Tag: Japan

September 2021 marked 41 years since MV Derbyshire was lost at sea adding a black page to UK’s maritime history and redefining safety of bulk carriers.

A consortium of Japanese companies is cooperating to build a hybrid propulsion system, which will be installed on a carrier operating in coastal Japan.

Itochu Enex, Kyushu Electric Power Company, Saibu Gas, and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the commercialization of a new business to supply LNG to ships in Setouchi and Kyushu.

Four Japanese companies, Iwatani Company, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kansai Electrical Energy and Marubeni Company, will cooperate with Australia’s Stanwell Company and APT Administration Providers to carry out a feasibility research for liquefied hydrogen delivery from Australia to Japan.

A dry cargo ship has collided with a small vessel off the coast of the Japanese city of Sasebo in the southwestern Nagasaki prefecture, leaving one person dead and another one missing.

Novatek and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan signed a Memorandum of Cooperation on ammonia, hydrogen and carbon capture, utilization and storage.

Following the grounding of Crimson Polaris that occurred on August 11 causing an oil spill off Hachinohe, Japanese NYK dispatched 10 employees to assist in the area clean-up.

Following the grounding incident of the wood-chip carrier "Crimson Polaris" off Hachinohe, the vessel’s hull split into two pieces and began spilling oil. 

A ship ran aground in a northern Japan harbour, then split in two and was leaking oil, but there were no injuries among the 21 crew, the Japan Coast Guard said.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Yanmar Power Technology, and Japan Engine Corporation have concluded a joint venture contract for the joint establishment of a new company HyEng Corporation.