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NYK and BP to collaborate on future fuels
Japanese shipping giant Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has joined forces with London-based supermajor BP to collaborate on future fuels and…
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MOL orders four LNG carriers at DSME for Novatek charter
Japanese shipowner Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has inked time-charter deals for four newbuilding liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers with Novatek…
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Petronas and Eneos to collaborate on hydrogen supply chain
Malaysia’s Petronas and Japan’s Eneos have partnered up to jointly develop a clean hydrogen supply chain between the two countries,…
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NYK trials Israeli ship recognition tech
Japanese shipping major Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) is trialling a prototype of the Automatic Ship Target Recognition System developed in…
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MOL and Marubeni join forces to ship methanol from Russia
Japanese shipowner Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and its compatriot Marubeni Corporation have reached an agreement in Russia to explore options…
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Germany’s Wpd to invest in Japanese offshore wind project
German developer Wpd has agreed with Japan Renewable Energy Corporation (JRE) to invest and co-develop the Saikai Enoshima offshore wind…
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K Line seals charter deal with Gyxis for LPG/ammonia carrier newbuild
Japanese shipping major Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has struck a deal to charter its newbuild 86,700 cu m LPG/ammonia…
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Eneos taps Kawasaki Heavy for LPG/ammonia carrier newbuild
Hot on the heels of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha’s (K Line) landmark order, Japanese shipbuilder Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has secured…
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Heerema forms Japanese offshore wind partnership with Shimizu
Dutch offshore construction player Heerema Marine Contractors has teamed up with Japan’s Shimizu Corporation for the Japanese offshore wind market.…
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Japan and Russia to collaborate on ammonia and hydrogen developments
During the latest Eastern Economic Forum held in Vladivostok, Japan’s trade and industry ministry (Meti) and Russia’s state-owned Novatek agreed…
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MOL buys into Russian FSU project
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has signed a letter of intent with Russia’s State Transport Leasing Company (GTLK) for the…
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Kawasaki Heavy to build LPG/ammonia carrier for K Line
Japanese shipbuilder Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has been awarded a contract by fellow shipping major Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line)…
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Crimson Polaris bow towed to Hachinohe Port
The bow of the NYK-operated wood chip carrier has been towed into Hachinohe Port as the work to remove the…
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Mitsubishi Shipbuilding and TotalEnergies set out to develop liquefied CO2 carriers
Japan’s Mitsubishi Shipbuilding has partnered up with French energy giant TotalEnergies to carry out a feasibility study for the development…
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ONE and UCS open Hamburg container centre
Japanese containerline Ocean Network Express (ONE) and Universal Container Services (UCS) have opened a dedicated container storage centre at the…
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MOL and Tata Steel partner up to develop greener bulker
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and Indian steel giant Tata Steel have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop and…
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MOL readies use of robots onboard
Seafarers working for Japan’s largest shipping line might have further pause for thought about the long term future of their…
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Ever Given returns to Suez Canal
The giant boxship is back in the Suez Canal a little more than a month after it departed Egyptian waters,…
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Japanese firm looks to build next generation of energy transfer ships
Japanese company PowerX has unveiled plans to design and build an automated power transfer vessel to carry electricity from offshore…
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Grindrod works its Japanese contacts to net an ultramax
Grindrod Shipping is buying the 2019 Japanese-built ultramax bulk carrier, , which it currently charters in from its owners, Sanzo…
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