Tag: Japan

The Sanwa Maru, a tanker carrying petroleum products, ran aground off the coast of Cape Esan in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, at around 6 p.m. on January 6, 2025.

PMA announced the signing of an agreement between Columbus University and Kobe University, to strengthen maritime education and research.

NYK announced the release of its "Nature Positive Declaration" as encouraged by the Japan Conference (J-GBF).

Japanese consortium announces that it produced a design concept for Japan’s first Malacca Maxtype VLCC to use methanol.

The ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre (ISC), with support from the Japan Coast Guard and Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, concluded a five-day Capacity Building Executive Programme (CBEP) in Tokyo, Japan.

IINO Kaiun Kaisha (IINO Lines) has announced the order of Japan's first large methanol dual-fuel Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC), designed by a consortium of organizations. 

ORIX Corporation and Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine & Engineering Co., Ltd. (SHI-ME) have initiated a feasibility study to explore the use of wind power for energy-saving operations on one of ORIX’s bulk carriers.

Several organizations have partnered with the Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC) to work on a carbon capture and storage project. 

MOL has joined efforts with West Japan Carbon Dioxide Storage Survey, ENEOS Corporation, Electric Power Development (J-Power), and JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation to study the use of ships to transport liquefied CO2.

On 18 September, 2024, A.P. Moller – Maersk co-hosted the Japan's first methanol bunkering simulation at the Port of Yokohama.