Key Tokyo Appointments Strengthen Liberian Registry's Asia Presence

I am pleased announce the Liberian Registry has appointed Eiji Okazaki as president of LISCR’s Tokyo office. Mr Okazaki was formerly president and CEO of Japanese ship owner and ship manager IMECS Co Ltd, a subsidiary of the major Japanese trading house, ITOCHU Corporation. He has nearly forty years’ experience of working at an executive level in the shipowning and ship sales and purchase sectors in Japan, Korea, and Europe. He replaces Takeshi Okamoto, who will return to ClassNK in June after more than five years at the Liberian Registry.

Mr Eiji Okazaki (L) and Mr Yoshimi Uraguchi (R)

I would like to take the opportunity to note that we are naturally sorry to be losing Takeshi Okamoto back to ClassNK, with whom we continue to enjoy an excellent relationship. Takeshi did an outstanding job of helping to strengthen LISCR’s presence in Japan, and he leaves with our very best wishes for his future career.

I am also pleased to be able to announce the appointment of Yoshimi Uraguchi, who joins LISCR from ClassNK, as technical manager of our Tokyo office. Mr Uraguchi has accumulated extensive experience of class and statutory surveys, condition and risk assessment programmes, and class maintenance surveys since joining the Japanese Classification Society in 2003.

We are delighted to welcome both Eiji Okazaki and Yoshimi Uraguchi to the Liberian Registry team, and are very confident that their experience, expertise, and global contacts will serve to strengthen still further our strong presence in Japan and across Asia.