LNG Carriers News in Japan
| 6/2/2022 - The technology group Wartsila has signed a long-term Guaranteed Asset Performance Agreement with Japan-based NYK LNG Ship Management. The agreement was signed in March 2022 and is valid for 15 years. ... |
| 4/28/2022 - NYK is delighted to announce the order of its third liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dual-fuel very large LPG / liquefied ammonia gas (NH3) carrier (VLGC) from Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. The ship wil... |
| 4/14/2022 - An innovative concept for a floating LNG (FLNG) vessel utilizing storage tanks from older LNG carriers has been granted approval in principle (AIP) by ABS. The design, jointly developed by ... |
| 4/13/2022 - The technology group Wartsila has signed Optimized Maintenance Agreements (OMAs) covering two LNG carrier vessels technically managed and operated by the Japanese shipping group MMS Co., Ltd. The agre... |
| 3/3/2022 - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) announced that on March 3, a naming and launching ceremonies for the first of Japan's first two LNG-fueled ferries (Note 1), which were ordered with Mitsubishi Shipbuil... |
| 2/17/2022 - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and its group company MOL Ferry Co., Ltd. announced orders for construction of two cutting-edge LNG-fueled ferries. MOL signed a deal with Naikai Zosen Corp... |
| 1/28/2022 - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) announced that, it concluded a time charter contract for a newbuilding 174,000 m3-type LNG carrier with Mitsui & Co., Ltd. This is the fourth contract, follo... |
| 11/10/2021 - - Utilizing Mitsubishi Shipbuilding’s advanced gas handling technologies with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines’ wealth of knowledge regarding ship operations. - Project to make a signification contribution t... |
| 10/4/2021 - Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. has concluded a shipbuilding contract for an 86,700 m3 liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and liquefied ammonia gas (LAG) carrier powered by LPG fuel for ENEOS Ocean Corpora... |
| 9/3/2021 - Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. announced that it has concluded a shipbuilding contract for a new 86,700 m3 liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and liquefied ammonia gas (LAG) carrier powered by LPG fuel fo... |
| 8/23/2021 - Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. announced that it has concluded the first shipbuilding contract with Kawasaki Kisen Kaisya Ltd. (K-line) for a new 86,700 m3 liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and liquefied... |
| 8/5/2021 - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced that its group company Phoenix Tankers Pte. Ltd. signed a deal with Namura Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. for construction of two very large gas carriers (VLGCs) (Note 1) t... |
| 7/7/2021 - Marubeni Corporation (“Marubeni”) and Navigator Holdings Ltd. (“Navigator Gas”), the owner and operator of the world’s largest fleet of handysize liquefied gas carriers, announce that they will achiev... |
| 5/11/2021 - Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. has taken delivery of the 176,387 dwt Capesize bulk carrier, built in 2013 by Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. in Japan, which was renamed M/V Flagship (the... |
| 5/7/2021 - Leading Classification Society ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd for the design of a cargo containment system (CCS) of the world's largest capacity (4... |
| 5/6/2021 - Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. announced its obtainment of approval in principle (AiP) from Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) for a cargo containment system (CCS) offering the world's largest capacity (4... |
| 4/27/2021 - IoS-OP has been fully utilized in the bulk carrier built by Shin Kurushima Sanoyas Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. by concerned parties. Operation data of the vessel, which was built by Shin Kurushi... |
| 2/10/2021 - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Junichiro Ikeda) announced that on February 9, 2021, naming ceremony for a LNG carrier, ordered through a wholly owned subsidiary of MOL, was held onli... |
| 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... |
