“K” Line to support ocean transportation of fire engines and ambulances donated to Republic of El Salvador
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. provides free ocean transportation of three fire engines and two ambulances donated by Japan Firefighters Association to Republic of El Salvador, the company said in its press release.
In order to contribute to the international society, mainly in terms of the improvement of fire defense systems in the developing countries, Japanese Firefighters Association has been donating fire engines used in Japan to overseas. As a part of these activities, it has donated five vehicles to El Salvador this time. On the other hand, it is the third opportunity for “K” Line, which has been assuming charge as Honorary Consul of El Salvador since 1969, to transport the donated vehicles to the country for free, following October 2014 and April 2015 when it transported 4 vehicles in total.
A departure ceremony was held on October 21, with the attendance of Ms. Martha Lidia Zelayandia, Ambassador of El Salvador to Japan, as well as Mr. Koichiro Hara, Chairman of Japan-El Salvador Association (Representative Director of Fulltime System Co., Ltd.).
On October 29, in the cooperation of Daito Corporation, an affiliate company of “K” Line, those vehicles have been loaded onto “K” Line’s pure car carrier (PCC) at Yokohama who will arrive at the port of Acajutla, El Salvador in late November.
