NYK Lines announced that, on April 14th, a new coal carrier, “Isuzu Maru”, was delivered at Oshima Shipbuilding, that will be operated by NYK Bulkship (Asia), an NYK group company located in Singapore, for the transport of coal for JERA Trading Singapore.
ERA Trading Singapore is a coal trading corporation in Singapore owned by JERA and EDF Trading Limited.
A delivery and naming ceremony was held at the shipyard on the same day.
The vessel will transport coal mainly from Australia and Indonesia to Chubu Electric Power’s Hekinan thermal power station, which is located in Hekinan city, Aichi prefecture, in Japan. Compared to the standard 70,000-ton (DWT) Panamax bulk carrier, the new Isuzu Maru has a wider beam and a shallower draft.
According to the company’s statement, the vessel will be the first coal carrier for an NYK Group’s overseas subsidiary to operate for a Japanese electric power company.
