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Environment
Norway and Japan seen leading shipping’s zero emissions race
New mapping of zero emission pilots and demonstration efforts in shipping reveals Norway and Japan are out in front in…
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Asia
MOL debuts new online shop, unable to provide shipping costs
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), Japan’s largest shipping line by dwt, has debuted a new shop. MOL Shop sells used ship…
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Gas
Japanese joint venture taps Mitsubishi Shipbuilding for LNG bunker newbuild
KEYS Bunkering West Japan and compatriot Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), have concluded a contract for the…
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Renewables
Itochu establishes US renewable energy development company
Japan’s Itochu Corporation has established Tyr Energy Development Renewables, headquartered in Kansas, to develop renewable energy in the US. Before…
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Containers
Ocean Network Express unveils $20bn investment scheme
Jeremy Nixon, CEO of Japan’s Ocean Network Express (ONE), gave reporters an idea of what it will cost to stay…
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Renewables
BP and Marubeni in Japanese offshore wind tie-up
London-based supermajor BP has joined forces with Japanese conglomerate Marubeni to explore a selected offshore wind development opportunity in Japan.…
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Offshore
NYK and Mitsubishi Corporation take stake in another Brazil-bound FPSO
Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and Mitsubishi Corporation have struck a deal with floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel…
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Containers
The Ever Given grounding one year on
On this day one year ago, a giant vessel approached the Suez Canal in windswept conditions, sand whipping up across…
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Bunkering
Japanese develop system to slash methane slip on LNG-fuelled vessels
In a potential big breakthrough on shipping’s path to decarbonisation, the Japanese look like they have minimised the issue of…
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Tankers
Japan presses ahead with methanol-fuelled tanker project
Six Japanese companies including Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and Murakami Hide Shipbuilding have formed a strategic alliance to develop a…
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Shipyards
Tsuneishi Shipbuilding enters LPG carrier construction
Japan’s Tsuneishi Shipbuilding has entered into a new field of constructiuon, winning its first orders for LPG carriers. An unspecified…
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Gas
Kawasaki Heavy readies larger hydrogen carrier designs
Officials from Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) said yesterday a landmark pilot project to ship liquefied hydrogen from Australia had…
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Renewables
MOL ups renewables investment as it makes Taiwan offshore wind entry
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) is further increasing its focus on the offshore wind sector through a new dedicated investment company…
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Bunkering
NYK showcases ammonia-fuelled concept designs
Japanese shipping line Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and Elomatic Oy, a Finnish maritime consulting and engineering firm, have completed the…
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Renewables
Van Oord and Kajima line up three offshore wind projects in Japan
Dutch marine construction company Van Oord and Japanese counterpart Kajima Corporation have been selected as the preferred balance of plant…
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Offshore
Japan Drilling Company awarded jackup contract in Indonesia
Tokyo-based offshore driller Japan Drilling Company (JDC) has been awarded a contract by Medco E&P Natuna for the jackup rig…
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Renewables
Seaway 7 and Sumitomo link up on offshore wind in Asia Pacific
Oslo-listed offshore wind service specialist Seaway 7 has joined forces with Japan’s Sumitomo Electric Industries on offshore wind projects in…
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Renewables
MOL sets sights on offshore wind vessels
Japanese shipping giant Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has teamed up with compatriot marine contractor Toyo Construction to evaluate potential collaboration…
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Tankers
MOL orders ice class tanker at GSI for Arctic LNG 2 charter
Japanese shipowner Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has placed an order at CSSC-affiliated Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) for the construction of…
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Gas
MOL to work with Petronas on liquefied CO2 transportation
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) will work with Petroliam Nasional (Petronas), the state-owned energy company of Malaysia, to study liquefied…
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