LNG Carriers News in Japan
| 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... |
| 5/15/2023 - Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE) is pleased to announce the signing of a 15-year longterm time charter contract (with an option to extend the contract up to 10 additional years) with
Mitsubishi... |
| 4/14/2023 - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto; Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo), TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd. (TSUNEISHI; President: Sachio Okumura; Headquarters: Fukuyama-shi,... |
| 3/31/2023 - Dorian LPG Ltd. (the "Company" or "Dorian LPG"), one of the world's largest owners and operators of modern and ECO very large gas carriers ("VLGCs"), is pleased to announce that it took delivery today... |
| 3/8/2023 - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto, Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo) and Vale International SA (VALE; CEO: Eduardo Bartolomeo Headquarters: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) have ... |
| 1/10/2023 - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto) today announced that it has decided on a new series name and a new hull color design for its car carriers, which are primarily fuele... |
| 1/5/2023 - We recently met with Kenichi Fujiwara and Kazuhisa Higuchi from Marine Transport Unit at INPEX to discuss how their collaboration with NAPA is helping them improve the efficiency of the LNG carriers t... |
| 10/28/2022 - In 3Q 2022, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.("MOL") and an Energy Major ("Charterer") signed a multi-year contract to charter a newbuild LNG Carrier. ... |
| 9/7/2022 - NYK signed a multi-year time charter contract with Osaka Gas International Transport Inc. (President: Takenori Fujita, Head office: Osaka),* a Daigas Group company, for a new liquefied natural
gas (... |
| 9/1/2022 - On September 1, NYK and Q United Energy Supply & Trading Co.,* which is a Kyuden Group company, signed a new multi-year time charter contract for a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier based on the... |
| 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... |
