Tag: NYK

On March 9th 2023, the coal carrier Kagura for the Chugoku Electric Power Co., was delivered at Oshima Shipbuilding Co. A naming and delivery ceremony took place on the same day and was attended by Shigeru Ashitani, representative director, vice president and senior managing executive officer of EnerGia Hitoshi Nagasawa, president of NYK.

After HKC Certification, NYK sent the first ship in Bangladesh for green recycling. According to the company, PHP Ship Recycling Facility, has become the first yard in Bangladesh to be certified by NYK as compliant with the company’s environmental, safety, and human rights standards.

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and FueLNG, have released a statement that on 8 March 2023 thet completed the first bunkering to an LNG-fueled pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) in Singapore.

Astomos Energy Corporation (Astomos) and NYK Line have released a statement that on February 26th, they  completed a pilot on the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier Lycaste Peace, bunkering FAME B24 marine biofuel in Singapore.

NYK ordered its fifth liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dual-fuel very large LPG / liquefied ammonia gas carrier (VLGC) from Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI). The ship will be built at the KHI Sakaide Works shipyard and is set for delivery in 2026.

NYK and Ghelia will collaborate on R&D for autonomous ships, as well as introduce Ghelia’s AI technologies to business processes in NYK operations.

On September 16, a naming ceremony was held at Sakaide Works of Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. for a new VLGC (very large gas carrier), named “Lantana Planet” , that NYK will charter to Astomos Energy Corporation, the world’s pre-eminent liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) company.

According to the environmental transparency agency Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), NYK and K Line are the only shipping representatives that received top grades, for their environmental performance.

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), MTI, and Elomatic Oy have completed the concept design phase of a new capesize bulk carrier and a very large crude oil tanker (VLCC) in a project that aims to build an LNG-fueled vessel that can be efficiently converted to an ammonia-fueled vessel, or ARLFV, an ammonia-fuel ready LNG-fueled vessel.

On November 24, Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (CODELCO), and NYK Bulk & Project Carriers. (NBP), an NYK Group company, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly study the decarbonized transportation of copper products.