LNG bunkering vessel is readied to begin procedures in September 2020
Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ Sakaide Works has actually effectively released Japan’s very first LNG bunkering vessel (LBV).
The LBV is arranged to be supplied at the end of September 2020 and also will certainly be the very first to be run inJapan After distribution, it will certainly be based at JERA Co.’s Kawagoe Thermal Power Station and also start ship-to-ship LNG bunkering procedures.
In 2018,Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd (“K” Line), JERACo Inc., Toyota Tsusho Corporation, and also Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line) collectively developed Central LNG Shipping Japan Corporation (CLS), which possesses the LBV and also got its structure, and also Central LNG Marine Fuel Japan Corporation (CLMF), which will certainly advertise the LNG bunkering service in the Chubu (main) area of Japan.
Particulars:
- LNG freight storage tank ability: 3,500 cu.m
- Gross tonnage: 4,100 bunches
- Length total: 81.7 meters
- Breadth: 18.0 meters
- Delivery: September 2020
- Shipyard:Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd Sakaide Works
