Tag: Japan

As the Standard P&I Club informs. Japan has imposed several rounds of sanctions targeting Russia, as a response to the country's military invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022.

NYK will participate in “Japan Maritime Cluster Collaborative Research on Evaluation of Ship Performance in Actual Seas”, or “OCTARVIA Phase 2”, led by Japan’s National institute of Maritime, Port and Aviation Technology.

MOL, MOL Coastal Shipping, Tabuchi Kaiun, Niihama Kaiun, Murakami Hide Shipbuilding, and The Hanshin Diesel Works, have agreed to form strategic alliance in order to reduce environmental impact through the development of a methanol-fueled domestic tanker.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) and other Japan-based firms said that a pilot project to transport hydrogen produced from brown coal in Australia to Japan in the world’s first liquefied hydrogen tanker had proven technically feasible.

A Japanese container ship is being retrofitted for autonomous shipping as part of the Designing the Future of Full Autonomous Ships (DFFAS) project.

A containership has finalized an unmanned voyage between two ports in Japan, signifying the country's advancement towards a more autonomous future.

India fined several major Japanese car carrier companies, finding them guilty for violations of India’s Competition Act, which prohibits anti-competitive agreements including cartels.

The world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier, the Suiso Frontier, will sail from Australia to Japan with its first LH2 shipment, marking a milestone for the Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC) Pilot Project.

The first battery-powered tanker was launched in Japan on December 22. The ship is powered by a large-capacity lithium-ion battery and will operate as a bunker vessel in Tokyo Bay for the Asahi Tanker Company.

Anchor dragging incidents take place regularly in Japan due to the frequency of typhoons. Analyzing these incidents, Captain Hiroshi Sekine, Senior Loss Prevention Executive, UK P&I Club, examines their causes and considers preventive measures.