| 1/4/2021 - Leading Classification Society ClassNK released its Guideline for Survey and Facilities/Equipment of LNG Bunkering Ships, which outline the additional safety requirements of liquefied gas carriers tha... |
| 12/17/2020 - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced that a binary cycle power generation system for ships, jointly researched by MOL and Kobe Steel, Ltd. has been installed on a newbuilding very large ore carrier (VL... |
| 12/16/2020 - LR has granted Approval in Principle (AiP) to Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) for its 30,000 CBM LNG carrier with prismatic IMO type B tank design, a key result following a Joint Development Project (JDP)... |
| 12/7/2020 - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) has concluded long-term charter contracts for two methanol-fueled, methanol carriers with Waterfront Shipping Company Limited (WFS; President: Paul Hexter; Headquarters... |
| 11/2/2020 - Leading Classification Society ClassNK has released its Guidelines for Liquefied Gas Carrier Structures – Membrane System. The Guidelines specify the technical requirements for evaluating structural s... |
| 10/21/2020 - JERA Co., Inc. (“JERA”) has started an LNG bunkering business in the Chubu region of Japan through its Central LNG* joint venture with Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd., Toyota Tsusho Corporation, and Nippo... |
| 9/28/2020 - TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (“MOL”) and Karpower International B.V. (“Karpowership”) announced that the parties have agreed to collaborate in the LNG-to-Powership business (“Business”) to become t... |
| 8/28/2020 - DNV GL entered into a Joint Development Project (JDP) with Daehan Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (DHSC) to develop small-size LPG carriers. Mr. Dae-Seong Jeong, DHSC President & CEO, and DNV GL’s Hwa Lyong Le... |
| 8/5/2020 - On July 9, 2020, Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine & Engineering Co., Ltd. (President: Hideshi Shimamoto; a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.) was granted an “Approval in Princ... |
| 8/4/2020 - Our first vessel, “Ecobunker Tokyo Bay” had her naming & launching ceremony at Fukuoka Shipbuilding shipyard today. She is a multi-bunkering vessel capable of both Ship-to-Ship LNG and VLSFO (very low... |
| 7/24/2020 - PAO NOVATEK (“NOVATEK”) announced that NOVATEK Gas & Power Asia Pte. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary, shipped the first cargo of liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) from the Yamal LNG project to Japan trans... |
| 7/15/2020 - TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) announced that three MOL Group vessels-the LNG-fueled tugboat Ishin and the ferries Sunflower Kurenai (Note 1) and Sunflower Murasaki (Note 1) -have earned the to... |
| 6/15/2020 - The first commingling LNG cargo of Hiroshima Gas Co., Ltd. (President: Kensuke Matsufuji,
“Hiroshima Gas”) and Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (President: Takashi Uchida, “Tokyo Gas”) transported by Tokyo LNG Ta... |
| 9/2/2019 - Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a Group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) based in Yokohama, held the christening ceremony on August 30 for a next-generation LNG (liquefied natural... |
| 5/15/2019 - Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a Group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) based in Yokohama, held a christening ceremony on May 14th for a next-generation LNG (liquefied natural ga... |
| 4/22/2019 - Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a Group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) based in Yokohama, held a christening ceremony on April 19 for the next-generation LNG (liquefied natural ... |
| 1/11/2019 - Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a Group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) based in Yokohama, held a christening ceremony today for a next-generation LNG (liquefied natural gas) car... |
| 10/31/2018 - INPEX CORPORATION (INPEX) announced that the first LNG
shipment from the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project (the Project) in Australia arrived at
INPEX’s Naoetsu LNG Terminal (the Terminal) located ... |
| 8/2/2018 - PETRONAS through its subsidiary, Malaysia LNG Sdn Bhd (MLNG) delivered its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo to Japan's Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc. (Hokkaido Electric) on August 1st, 2018.... |
| 7/6/2018 - Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a Group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) based in Yokohama, today held the christening ceremony for a next-generation LNG (liquefied natural gas) c... |
