{"id":120663,"date":"2020-05-13T10:08:51","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T02:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/splash247.com\/?p=120663"},"modified":"2020-05-13T10:08:51","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T02:08:51","slug":"japans-first-lng-bunker-vessel-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/splash247.com\/japans-first-lng-bunker-vessel-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan&#8217;s first LNG bunkering vessel launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Japan\u2019s first LNG bunkering vessel was successfully launched at the Sakaide Works of Kawasaki Heavy Industries.<\/p>\n<p>The vessel is owned by Central LNG Shipping Japan Corporation, a joint venture between K Line, JERA, Toyota Tsusho Corporation, and NYK Line, and will operate in the Chubu region of Japan.<\/p>\n<p>The ship is scheduled to be delivered at the end of September and it will be based at JERA\u2019s Kawagoe Thermal Power Station where it will provide ship-to-ship bunkering for LNG-fuelled vessels.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The expertise&nbsp;and strengths of each company will be utilized to provide LNG bunkering solution&nbsp;in the Chubu region and promote a shift to marine LNG for ships,\u201d the companies said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan\u2019s first LNG bunkering vessel was successfully launched at the Sakaide Works of Kawasaki Heavy Industries. 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