Transport of Hydrocarbons News in Japan
| 12/11/2024 - On Tuesday, December 10th, NYK delivered the 40,000 DWT bulk carrier "FENJA BULKER," built by Shimanami Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., an NYK group company. [Features] ¦Target cargo ... |
| 12/2/2024 - Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and NYK’s affiliate Knutsen NYK Carbon Carriers AS (KNCC) are conducting a joint constructability study of a 40,000 cbm terminal-to-terminal liquefied CO2 (LCO2) ve... |
| 11/28/2024 - “PONTUS HIGHWAY”, a car carrier with a capacity of 7,000 vehicles, has been delivered to
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE) on November 28. As same as the “NEREUS HIGHWAY”,
its sister-vessel, wh... |
| 11/27/2024 - Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE) held a global meeting for the car carrier business at the
company’s head office in mid-November. Twenty-six local staff members and representatives fro... |
| 11/18/2024 - Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE), along with JERA Co., Inc. (JERA), Nippon Yusen
Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), and other partners, collaboratively operates an LNG bunkering
business for LNG-fueled v... |
| 10/31/2024 - Idemitsu Tanker Co., Ltd., IINO Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd. (IINO Lines), Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), and Nihon Shipyard Co., Ltd. are pleased to announce that the consortium the companies established... |
| 10/17/2024 - 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 has been
constru... |
| 10/2/2024 - ABS issued an approval in principle (AIP) to leading Japanese companies at Gastech 2024 for two liquid carbon dioxide (LCO2) carrier designs with Type-C cargo tanks that do not require performing post... |
| 10/2/2024 - Satoshi Kanamori, Managing Executive Officer at Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE),
presented “K” LINE’s initiatives regarding CCS (Carbon dioxide Capture and Storage) business
developments duri... |
| 9/18/2024 - * AiP certifications for low-pressure type liquefied CO2 carriers have been acquired with a view to standardization for large-scale international marine transportation * Preparations for early ... |
| 9/18/2024 - · AiP certifications for low-pressure type liquefied CO2 carriers have been acquired with a view to standardization for large-scale international marine transportation · Preparations for early ma... |
| 9/13/2024 - ClassNK has released the "Guidelines for Liquefied Hydrogen Carriers (Edition 3.0)", which cover essential details to examine the safety of liquefied hydrogen carriers to spur related technological de... |
| 9/6/2024 - A naming ceremony was held on September 4 at the Sakaide Works (Kagawa Prefecture) of Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. for a very large gas carrier (VLGC) for Astomos Energy Corporation (Astomos Energy)... |
| 8/19/2024 - The world’s first accreditation* for “Machinery Room Safety for Ammonia” (MRS) will be granted by ClassNK for the ammonia-fueled medium gas carrier (AFMGC) currently being developed by a consortium th... |
| 7/10/2024 - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto) announced that on July 10, the Green Winds, a 63,896 DWT Ultramax bulk carrier equipped with the Wind Challenger hard sail wind powe... |
| 6/28/2024 - A naming ceremony was held on June 12 at the Sakaide Works of Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. for Gas Amethyst, a large liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier jointly owned by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kai... |
| 6/6/2024 - World’s first Very Large Gas Carrier (VLGC) of Ice Class IB is equipped to reduce fuel consumption and emissions Long-term time charter improves cost competitiveness of transatlantic feedstock sh... |
| 5/16/2024 - Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE) is pleased to announce that we have conducted our
first trial use of marine B100 biofuel which was supplied by global energy management company
World Fuel Serv... |
| 5/15/2024 - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto) announced that its owned and operated Shofu Maru (Note 1), the world's first coal carrier equipped with the Wind Challenger hard sai... |
| 5/7/2024 - On April 6, NYK Line ("NYK"), NYK Trading Corporation ("NYKT"), Azbil Yamatake Friendly Co., Ltd. (”Azbil Yamatake Friendly”), and Kayama Kogyo Co., Ltd. ("Kayama Kogyo") began recycling well-worn veh... |
