Tag: Japan

J. Lauritzen has recently signed letter of intent for construction of minimum two methanol dual-fuel 81,200 dwt Kamsarmax bulk carriers, which will be built by Tsuneishi Shipbuilding, in Japan.

Yesterday, Belize, Japan and Portugal became the latest countries to show their support for the safety of fishing vessels by becoming contracting parties to the fishing vessel safety treaty, the 2012 Cape Town Agreement.

In this week’s  Shipping Number of the Week, BIMCO looks at the first quarter decline in Japan’s dry bulk imports and weak demand for steel.

This week, Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group company, held a launch ceremony for a demonstration test ship for transport of liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2), to be utilized  by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) for its demonstration projects. 

JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation (JX) announced in mid-March that it had reached an agreement with funds affiliated with Aspirant Group Inc. to acquire all of Japan Drilling Co. Ltd. (JDC)'s issued shares.

On March 15th, California and Japan announced a new collaborative effort to clean up a critical link in the global supply chain by collaborating on strategies to reduce global warming pollution at seaports and establish green shipping corridors.

On  the 27th of February, Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK)'s Jasmin Leader, pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) vessel, was the first LNG-powered PCTC to arrive in Hiroshima port. The vessel will transport finished vehicles produced by Mazda Motor Corporation, and seeks to fulfill customers’ demands for a lower environmental burden in the logistics field.

The Pilbara Ports Authority and the Port of Himeji signed an MoU to support cooperation and knowledge exchange between the two ports on renewable energy and net zero carbon emission initiatives.

Divers discovered the body of one crewmember within the wreck of the sunken freighter Seiryu, which sank in the Seto Inland Sea last week after colliding with another vessel.

ENEOS has constructed a demonstration plant in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, to produce methylcyclohexane (MCH), a type of hydrogen carrier, using its proprietary low-cost “electrochemical synthesis of organic hydride” method (Direct MCH).