New innovative LPG-powered bulkers for Australia

Pictured: a propane supply truck. Propane is one of two liquefied petroleum gases. Photo/licence: Raysonho licence creative commons cc0 Wikimedia commons

Australian ports may start receiving liquid petroleum gas-fuelled dry bulkers in the not-too-distant future. Japanese classification society Class NK has given world-first approval-in-principle to Imabari Shipbuilding to build an LPG-powered 180,000 deadweight bulker for the Australian trade.

The vessel has been designed for the long-range...

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