Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has awarded Chinese shipbuilder Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering a contract for the construction of a new heavy transport vessel. MOL’s dry bulk shipping arm MOL Drybulk will be the operator of the vessel, which will be used primarily for the transport of components of offshore...
MOL Energia, a Singapore-based subsidiary of Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), has taken delivery of a new very large gas carrier (VLGC) constructed by Japan’s Namura Shipbuilding. Phoenix Harmonia is the first vessel of a newly-developed series of VLGCs constructed by Namura with assistance from Mitsubishi...
Japanese shipbuilder Naikai Zosen Corporation has launched a new Ro-Pax ferry ordered by Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) for operation by subsidiary Ferry Sunflower. Sunflower Kamuy will be the third LNG-fuelled ferry in the Ferry Sunflower fleet following its delivery and entry into service in 2025. Upon...
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has contracted a private Chinese yard, Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering, for the construction of a module carrier that will serve the Japanese offshore wind sector. The 13,000 dwt newbuild is set for delivery in the spring of 2026 under a contract with JFE Engineering to ship...
https://splash247.com/mol-continues-offshore-wind-drive-with-module-carrier-order-in-china/
Japan’s largest utility JERA has decided to implement truck-to-ship bunkering of ammonia to an ammonia-fuelled tugboat owned by NYK Line. JERA has concluded a joint study agreement with NYK and Resonac aimed at achieving the world’s first bunkering of ammonia to ships. The Japanese company has now...
https://splash247.com/jera-to-perform-first-ever-truck-to-ship-bunkering-of-fuel-ammonia/
MOTENA-Sea, a company under Japan’s the MOL Group, has placed a new hybrid ferry into operational service in the waters off the city of Kitakyushu. The 33-metre-long Hanaria was developed as a hybrid vessel that uses hydrogen and biodiesel as fuels. The hydrogen fuel cells consist of two 240kW...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the US Indo-Pacific Command, the Australian Defence Force, and the Japan Self-Defence Forces successfully conducted a Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity (MMCA) in the waters west of the Philippines on Sunday, April 7, the AFP said in a statement....
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has launched the commercial operation of the floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Jawa Satu for the Jawa 1 LNG-fired power plant in West Java, Indonesia. MOL owns the FSRU through local partner Jawa Satu Regas, an entity jointly established by Indonesian...
Scientists on an expedition to the underexplored Bounty Trough off New Zealand have discovered around 100 new and potentially new ocean species, the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research of New Zealand (NIWA) recently confirmed. The three-week voyage on NIWA’s research vessel Tangaroa was the first flagship Southern Hemisphere expedition for Ocean Census, a […]
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Greek bulker player Drydel Shipping has contracted its first newbuild since changing its name from Meadway Shipping and Trading adding to its orderbook of nine vessels spread across Japanese yards and their affiliates. The Costas Dellaportas-led company has struck a deal with Shin Kurushima...
https://splash247.com/drydel-places-first-bulker-order-under-new-brand/