Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and its group company Nihon Tug-Boat Co., Ltd. (Nihon Tug-Boat) announced that the Nihon Tug-Boat-operated liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fueled tugboat Ishin (Note 1) was supplied for the first time with Carbon Neutral LNG (CNLNG) fuel by Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. and Daigas Energy Co., Ltd. (Daigas Energy) on September 1, 2021. This marks the first use of CNLNG as vessel fuel in Japan.
CNLNG for the Ishin was supplied to the tugboat using the truck to ship method (Note...