LNG Carriers News in Japan

GTT receives AiP for its 30,000m³ membrane-type LNG carrier design from ClassNK
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 ...
Naming Ceremony for Newbuilding LNG Carrier Marvel Swallow for Mitsui & Co. Held
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...
Delivery of LNG-fueled Car Carrier NEREUS HIGHWAY with a 7,000-vehicle Capacity
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...
MOL Obtains AiP for "LNG Carrier Installing Wind Challenger"
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...
ClassNK issues world's first AiP for LNG carrier installed with Wind-Assisted Propulsion System
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....
MOL-operated Energy Navigator Earns 2023 'Best Quality Ship Award'
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...
First Gen awards LNG contract to Tokyo Gas unit
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).

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MOL & JERA Signs Long-Term Charter Deal for Newbuilding LNG Carrier
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...
MOL and TotalEnergies Sign Time Charter Contracts for 2 Newbuilding LPG-fueled LPG Carriers
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...
New JV LNG Carrier Manning Co. in Indonesia Holds Opening Ceremony
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) ...
TSUNEISHI Completed Delivery of LNG-Specific Limestone Carrier
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...
MOL and TLT Signs Long-Term Charter Deal for Newbuilding LNG Carrier
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...
NYK Takes Delivery of Japan’s First LNG-Fueled Capesize Bulk Carrier
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...
Basic Design Completed for Conversion to High-Efficiency Engines on LNG
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...
Seizure of Pure Car and Truck Carrier Chartered by NYK
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...
LNG-fueled Panamax Coal Carrier Reimei Commences Operation
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...
MOL & JERA Signs Long-Term Charter Deal for Newbuilding LNG Carrier
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...
MOL and INEOS Sign Term Charter Deal for Two Newbuilding LNG Carriers
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...
MOL and JERA Signs Long-Term Charter Deal for Newbuilding LNG Carrier
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...
K LINE Concludes Long-Term Time Charter Agreement for One New LNG Vessel
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...

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