About Us
Chronology
Learn about Kamigumi's history, from our foundation in 1867 to the present day.
| 1867 | Established as "Kobe Hamanaka"(current Kamigumi Co., Ltd.) by the order to ferry cargoes coming in and out of Unjyo-sho (current Kobe Customs). |
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| 1873 | Kobe Hamanaka assumed a new name, "Kamigumi", and newly built up a laborer camp in Kobe Foreign Settlement. |
| 1882 | Laid down rules regulating the labor camp, which are comparable to mission statement today. |
| 1899 | Laid down Nakama Rules (Rules of the trade association). |
| 1906 | Incorporated into Kamigumi Goshi Kaisha (limited partnership company). |
| 1911 | Laid down Employment Rules. |
| 1919 | Authorized as the freight forwarder by The Ministry of Railways. |
| 1925 | Moved the Head Office to the current location and completed new office building. |
| 1941 | Due to the outbreak of WWII, operations of port and harbor transportation were put under the control of a government enterprise. |
| 1948 | After the end of World War ll again entered the comprehensive port transportation business. Changed the trade name to Kamitsu Goshi Kaisha. |
| 1950 | Obtained the license for railway freight forwarding business, Resumed trucking business. Started warehousing business. |
| 1951 | Registered in port transport business and resumed operations. |
| 1952 | Named the trade name back to Kamigumi Goshi Kaisha. |
| 1954 | Obtained the license to issue W/H warrants. |
| 1961 | Reorganized Kamigumi Automobile Division into Kamigumi Land Transport Co., Ltd. |
| 1965 | Converted to a joint-stock company. Changed the company name to the current name, Kamigumi Co., Ltd. |
| 1969 | Established Kamigumi Marine Transport Co., Ltd to separate the coastal shipping business. |
| 1971 | Listed on the second section of Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange. |
| 1972 | Llisted on the first section of Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange. Established Dodwell Kamigumi Air Cargo Co., Ltd. (current Kamigumi Air Service Co., Ltd.). |
| 1973 | Established a representative office in Jakarta, Indonesia. |
| 1979 | Started land transportation business. |
| 1982 | Established a joint venture, Kamigumi Singapore Pte. Ltd., in Singapore. |
| 1983 | Established a joint venture, Kamigumi Multi Trans Sdn. Bhd. in Malaysia, current Kamigumi (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. |
| 1985 | Established a representative office in Beijing, China. Established Kamigumi (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. |
| 1988 | Established a joint venture, Taiwan Kamigumi Air Freight Co., Ltd. in Taiwan, current Kamigumi (Taiwan) Co., Ltd. Established a joint venture, Thai Logistics Service Co., Ltd., in Thailand. |
| 1991 | Established a joint venture, Eastern Sea Laem Chabang Terminal Co., Ltd., in Thailand. |
| 1992 | Completed the new head office building. Completed Tokyo branch office (current Tokyo Head Office). Established Kamitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (current Kamix Corp.). |
| 1995 | Established a joint venture, Vietnam-Japan International Transport Co., Ltd., in Vietnam. Established a joint venture, Shanghai Kamigumi Logistics Service Co., Ltd., in China. |
| 1996 | Established a joint venture, Tianjin Fengtian Logistics Co., Ltd., in China. |
| 2003 | Opened Kamigumi Kobe Container Terminal (KGKT, PC-18) for independent operation. |
| 2004 | Opened Kamigumi Tokyo Container Terminal (KGTT, OCB) for independent operation. Opened Tokyo Head Office. |
| 2010 | Established Sunny Place Real Estate Business Department, and it begun real estate business on a full scale. The subsidiary (Kamix Corp.) acquired all shares in Iwagawa Jozo Co., Ltd. |
| 2011 | Established Kamigumi International Forwarding (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in China. |
| 2012 | Asia Regional Office (current Global Management Office) in Hong Kong. |
| 2013 | Established a joint venture, Kamigumi (Vietnam) Co., Ltd., in Vietnam. Started a joint venture trucking business in Myanmar. Established a local subsidiary in Indonesia, Kamigumi Indonesia Co., Ltd. |
| 2014 | Converted the joint trucking venture in Myanmar to a combined company, Kamigumi-EFR Logistics Myanmar Co., Ltd. Established a local subsidiary in Indonesia, Kamigumi Logistics Indonesia Co., Ltd., and began constructing the first private overseas warehouse. |
| 2015 | Established a joint venture in Myanmar, Thilawa Global Logistics (Myanmar) Co., Ltd. Established a local subsidiary in Malaysia, Kamigumi Global Solutions Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. |
| 2016 | Established a local subsidiary in Mexico, Kamigumi Mexico S.A de C.V. |
| 2017 | Celebrated its 150th anniversary Opened Kamigumi Tokyo Container Terminal (KGTT,Y1) for independent operation. |
| 2018 | Acquired a subsidiary MB Service Japan CO., Ltd.(MBSJ), a new vehicle preparation company established by Mercedes - Benz japan Co., Ltd. Established a local subsidiary in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates(UAE), Kamigumi Middle East L.L.C. Established a local subsidiary in the United States, Kamigumi USA Inc. |