| Year | Significant Company Events | Historical Events |
|---|---|---|
| 1861 | Rice wholesale business begins (founded by Kanesuke Hachiuma I)*1Photo | Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States of America |
| 1878 | Purchase of the Nishio Maru, a sailing boat, brings in the start of marine transport in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture (Shipping Div., Hachiuma Shoten)*2Photo | Lord of Home Affairs Okubo Toshimichi is assassinated |
| 1890 | First steamboat, the Meritor (Tamon Maru No. 1) Starting with the purchase of this boat, subsequent boats were assigned numbers from the Tamon Maru No. 1 to Tamon Maru No. 18 (numbers 4, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, and 17 were skipped), with some ships having a second and third generation with the same number.*3Photo |
The first meeting of the First Imperial Diet |
| 1925 | Reorganized into a joint-stock company. Hachiuma Steamship Company, Limited is established. | The Peace Preservation Law is issued. |
| 1945 | With the war over, only 1 vessel (Tamon Maru No. 18) remains seaworthy (11 of the 12 vessels present during seas battles were lost) *4Photo | The Second World War comes to an end, and the All Japan Seamen’s Union is formed |
| 1951 | Tokyo Office is established in the Tokyo Marunouchi Building | A rise in the stock market due to the Korean War (1950 – 1953) |
| 1964 | Hachiuma joins the NYK Group as part of consolidation in the marine transport industry following the 2nd Marine Transport Reconstruction Law | NYK Line’s Kure Maru is completed, and is the 1st Japanese wood chip carrier |
| 1965 | Fleet management business begins (the 1st vessel, the Matsumae Maru, is accepted) | Kotani Kisen and Namura Kisen merge (Osaka Senpaku is formed) |
| 1972 | The Hoyo Maru, a wood chip carrier and the first fully-owned vessel, is completed | Prime Minister Tanaka visits China, normalizing relations between Japan and China |
| 1973 | Pine Crest Shipping Corp., Liberia is established (first fully-owned overseas affiliate) | The Japanese yen moves to a floating exchange rate 1 USD = approx. 260 JPY |
| 1978 | 100-year anniversary since founding, Company history published in 100 Years of Progress*5Photo | Second Oil Crisis |
| 1992 | Employees and managed vessels are accepted from Seifuku Marine | The Self-Defense Forces are stationed in PKO Cambodia, the first overseas post |
| 1995 | 70-year anniversary since establishment, company history published in In the 70 Years Wake (1996). The Great Hanshin Earthquake occurs on the same day as the anniversary ceremony. | Great Hanshin Earthquake (January 17) |
| 1998 | Pino Cresta S.A. and Stellar Pegasus Shipping S.A. merge, and Pegasus Shipholding S.A. is established. Pegasus Enterprise Co., Ltd. becomes Pegasus Maritime Co., Ltd. and Orion Shipping Quest Co., Ltd. becomes Pegasus Enterprise Co., Ltd. | ISM Code becomes effective |
| 2001 | Employees and managed vessels are accepted from Maritech Management | Simultaneous terror attacks on the United States of America (9/11) |
| 2004 | Pegasus (China) Ship Management Co., Ltd. is established in China | ISPS Code becomes effective |
| 2005 | Employees and managed vessels are accepted from Tanda Marine | |
| 2006 | 70th managed and operated vessel enters the fleet | The ILO Marine Labor Convention is adopted |
| 2012 | 25% stake purchased in Island Overseas Transport Corporation (IOTC), a company in Manila that dispatches crews, to strengthen the quality of both companies | The Revised Marine Transportation Law is approved (expanding the tonnage standard taxation system) |
| 2014 | 100th fiscal term (1st fiscal term was in 1925) | Sales tax is increased from 5% to 8% |
| 2017 | Pegasus Maritime Co., Ltd. absorbs Pegasus Enterprise | |
| 2025 | 100th Anniversary of the Inc. |
The Years of Hachiuma Shoten (Steamship) Founder Kanesuke Hachiuma and Kobe
The Hachiuma family has lived in the Nishinomiya area, since the 17th century, supervising the priests at Nishinomiya Shrine. There are other last names with the same ending of “uma” (meaning “horse” in Japanese) recorded, such as Tatsuma, Kazuma, Rokuma, and more.
During the Life of Kanesuke Hachiuma I
