Tag: Japan

Japan in collaboration with private companies have spent $4 billion to support LNG projects, mostly in Asia. These projects aim to drive the demand for the fuel, according to the country’s trade minister, Hiroshige Seko. The funds will go towards upstream, midstream and downstream LNG projects in developing countries in Asia.

The Oldendorff Carriers' ship Erna Oldendorff made contact with the Oshima bridge on her way to Etajima, Japan. No people were hurt and there are no reports of pollution at this time. The vessel is currently following instructions of the Japanese Coast Guard and has moved to a safe anchorage.

The US Customs and Border Protection confirmed that it has discovered Asian Gypsy Moth (AGM) egg masses on three vessels arriving from Japan during July and August 2018. The two of them were vehicle transport ships entering into Baltimore and the other one was inspected at Houston.

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora has concluded that Japan's whaling programme in the North Pacific is illegal. Namely, Japan’s import and sale of sei whale products from its whaling programme in the North Pacific has been censured as illegal by CITES.

Japan's first LNG-fueled tugboat was named and launched on 28 September. Built at Kanagawa Dockyard Co and owned by MOL, the tugboat was named 'Ishin' after the company's technology development project, the "Ishin Next - MOL Smart Ship Project" and is slated for delivery in February 2019.

At the 67th meeting of the International Whaling Commission, Humane Society International is calling on governments to reject Japan’s proposal to introduce an amendment that would directly nullify the moratorium on commercial whaling.

Japanese shipping venture Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd. (ONE) announced delivery of its latest container ship, 'ONE Aquila', with a carrying capacity of 14,000 TEU. The ship was delivered at Kure Shipyard of Japan Marine United Corporation and is owned by Nippon Yusen Kaisha.

The recently-launched Japanese container shipping venture Ocean Network Express (ONE) announced that it sees low-sulphur fuel oil as the most viable option for compliance with the 2020 sulphur cap, after having studied all the three popular options to comply with the regulation- LSFO, LNG and scrubbers. 

In a bid to deal with significant labor shortages, Japan has unveiled plans to expand its immigration bureau for accepting arrivals of more foreign workers, including unskilled laborers, to several fields including shipbuilding. In 2014, Japanese shipyards reported production delays, claiming workforce shortage. 

After spending more than three decades slaughtering whales in defiance of an international moratorium on commercial whaling, Japan is proposing a package of measures at an International Whaling Commission meeting next month that would effectively lift the global ban on for-profit whaling.