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NYK Set to Begin LNG-Fuelled Bulk Carrier Project
NYK is pressing ahead with plans to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fuelled post-panamax bulk carrier.
The operator said Wednesday it has had an R&D plan on the project it jointly presented with Oshima Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. approved by Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT).
The four-year project is planned to run from next month until March 2022 and is the latest in a number of LNG projects NYK is involved in.
"To date, the NYK Group has promoted the practical use of LNG as an environment-friendly fuel by constructing and operating the world’s first LNG-fueled car carrier and the world’s first purpose-built LNG bunkering vessel, as well as developing an LNG-fuel sales business," the company said.
Earlier this month, LNG advocacy group SEA\LNG said Japan as a whole was a "growing area of importance" for LNG-fuelled shipping and bunkering.