LNG Carriers News in Japan
| 12/2/2024 - A liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier that NYK ordered from Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (SHI) was completed and delivered at the SHI Geoje Shipyard on December 2. The vessel, Quest Kirishima, w... |
| 10/29/2024 - GTT announces that it has received, on October 1st, an Approval in Principle (AiP) from ClassNK for its innovative 30,000 m³ LNG carrier design, which features two identical tanks equipped with GTT's ... |
| 10/25/2024 - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto) announced that on October 25, it held a naming ceremony for a newbuilding LNG carrier, which will serve Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Presiden... |
| 9/6/2024 - NEREUS HIGHWAY, a car carrier with a capacity of 7,000 vehicles, has recently been delivered
to Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE). The vessel is mainly fueled by liquefied natural gas
(LNG) and... |
| 8/2/2024 - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto) has been awarded an approval in principle (AiP) by Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) for the design of a membrane LNG Carrier installing... |
| 8/2/2024 - ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for the membrane-type LNG carrier installed with the "Wind Challenger," a hard sail wind propulsion system. The ship is jointly developed by Mitsui O.... |
| 6/27/2024 - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto) announced that the Japan Federation of Pilots' Associations (JFPA) has presented its Best Quality Ship Award for fiscal year 2023 (N... |
| 6/14/2024 - First Gen Corp. of the Lopez Group has awarded a contract to a subsidiary of Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd. for the delivery of the company’s fifth cargo of liquified natural gas (LNG). In a stock exch... |
| 5/22/2024 - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto) announced the signing of a long-term charter contract for a newbuilding LNG carrier with a vessel operation management company funde... |
| 5/16/2024 - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto) announced that through its group company MOL Energia Pte. Ltd. (President: Miki Ogura; Head Office: Singapore), it signed a time cha... |
| 4/26/2024 - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto) announced that an opening ceremony of a new joint-venture LNG carrier manning company called PT McMOL Crewing International (McMOL) ... |
| 3/21/2024 - TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd. has delivered our first LNG-Specific Limestone Carrier on March 19. The vessel is the replacement vessel of “Shimokita Maru,” a limestone carrier owned by NS United Ka... |
| 3/5/2024 - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto) today announced the signing of a long-term charter contract for a newbuilding LNG carrier with Tokyo LNG Tanker Co., Ltd(TLT). (head... |
| 2/7/2024 - A naming ceremony was held on January 30 for an LNG-fueled capesize bulk carrier that was ordered by NYK and will be deployed to transport iron ore and coal from Australia to Japan under a long-term c... |
| 12/12/2023 - NYK Line, Namura Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., and Sasebo Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. are collaborating to replace the main propulsion on steam turbine–driven* Moss-type LNG carriers. In October 2023, NYK wa... |
| 11/20/2023 - On the evening of November 19 in Tokyo (early afternoon local time), NYK was informed by Galaxy Maritime Ltd., which is based in the U.K., that an NYK-chartered pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) named... |
| 11/14/2023 - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. (Kyuden) today announced a Panamax coal carrier that uses low environmental impact LNG as its main fuel was delivered and started op... |
| 10/25/2023 - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto) announced the signing of a long-term charter contract for a newbuilding LNG carrier with a vessel operation management company funde... |
| 6/28/2023 - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto) has signed a long-term agreement with INEOS Energy Trading, a wholly owned subsidiary of INEOS Group Ltd. (INEOS; Head Office: Knigh... |
| 6/14/2023 - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto) today announced the signing of a long-term charter contract for a newbuilding LNG carrier with a vessel operation management company... |
