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SBM Offshore and MHI sign Partnership Agreement for FPSO CO2 Capture Solution
SBM Offshore and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) have announced the signing of a Partnership Agreement that will offer a CO2 capture solution for Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessels (FPSO) as they are producing oil and gas from …
Sep 15, 2023 / Curious
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Holds Christening and Launch Ceremony in Shimonoseki for LNG Bunkering Vessel KEYS Azalea
Construction of LNG bunkering vessel, the first to operate in western Japan, to promote the use of LNG fuel in ships and reduce GHG emissions. Handover scheduled for March 2024, following outfitting work and sea trials. Mitsubishi Shipbuilding …
Jul 12, 2023 / Vessels
Port of Newcastle and MHI Announce Clean Energy Partnerships Enabling Port of The Future in Newcastle
Port of Newcastle and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. have unveiled, during a visit by Mr. Chris Bowen, Minister for Climate Change and Energy, to the Port Wednesday (Jul12), an MOU setting out a pathway towards the enablement of a world-class …
Jul 12, 2023 / Curious
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding and NYK Line Obtain Approval in Principle (AiP) from Japan's Classification Society ClassNK for Ammonia and LCO2 Carrier
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a part of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line) have been granted Approval in Principle (AiP)(Note1) from the Japanese classification society ClassNK for a ship …
Jun 29, 2023 / Vessels
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Holds Launch Ceremony in Shimonoseki for Demonstration Test Ship for Liquefied CO2 Transport (Video)
Vessel for NEDO project to develop and demonstrate technologies to establish large-volume marine transport of CO2. Construction underway, with completion and handover scheduled for the second half of fiscal 2023. Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a …
Mar 28, 2023 / Vessels
Four Companies Announce Joint Feasibility Study of Large-Scale and Wide-Area Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Value Chain Project Using Ship Transportation
ITOCHU Corporation (ITOCHU), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), INPEX Corporation (INPEX), and Taisei Corporation (Taisei) announced today that they have signed a memorandum of understanding for a joint feasibility study on a large-scale and …
Jan 26, 2023 / Vessels
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Holds Keel Laying Ceremony in Shimonoseki for Demonstration Test Ship for Liquefied CO2 Transport, Supporting CCUS
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group company based in Yokohama, today held a keel laying ceremony marking the start of construction for a demonstration test ship for transport of liquefied carbon dioxide …
Oct 7, 2022 / Vessels
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Holds Christening and Launch Ceremony in Shimonoseki for LNG-fueled Ferry SUNFLOWER MURASAKI Built for MOL
･ LNG-fueled ferry construction makes use of Mitsubishi Shipbuilding’s accumulated technologies in liquefied-gas-fueled vessels ･ Compared to the heavy oil used on current ferries, CO2 emissions per caloric value are reduced more than 20% and SOx …
Aug 30, 2022 / Vessels
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Completes Conceptual Design of VLGC Enabling Conversion of Main Fuel from LPG to Ammonia
New design will enable small-scale retrofitting when ammonia fuel goes into practical applicationAmmonia-carrying VLGCs now powered by LPG are highly suited to future use of ammonia fuelMitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a part of Mitsubishi Heavy …
Jun 9, 2022 / Vessels
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Acquires Approval in Principle (AIP) from France’s Classification Society for Spherical Cargo Tank System for LCO2 Carriers
Innovative new tank system enables flexible response to diversifying and expanding LCO2 carrier market needsAdvanced design technologies cultivated through experience in developing spherical tanks for LNG carriersMitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a …
Jun 8, 2022 / Curious