LNG Carriers News in Japan

Novatek Shipped First LNG Cargo to Japan via Northern Sea Route

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...

LNG Ishin, Sunflower Kurenai & Sunflower Murasaki Earn Top Energy Conservation Rating

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...

Receiving the First Commingling LNG Cargo at Hatsukaichi LNG Terminal

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...

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Holds Christening Ceremony for Next-Generation LNG Carrier

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...

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Holds Christening Ceremony for Next-Generation LNG Carrier "BUSHU MARU"

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...

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Holds Christening Ceremony for Next-Generation LNG Carrier

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 ...

MHI Holds Christening Ceremony for Next-Generation LNG Carrier "NOHSHU MARU"

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...

First LNG Shipment from INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project

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 ...

Petronas Delivers First LNG Cargo to Hokkaido Electric Power Company

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....

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Holds Christening Ceremony for Diamond Gas Rose

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...

Arrival of First Cargo of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from the Wheatstone Project

11/13/2017 - JERA Co., Inc. (“JERA”) announced that the first cargo of LNG from the Wheatstone Project, loaded onto the vessel Asia Venture, has arrived at TEPCO Fuel & Power Futtsu LNG Terminal in Chiba Prefectur...

“K” Line Group Collaborating for Japan’s First LNG-Fueled Ferry

9/6/2017 - Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line Kinkai) and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) have agreed to work on joint study for “K” Line Kinkai’s newbuilding passenger ferry being fueled by LNG...

Wartsila Partners in Important “Jettyless” LNG Transfer Concept

3/27/2017 - The technology group Wartsila has partnered with marine design consultancy Houlder and hose supplier Trelleborg in the development of an innovative system for transferring LNG from the carrier vessel ...

Japan's Hokkaido Gas Buys LNG from Mitsui & Co

10/3/2016 - Japanese city gas supplier, Hokkaido Gas Co, said it struck a basic agreement to buy two to three liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes per year from Mitsui & Co for 10 years starting from April 2019. ...

Tokyo Gas in Talks With European Firms to Swap LNG Cargoes

8/1/2016 - Tokyo Gas Co., Japan’s second-biggest buyer of liquefied natural gas, is in talks with European companies to swap cargoes it owns from the U.S. with those in Asia to reduce shipping times and costs. ...

Japan's Shizuoka Gas Sells Re-load LNG Cargo to Shell

6/13/2016 - Japanese city gas supplier Shizuoka Gas Co said it signed a contract to sell the first re-load liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo from its modified Shimizu LNG terminal to Singapore-based Shell Eastern...

Tohoku Electric's LNG Purchase Sets New Asian Spot Price Level

1/30/2015 - Japanese utility Tohoku Electric has purchased an LNG cargo for delivery in the third week of March at a price in the low $7 per million British thermal unit (mmBtu) range, pushing Asian benchmark spo...

Tepco & Chubu Expected to Buy 6 LNG Cargoes from Vitol & GDF Suez

1/23/2015 - Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Co and Chubu Electric Power Co,, are expected to buy a total of six cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Vitol and GDF Suez in their first joint tender. ...

First Order Received for the Newly Developed LNG Carriers

9/29/2014 - Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. announced that it has signed a shipbuilding contract with Mitsui & Co., Ltd. for two 155,000 m3-type LNG carriers. The vessels will be built at the Sakaide Shipyard and...

LNG Carrier Grace Dahlia Delivered

9/30/2013 - Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. announced that it has delivered the LNG carrier Grace Dahlia (Kawasaki hull no. 1665) to Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line). ...