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Delivery of SHOFU MARU, World’s First Cargo Vessel equipped with ‘Wind Challenger’ Hard Sail

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. announced that a coal carrier equipped with Wind Challenger (a hard sail wind power propulsion system)* 1 was delivered and started operation on October 7, 2022. At the completion of …

Oct 10, 2022 / Vessels

Third Generation Lily Fortune Coal Carrier Enters Service for Tohoku Electric Power

On May 14, a new coal carrier, Lily Fortune, was delivered at Oshima Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (Saikai city, Nagasaki prefecture).The new coal carrier is the third ship to take the Lily Fortune name, which derives from the white lily, the symbolic flower …

May 22, 2020 / Vessels

MOL and Tohoku Electric Power to Move ahead Full-scale Study on Installation of Wind Challenger

Standing World’s 1st Coal Carrier with a “Sail” to Achieve Environmental and Economic ObjectivesMitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and Tohoku Electric Power Co.,Inc today announced both companies’ intention to move ahead with a joint study related to …

Oct 15, 2019 / Vessels