Tag: Japan

On May 26, Tokyo Kisen held a naming and launching ceremony of the electric tugboat Taiga, currently under construction at Kanagawa Dockyard Co., Ltd.

There have been changes to Japan’s Covid-19 regulations which could have an impact on the arrival of crew.

MOL held a joint public-private sector anti-piracy training session with the LNG carrier 'LNG MARS' while the vessel was under way southern area of Ise Bay on May 13.

NYK Line, IHI Power Systems, and ClassNK have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with City of Yokohama for the acceptance of an ammonia-fueled tugboat (A-Tug) at the port of Yokohama.

The Quadrilateral Security Alliance (Quad), a defense cooperation group that includes the US, India, Australia and Japan, will launch a joint satellite-based tracking system aimed at Chinese illegal fishing. 

General cargo ship MEISEN 2, is a flagged Japan dwt 1555 built in 1996. The vessel issued a distress signal at around 03:30 Tokyo time May 14 in Chiba Prefecture waters, Honshu eastern coast, south of Tokyo.

Pacific Basin, a dry bulk shipping company, signed a memorandum of understanding with Nihon Shipyard and Mitsui, to cooperate in the development of zero-emission vessels and investment in related bunkering infrastructure.

Japan informed the IMO that it will support a carbon tax to raise over $50bn a year, in order to address emissions from maritime transport.

MOL and Asahi Tanker announced that on April 26, the Asahi Tanker-owned and operated tanker ASAHI - the world’s first pure battery tanker to operate completely on electricity - bunkered fuel on the MOL-operated car carrier Victorious Ace at the Daikoku Pier C-1 Wharf in Yokohama. 

The Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) and the Ministry of Lands, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan signed an agreement to mutually recognize for the first time the other country’s seafarer training certificates.