Japan Marine United (JMU) has handed over a new container vessel to compatriot shipping company Shoei Kisen Kaisha for operation under a long-term charter contract with container line Ocean Network Express (ONE). One Inspiration is the fifth vessel in a new series of six 24,000TEU containerships constructed jointly by JMU and Shoei Kisen’s parent company […]
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The Japanese are leading the charge to get robots working on ships at sea. Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) with a number of other local companies has just conducted a trial of a remote-controlled robot that scrapes wood chips in the hold of a wood-chip carrier. NYK said in a release the new scraping...
A Japanese feeder line has embarked on a zero-emission boxship project. Imoto Lines, together with compatriot tech firm Marindows, is aiming to produce ships that achieves zero CO2 emissions not only during operation but also within ports and while docked. State funding has been granted for the...
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Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has awarded Chinese shipbuilder Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering a contract for the construction of a new heavy transport vessel. MOL’s dry bulk shipping arm MOL Drybulk will be the operator of the vessel, which will be used primarily for the transport of components of offshore...
MOL Energia, a Singapore-based subsidiary of Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), has taken delivery of a new very large gas carrier (VLGC) constructed by Japan’s Namura Shipbuilding. Phoenix Harmonia is the first vessel of a newly-developed series of VLGCs constructed by Namura with assistance from Mitsubishi...
Japanese shipbuilder Naikai Zosen Corporation has launched a new Ro-Pax ferry ordered by Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) for operation by subsidiary Ferry Sunflower. Sunflower Kamuy will be the third LNG-fuelled ferry in the Ferry Sunflower fleet following its delivery and entry into service in 2025. Upon...
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has contracted a private Chinese yard, Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering, for the construction of a module carrier that will serve the Japanese offshore wind sector. The 13,000 dwt newbuild is set for delivery in the spring of 2026 under a contract with JFE Engineering to ship...
https://splash247.com/mol-continues-offshore-wind-drive-with-module-carrier-order-in-china/
Japan’s largest utility JERA has decided to implement truck-to-ship bunkering of ammonia to an ammonia-fuelled tugboat owned by NYK Line. JERA has concluded a joint study agreement with NYK and Resonac aimed at achieving the world’s first bunkering of ammonia to ships. The Japanese company has now...
https://splash247.com/jera-to-perform-first-ever-truck-to-ship-bunkering-of-fuel-ammonia/
MOTENA-Sea, a company under Japan’s the MOL Group, has placed a new hybrid ferry into operational service in the waters off the city of Kitakyushu. The 33-metre-long Hanaria was developed as a hybrid vessel that uses hydrogen and biodiesel as fuels. The hydrogen fuel cells consist of two 240kW...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the US Indo-Pacific Command, the Australian Defence Force, and the Japan Self-Defence Forces successfully conducted a Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity (MMCA) in the waters west of the Philippines on Sunday, April 7, the AFP said in a statement....