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TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Has Completed the Delivery of LNG-Specific Limestone Carrier as Our First Alternative Fuel Ship

TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd. has delivered its first LNG-Specific Limestone Carrier on March 19. The vessel is the replacement vessel of “Shimokita Maru,” a limestone carrier owned by NS United Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd. It is installed with a hybrid …
Mar 22, 2024 / Vessels

Seajacks International awarded foundation installation contract for the Akita Port and Noshiro Port offshore wind farms

Seajacks Japan Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Seajacks International (Seajacks) has been awarded a contract with Kajima Corporation for the transport and installation of wind turbine foundations at the Akita Port and Noshiro Port offshore wind …
May 4, 2023 / Vessels

Construction of a Coastal Limestone Carrier with a Hybrid Propulsion System using a Gas-Only Engine and a Battery

NS United Naiko Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd. (NSU Naiko), Nippon Steel Corporation, Nippon Steel Cement Co., Ltd., Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd., Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. have agreed to construct a vessel …
Sep 30, 2021 / Vessels

SEP Vessel Seajacks Zaratan Starts Foundation Work on Akita-Noshiro Wind Farm

TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) today announced that the Self-Elevating Platform (SEP) vessel Seajacks Zaratan-owned by the Japanese subsidiary of Seajacks International Limited Group (Seajacks) in which MOL has acquired a stake-called at the …
Apr 28, 2021 / Vessels

Seajacks International awarded turbine installation contract for the Akita Port and Noshiro Port offshore wind farms

Seajacks Japan LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Seajacks International (Seajacks) has been awarded a contract with Kajima Corporation for the transport and installation of 33 MHI Vestas V117 – 4.2 MW wind turbine generators at the Akita Port and …
Jan 14, 2021 / Curious

NYK Participates in First LNG Bunkering Operation in the Setouchi and Kyushu Areas of Western Japan

Yesterday, NYK, together with Kyushu Electric Power Co. Inc., Saibu Gas Co. Ltd., and The Chugoku Electric Power Co. Inc., successfully conducted a truck-to-ship liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering demonstration at the port of Kitakyushu. This …
May 16, 2019 / Curious