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New Crewed Autonomous Navigation System Installed New Domestic Coastal Vessel Shiranami for JERA
On April 28, the domestic coal carrier Shiranami, ordered by NYK, was delivered at the Saiki Shipyard (Saiki City, Oita Prefecture) of Honda Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo). A naming ceremony was attended by Sunao Nakamura, senior …
May 2, 2023 / Vessels
New Coal Carrier for EnerGia Named “Kagura”
Uses carbon offsets to theoretically reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to zero for the entire contracted voyage On March 9, the coal carrier Kagura for the Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc. (EnerGia) was delivered at Oshima Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. A …
Mar 13, 2023 / Vessels
NYK to Order Two LNG-Fueled Large Coal Carriers
NYK will order two LNG-fueled large coal carriers from Oshima Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. The vessels are scheduled to be delivered in 2025. This ship order is a part of a bulk carrier fleet development aimed at achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) …
Nov 2, 2022 / Vessels
Coal Carrier SHOFU MARU Equipped with 'Wind Challenger' Hard Sail Marks Maiden Call in Australia
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) today announced that it held a ceremony on October 24 for the maiden port of call in Newcastle, Australia of the SHOFU MARU, the world’s first coal carrier equipped with the Wind Challenger (a hard sail wind power …
Oct 25, 2022 / Vessels
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
Coal Carrier Energia Azalea Named at Namura Shipbuilding Yard in Japan
TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) announced that a naming ceremony was held Thursday (Jun 09) for the next-generation coal carrier ENERGIA AZALEA, which will serve Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc., at Namura Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. As …
Jun 9, 2022 / Vessels
US Coast Guard responding to aground cargo ship near Sewell’s Point, Virginia
Coast Guard Sector Virginia and the Port of Virginia’s Maritime Incident Response Team are assisting the crew of a cargo ship after it ran aground near Norfolk on Wednesday night.Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Virginia command center …
Oct 2, 2020 / Vessels
Coal Carrier J Mare for Shikoku Electric Power Enters Tachibana Port for First Time
Thursday (Aug20), the NYK-operated coal carrier J Mare entered Tachibana port for the first time. The vessel was transporting coal loaded at the port of Newcastle, Australia, to the Tachibana power plant of Shikoku Electric Power Co. Inc.J Mare was …
Aug 24, 2020 / 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
K-Line Announces Delivery of Coal Carrier TOHOKU MARU for Tohoku Electric Power
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd., Tokyo, (K-Line) announced on Thursday (Feb06) the delivery of TOHOKU MARU, an 91,000 DWT-type special coal carrier at Oshima Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. on 6 February 2020. TOHOKU MARU is same type as “K” Line’s specialized …
Feb 11, 2020 / Vessels