①1987
Mr. Maejima came to Singapore on 6th January 1987. He was assigned as a representative of H.NOBU & CO.,LTD. Because of strong yen rate, the company founded a branch office in Singapore for sales and marketing. On the 12th of March, we got a registration of the name of our company, “NOBU MARINE SUPPLIES PTE LTD”. We supplied some provisions and ship stores to British ships, Norwegian ships and other country’s ships.
②1988
We also supplied to Japanese ships, cooperating with Kyoei Marine in Japan.
③1989
The headquarters, H.NOBU, closed the office in Japan. NOBU MARINE SUPPLIES PTE LTD was independent from H.NOBU as Mr. Maejima became a 100% shareholder.
④1991
We moved our office to expand more wide range of business. For multiple managements, we added some new works, helping in crew change, arranging a doctor and so on.
⑤1997
Kyoei Marine founded their branch and NOBU MARINE moved its office.
⑥2001
We merged with SUNRISE TRADING PTE LTD to expand our business. In the meantime, we opened our agency department. We had 3 departments – provision supply, ship store supply and shipping agency.
⑦2002
We opened our branch office in Dubai U.A.E. We cooperated with a local company, SAIFEE SHIP CHANDLERS L.L.C. We assigned a Japanese staff and provided our services to Japanese ships. We changed our company name from NOBU MARINE SUPPLIES PTE LTD to NOBU MARINE PTE LTD.
⑧2005
We opened a new Rotterdam office in Holland in February. We cooperate with the ROTTERDAM SHIPSTORE B.V. to expand the Europe market and the global services.
⑨2012
We merged with Nobu Marine Ltd, in Kobe Japan.
