Japan
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Gas
New CO2 carrier to be launched in Japan next year
The Japanese are pressing ahead with the development of liquefied CO2 carriers. The Engineering Advancement Association of Japan (ENAA) and…
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Shipyards
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding sets up dedicated decarbonisation development group
Japan’s Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), has established a new marine decarbonisation business development group in response…
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Environment
MOL readies for installation of its first hard sail
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has provided Splash readers with a glimpse of the enormous hard sail it is about to…
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Gas
MOL seals charter with Mitsui for another LNG carrier newbuild
Japanese shipowner Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has sealed a time charter contract with compatriot trading house Mitsui & Co for…
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Finance and Insurance
NYK buys into tanker operator Uyeno Transtech
Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has acquired a 10% ownership interest in domestic tanker operator Uyeno Transtech as part of…
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Asia
India fines Japanese car carrier operators over cartel claims
Car carrier cartel fines continue to make headlines around the world. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) yesterday passed a…
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Tech
Japan celebrates landmark unmanned boxship voyage
A containership has completed an unmanned voyage between two ports in Japan as the nation continues to lead world shipping…
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Offshore
NYK and Mitsubishi buy into Brazil’s largest FPSO
Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and Mitsubishi Corporation have struck a deal with Dutch floater specialist SBM Offshore to acquire…
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Offshore
Japan Drilling awarded semisub contract by Inpex
Tokyo-based offshore driller Japan Drilling Company (JDC) has been awarded a contract by Inpex for the 1977-built semisubmersible rig .…
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Renewables
K Line signs up to advance floating offshore wind in Japan
K Line Wind Service is expanding its footprint in the renewables sector with a project aimed at mass production of…
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Gas
Liquefied hydrogen seaborne trades start in earnest
Australia’s first commercial shipment of liquid hydrogen (LH2) will head to Japan aboard the Suiso Frontier, the world’s first LH2…
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Dry Cargo
Final remnants of the Wakashio removed
Some 18 months after it ran aground on a reef off the coast of Mauritius, the remnants of the newcastlemax…
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Renewables
MOL invests in wave energy
Japanese shipping giant Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has strengthened its support for marine renewables with an investment in Wales-based ocean…
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Gas
NYK and Knutsen create CO2 carrier joint venture
Nippon Yusen Kaisha of Japan and Norway’s Knutsen Group of Norway have established a joint venture company for the commercial…
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Gas
NYK seals French LNG charter with EDF
France LNG Shipping, an Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) affiliated company, has signed a long-term charter contract for a new liquefied…
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Dry Cargo
NYK orders LNG-fuelled cape quartet
Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has signed up for a total of four LNG-fuelled capesize bulk carrier newbuildings at shipyards…
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Environment
Eneos and Marubeni unveil greener ethylene carrier
Japan’s largest refiner Eneos and compatriot Marubeni have joined forces to slash emissions in the ethylene supply chain. The companies…
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Containers
Madrid Bridge to head to Charleston to discharge damaged containers
Ocean Network Express (ONE) has provided an update on the box loss accident onboard chartered vessel a week ago in…
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Containers
Madrid Bridge to limp into New York following stack collapse
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line), the owner of the container vessel , has provided a few further details of a lost…
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Containers
Another ONE vessel hit by container collapse
Japanese liner Ocean Network Express (ONE) has reported another container stack collapse on one of its ships. The accident happened…
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