Tag: NYK

On 8 November, NYK Line and MTI filed a patent application for a technology for transporting reduced iron by bulk carriers.

Japanese consortium announces that it produced a design concept for Japan’s first Malacca Maxtype VLCC to use methanol.

NYK and TB Global Technologies Ltd. (TBG) have received the world’s first Approval in Principle (AiP) certificate, from Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK), for a ship-to-ship fuel ammonia supply system. 

Knutsen NYK Carbon Carriers AS (KNCC) and Pace CCS have completed a joint study assessing the viability of Elevated Pressure (EP) CO2 shipping.

On August 23, NYK and IHI Power Systems Co., Ltd., in partnership with Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK), successfully completed the Sakigake, the world’s first ammonia-fueled vessel designed for commercial use.

Knutsen NYK Carbon Carriers AS (KNCC), a joint venture between NYK Line and Knutsen Group, and COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. (CHI) have signed a Joint Study Agreement. This agreement aims to prepare the market and develop detailed designs for Liquefied Carbon Dioxide (LCO2) carriers.

On August 20, NYK reached a basic agreement for the marine transport of green ammonia to Japan in collaboration with Kyushu Electric Power Company, Incorporated (Kyushu Electric), Sojitz Corporation (Sojitz), and Sembcorp Green Hydrogen Pte. Ltd. (Sembcorp).

The world’s first accreditation for “Machinery Room Safety for Ammonia” (MRS) will be granted by ClassNK for the ammonia-fueled medium gas carrier (AFMGC) currently being developed by a consortium that includes Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and Nihon Shipyard Co., Ltd. (NSY).

NYK Bulk & Projects Carriers Ltd., an NYK Group company, concluded a basic agreement with Kambara Kisen Co., Ltd. for the time charter of a methanol dual-fuel bulk carrier.

A bunkering boom jointly developed by NYK and TB Global Technologies Ltd. (TBG) for the ship-to-ship supply of fuel ammonia received the world’s first Approval in Principle (AiP) on July 31 for this technology from Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK).