Japanese owner Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has entered into a newbuilding contract with Japan Marine United for the construction of a 210,000 dwt bulk carrier.
The vessel, to be fitted with a scrubber, will be chartered to JFE Steel for iron ore and coal transportation upon completion in 2021.
“Our coal & iron ore carrier group fleet is dedicated to responding flexibly and proactively to customer needs for environmental responses that are expected to expand in the future, while also strengthening our efforts to successfully achieve GHG reduction targets in our K Line Environmental Vision 2050 as well as IMO,” K Line said in a release.
Outside of its containership fleet which is part of ONE, K Line owns a fleet of 134 vessels made up of 61 bulkers, seven tankers, 12 LNG carriers, three VLGCs, one roro vessel and 50 car carriers.
