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Japan's 1st Coastal Module Carrier to Transport Offshore Wind Turbine Foundation Components

MOL Drybulk Makes Marine Transport Deal with JFE Engineering; MOL Signs Contract for Vessel Construction Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) has announced that its group company MOL Drybulk Ltd. (MOL Drybulk) has signed a basic contract for marine …
Apr 16, 2024 / Vessels

Naming and Launching Ceremony for the Sunflower Kamuy Held 1st LNG-fueled Ferry on Oarai-Tomakomai Route

MOL Group's 3rd LNG-fueled Ferry to Enter Service in Early 2025, Bringing Fleet to 4 Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and its group company MOL Sunflower Ltd. (MOL Sunflower) Thursday (Apr11) announced that the naming and launching ceremony for the …
Apr 12, 2024 / Vessels

MOL Starts Commercial Operation of FSRU for Indonesia's Jawa 1 LNG-fired Power Plant

Asia's 1st Gas-to-Power Project Using an FSRU Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) announced March 29th, the launch of commercial operation by the floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Jawa Satu (Note 1) for the Jawa 1 LNG-fired power plant in …
Apr 9, 2024 / Curious

LNG-fueled Car Carrier CERULEAN ACE Delivered

MOL Moves Steadily toward Goal of 90 LNG/Methanol-fueled Vessels by 2030 Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) today announced that on March 13, the LNG-fueled car carrier CERULEAN ACE (Note 1), was delivered at the Onishi Shipyard of Shin Kurushima …
Mar 15, 2024 / Vessels

World 1st 'Long-Range and Real-Time Wind Condition Measurement Device' Installation at RORO vessel

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and Metro Weather Co., Ltd. has announced the start of a demonstration experiment on the route between Tokyo and Fukuoka using Metro Weather's Doppler LiDAR (Note 1), a long-range wind condition measurement device …
Mar 12, 2024 / Vessels

MOL and Petrobras signed a CTV Time Charter Contract and MoU to Start Negotiations on Newbuilding CTV

TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, SeaLoading Holding AS, which owns and operates cargo transfer vessels (CTVs) , has signed a charter contract for the CTV SeaLoader 2 with Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. …
Mar 6, 2024 / Curious

MOL and TLT Signs Long-Term Charter Deal for Newbuilding LNG Carrier

TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) on Tuesday announced the signing of a long-term charter contract for a newbuilding LNG carrier with Tokyo LNG Tanker Co., Ltd(TLT), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd (Tokyo Gas). This is the eighth …
Mar 6, 2024 / Curious

TotalEnergies Marine Fuels Completes First Digital Bunker Operation with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines in Singapore

TotalEnergies Marine Fuels has conducted its first digital bunker delivery for Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) in Singapore, boosting the efficiency of its bunkering process through digitalization. TotalEnergies adopted Bunkerchain’s eBDN system, …
Mar 1, 2024 / Curious

MOL and Sasaki Shipbuilding AIP Supports Ammonia Bunkering Progress

Bureau Veritas (BV) has awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) for an ammonia (NH3) bunkering vessel designed by Sasaki Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (Sasaki) on January 31, 2024. The vessel design is based on a joint study of ammonia bunkering rules …
Feb 28, 2024 / Curious

MOL Teams up with Australian Energy Company Woodside, South Korean Shipbuilder HD KSOE and Shipping Firm Hyundai Glovis to Study Transport of Liquefied Hydrogen

TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) on Wednesday (Feb14) announced the signing of a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Woodside Energy Ltd (Woodside), a major Australian energy company and shipbuilding and engineering company HD …
Feb 14, 2024 / Vessels