Tag: Japan

Japanese insurers are expected to keep marine war insurance, covering the sinking and requisition of ships due to war in Russian waters for at least three months for LNG vessels.

Three Japanese insurance companies will stop insuring ships for damage in all Russian waters due to the war in Ukraine, potentially affecting Japan's energy imports such as liquefied natural gas (LNG), according to international media.

MOL announced that the Sunflower Kurenai, the Japan’s first LNG-fueled ferry received its first LNG fuel supply at the Port of Beppu in Oita Prefecture from Kyuden.

Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC) and INPEX CORPORATION (INPEX) will evaluate the potential of the Bonaparte Basin to become a world-scale, carbon storage location.

Tokyo Gas, Osaka Gas, Toho Gas and Mitsubishi Corporation have entered into an agreement to conduct a joint feasibility study on a project to produce e-methane in Texas or Louisiana, liquefy it at the existing Cameron LNG facility, and transport it to Japan using other existing infrastructure, including LNG ships and receiving terminals in Japan.

The US, the European Union, Japan, Canada, Norway, Singapore and the United Kingdom committed to taking swift action to address the two climate and energy security crises the world faces, by reducing greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels.

Sembcorp has entered into strategic partnerships with the Japanese government and various corporations, to progress hydrogen and other decarbonisation initiatives.

On October 19, the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) commenced flight operations using a Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, to perform Maritime Wide Area Search (MWAS) over the Sea of Japan/East Sea and the Pacific Ocean.

Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) and ClassNK established "Zero-Emission Accelerating Ship Finance (Program)" to support the maritime industry's transition toward decarbonization.

A group of Japanese technology companies have come together to establish a cooperation program called “Maritime and Ocean Digital Engineering” (MODE), at the University of Tokyo from the 1st of October.