Added flexibility and convenience of access to shipment information is available to NYK customers, effective July 22, through the integration of NYK's Pegasus e-commerce system with GT-NEXUS and INTTRA.

NYK's decision to link Pegasus with multiple industry portals was previously announced in March, 2002. After close cooperation and testing with GT-NEXUS and INTTRA, integration is now complete and from July 22 an exchange of data pertaining to Schedules, Container Tracking, Booking, Shipping Instruction (GT-Nexus only), and Bill-of-Lading Information is available for those customers who complete user registration and carrier set-up with the portals.

The successful integration and EDI interface was built on the existing foundation and infrastructure of Pegasus, NYK's own advanced Internet technology, which has gained a reputation for excellence among customers for its full suite of e-Commerce capabilities. Pegasus is recognized as one of the leading Internet initiatives in the industry and NYK Line is committed to continue to expand and further enhance its services.