehouse complex)in Tokyo.

    Tokyo Branch

    International
    Distribution Center
    Sep.

    Established Dalian Yitie International Through Transportation Co.,Ltd.
    as joint venture activity (Dalian,China)
    1994 Nov. Established Shintomi Office (Tokyo)
    1995 Jan. Obtained license for customs brokerage (Tokyo district)
    Completed expansion of corporate head office
    Apr.

    Established Yingkou Gangtie International Transportation Co.,Ltd.
    as joint venture activity (Yingkou,China)
    May Obtained license for general port and harbor transportation business at Osaka Port (single-type restriction)
    Aug. Obtained license for general port and harbor transportation business at Keihin Port (single-type restriction)
    1996 Jun. Obtained license for customs brokerage (Osaka district)
    Sep. Established van pool in West-3 Station (Yatomi-cho in Amagun in Aichi Prefecture)
    Dec. Closed Komaki Branch Office
    1997 Feb. Became designated warehouse for Tokyo Commodity Exchange (West Nagoya Port Service Site)
    Apr.

    Container terminals
    in West-5 Station

    Established Hull Branch Office for ISEWAN EUROPE GmbH (Kingston, UK)
    Commenced exclusive use of container terminals in West-5 Station (now Nabeta Pier Container Terminal)
    May

    Tadashi Ito as President

    Passing of Chairman and President Shiroo Takashima
    Inaugurated Isaburo Kondo as Chairman
    Inaugurated Tadashi Ito as President
    Jun. Approved for usage of Osaka Port Distribution Center as designated animal quarantine inspection site
    Oct.

    Multi Purpose Service Site

    Established Nishi-Meiko Multi Purpose Refrigerated Warehouse
    Established Seibu (North) Container Terminal Office (Tobishimamura, Amagun, Aichi Prefecture)
    Dec. Obtained license for port and harbor cargo handling business (restricted) at Mikawa Port
  • 1998〜
    1998 Apr.

    Packing Service Site
    (now West-4 Packing Service Site)

    Established Packing Service Site (now West-4 Packing Service Site)
    Issued employee ID cards (all office personnel)
    Jul. Established Tianjin Beifang Wuyang International Transportation Co.,Ltd. as joint venture activity (Tianjin,China)
    Sep. Obtained ISO 9002 certification (Container operation division)
    Oct. Obtained license for general port and harbor transportation business at Mikawa Port (single-type restriction)
    1999 Jan. Established "LAN" system for computer management
    Commemorated company's 50-year anniversary
    Apr. Published commemorative issue of ISEWAN Quarterly for 50th anniversary
    Completed Chidori Dormitory
    2000
    Oct.

    Established Sorami Recycle Center
    Nov. Obtained ISO 9002 certification (Yingkou Gangtie International Transportation Co.,Ltd.)
    Dec. Obtained license for general port and harbor transportation business at Keihin Port (single-type restriction)
    2001 Apr. Established Kinjo Motor Pool
    May Obtained license to establish industrial waste treatment facility (Nagoya)
    Aug. Obtained permission for recycling of industrial wastes (Sorami Recycle Center)
    Dec. Obtained ISO 9002 certification (Dalian Yitie International Through Transportation Co.,Ltd.)
    2002 Jan. Obtained license for freight forwarder business (air transport, Type 2)
    Apr. Inaugurated Shanghai Wai-Hong International Logistics Co.,Ltd. (Shanghai,China)
    Jul. Established Czech Republic Branch Office of ISEWAN EUROPE GmbH
    Oct.

    Relocated corporate headquarters
    2003 Apr. Obtained ISO 14001 certification (Sorami Recycle Center）
    Registered for cargo transport (automotive transport type 1)
    Obtained license for cargo transport (domestic and international, Type 2)
    Jul. Established Isewan Environmental Technologies (Tianjin) Co.,Ltd. as joint venture activity (Tianjin,China)
    Oct. Obtained ISO 9001 certification (Container operation division）
    2004 Nov. Established ISEWAN (H.K.) LIMITED Shenzhen Office and Shenzhen Guanlan Office in China
    2005 Feb.

    Established Centrair Office
    Apr.

    Established recycling facility in Customs area of Tianjin, China
    2006 Jun. Established Guangzhou Yi Shi Hong International Logistics Co., LTD.
    Sep. Altered permission condition for general port and harbor transportation business at Mikawa Port (single-type restriction)
    2007 Oct. Established ISEWAN(THAILAND)CO.,LTD. (Bangkok, Thailand)
  • 2008〜
    2008 Jan. Obtained approval as Authorized Warehouse Operators
    Apr. Established ISEWAN EUROPE GmbH Belgian Branch (Antwerp, Belgium)
    May Established Yatomi Logistics Center and Yatomi Packing Service Sites
    Nov. Established ISEWAN(THAILAND)CO.,LTD. LAEMCHABANG LOGISTICS CENTER (Thailand)
    2010 Jun. Obtained approval as Authorized Customs Brokers
    2011 Mar. Revision of corporate name from Guangzhou Yi Shi Hong International Logistics Co., Ltd. (Ghangzhou, China) to Isewan (GuangZhou) International Logistics Co., Ltd.
    Apr.

    Shozo Goto as President

    Inaugurated Tadashi Ito as Chairman
    Inaugurated Shozo Goto as President
    Aug. Established Hamamatsucho Office
    2012 Jun. Established PT.ISEWAN INDONESIA (Bekasi GIIC, Indonesia)
    Jul. Established Saint-Petersburg Representative Office (Russian Federation)
    2013 Jan. Established Dalian Office (China)
    Feb. Revision of corporate name from Tianjin Beifang Wuyang International Transportation Co., Ltd. (Tianjin, China) to Tianjin Beifang Isewan International Transportation Co., Ltd.
    May Established Taipei Office (Taiwan)
    Jul. Established Norfolk Office (U.S.A)
    Oct. Established PT.ISEWAN INDONESIA LOGISTICS CENTER (Bekasi GIIC, Indonesia)
    2014 Jul. Established ISEWAN TAIWAN CO.,LTD. (Taiwan)
    Oct. Established ISEWAN (SHANGHAI) INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS CO.,LTD. (Shanghai, China)
    Established ISEWAN DE MEXICO S.A. DE C.V. (Mexico)
    2015 Apr. Established ISEWAN(THAILAND)CO.,LTD. SUVARNABHUMI LOGISTICS CENTER (Thailand)
    Jun. Established ISEWAN EUROPE GmbH Saint-Petersburg Branch (Russian Federation)
    Dec. Established ISEWAN DE MEXICO S.A. DE C.V. AGUASCALIENTES LOGISTICS CENTER (Mexico)
    2016 Jan.

    Completed expansion of head office
    2017 Aug.

    Established ISEWAN (SHANGHAI) INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS CO.,LTD. Tianjin Branch (Tianjin, China)
  • 2019〜
    2021 Apr. Inaugurated Masanobu Takami as President
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