NKK and HZ merge

The Japanese organisations NKK and Hitachi Zosen are to merge their ship repair divisions. They will consolidate ship repair activities at NKK?s 4,000g capacity Tsurumi Works. And a new 180m x 35m x 11.5m dock will replace Hitachi?s 40,000g capacity repair dock at its Kanagawa Works, pending permission from the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. The merger is expected to take place in October 2002.