Japan
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Offshore
ABB awarded contract for Guyana-bound FPSO
Swiss technology group ABB has secured work on an ExxonMobil floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit slated for the…
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Tech
Toyota rides along with the likes of BW and Shell in Corvus Energy investment
Woven Capital, a venture arm of Japanese carmaker Toyota, has invested in Norway-based marine battery maker Corvus Energy. An undisclosed…
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Dry Cargo
K Line contracts for three coal carriers
Japan’s Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has contracted compatriot Nihon Shipyard to build three wide-beam, shallow draft post-panamax coal carriers. …
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Containers
ONE makes debut methanol order
Japanese containerline Ocean Network Express (ONE) has finally come clean on its next fleet expansion, confirming orders in China that…
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Dry Cargo
Safe Bulkers boosts kamsarmax orderbook in Japan
New York-listed Safe Bulkers has continued its newbuilding push with a deal for yet another kamsarmax in Japan. The 82,000…
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Renewables
MOL invests in fellow wind turbine maintenance firm
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) is further increasing its focus on the offshore wind sector in a deal with wind…
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Gas
MOL fixes ammonia carrier to Yara
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has inked a time charter contract with Yara Clean Ammonia Switzerland part of part of…
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Dry Cargo
MOL orders five newcastlemaxes
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has ordered five LNG-fuelled newcastlemaxes, split between Nihon Shipyard on home soil and CSSC Qingdao…
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Gas
MOL linked to VLECs order in South Korea
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has been placed behind a shipbuilding deal for three very large ethane carriers (VLECs) in…
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Finance and Insurance
MOL to issue shipping’s first blue bonds
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) will become the first shipowner in the world to issue blue bonds next month. All…
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Renewables
RWE consortium secures rights for 684 MW wind farm offshore Japan
German utility RWE has been selected in a consortium with Mitsui & Co and Osaka Gas to build and operate…
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Gas
NYK sends its fleet of Moss-type gas carriers in for refurbishment
Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) is carrying out a major refurbishment of its ageing fleet of Moss-type LNG carriers. The Japanese…
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Renewables
Vard wins $200m cable lay and construction vessel order from Japan’s Toyo
Norway’s Vard, part of Italian shipbuilding giant Fincantieri, has secured a contract from Japan’s Toyo Construction to design and build…
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Renewables
Japan’s Kansai signs up for Norwegian floating wind project
Japanese utility Kansai Electric Power Company has joined Source Galileo, Odfjell Oceanwind and Vår Energi on a floating offshore wind…
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Gas
NYK strikes long-term LNG charter deal with Sinopec
Japanese shipowner Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has landed a long-term LNG charter deal with China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec).…
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Gas
NYK inks ammonia shipping deal with Mitsui & Co
Japanese shipping giant Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and trading house Mitsui & Co have penned a charter contract for ammonia…
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Gas
MOL forms carbon capture and storage partnership in Bahrain
Japanese shipowner Mitsui OSK Lines has teamed up with Bahrain’s Bapco Energies to develop a cross-border carbon capture and storage…
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Shipyards
Japan celebrates delivery of a liquefied CO2 carrier
The Shimonoseki Shipyard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries today handed over a new type of ship for Japanese shipbuilders, a liquefied…
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Tech
K Line car carrier completes landmark roundtrip using autonomous navigation system
A Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) car carrier has completed a 1,600 km roundtrip voyage across Japan using an autonomous…
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Containers
ONE trials containerised wind propulsion solution
Japanese liner Ocean Network Express (ONE) is trialling wind propulsion with Dutch firm Econowind. The magenta-branded containerline is set to…
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