Tokyo - NYK-operated Cetus Leader, a pure car carrier, received the Japan Meteorological Agency's Director-General Award on June 6 at NYK’s Tokyo head office for the contribution the ship has made to meteorological business development by observing marine weather conditions and transmitting observation results over an extended period of time. NYK will continue to strive for even safer operations and cooperate in providing maritime weather information.

Because oceans cover 70 percent of the earth's surface, they greatly affect world weather. However, meteorological data on oceans is limited, creating blind spots in meteorological observation . . .