On July 31, the coal service provider Ushio, which NYK had actually bought from Honda Heavy Industries Co.,Ltd was provided at theSaiki Shipyard A calling event was participated in by Masato Mizutani, executive policeman, head of gas procedure monitoring team of JERA Co., Inc.; Nobuhiro Kashima, handling executive policeman of NYK; and also a variety of relevant events.
This vessel is the NYK Group’s very first coal service provider for residential seaside transportation by JERA. The ship will certainly be run by the NYK Group’s Asia Pacific Marine Corporation based upon a transport agreement in between JERA and also NYK. The vessel will certainly function as additional transport of overseas-delivered coal from a relay terminal within Tokyo Bay to theYokosuka Thermal Power Station The ship is developed to be eco-friendly and also consists of a hatch cover that can be hugged throughout releasing procedure as a dust-prevention action.
The NYK Group will certainly supply brand-new solutions that perfectly connect oceangoing delivery and also residential seaside delivery with the procedure of this vessel and also understand a reliable additional transport network within Tokyo Bay to add to steady power transport.