Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd.

MOL Inks Transport Deal for Wind-powered Coal Carrier

MOL and Tohoku Electric Power sign deal for transport using coal carrier equipped with hard sail wind power propulsion system (Wind Challenger), says a press release published on their website.

Coal transport deal

Japanese owner Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has entered into a coal transport deal with Tohoku Electric Power, using a coal carrier equipped with a hard sail wind power propulsion system known as a Wind Challenger.

Reduction of GHG emission

Construction of the vessel will start at Oshima...

https://mfame.guru/mol-inks-transport-deal-for-wind-powered-coal-carrier/

MOL Signs for Joint Study on Autonomous Collision Avoidance

MOL has signed a contract to conduct a joint study on collision avoidance algorithms and autonomous collision avoidance, part of Initiative to Realize Autonomous Ships, says a press release published on their website.

Study to avoid collision

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced that the company has signed a contract to conduct a joint study on collision avoidance algorithms and autonomous collision avoidance. 

The partners

The company is teaming up on the study with:

  • MOL Marine Co., Ltd. , 
  • Nationa...

https://mfame.guru/mol-signs-for-joint-study-on-autonomous-collision-avoidance/

Shipping Giant Owns Up $253K for Violating Anti-Pollution Laws

  • Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has paid $253,300 in penalties to the CARB for violating the Ocean-Going Vessel At-Berth Regulation.
  • CARB said the violations were discovered during routine audits of the company’s 2017 and 2018 vessel fleet visits to the Port of Oakland.
  • MOL’s Oakland fleet did not meet the three-hour diesel engine operational time limits, and did not reduce auxiliary engine power generation by 70% as is required.
  • To settle this case, the company agreed to...

https://mfame.guru/shipping-giant-owns-up-253k-for-violating-anti-pollution-laws/

Nagoya Port Gets its First LNG Bunkering Hub

Toho Gas Co., Ltd. and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced the implementation of a demonstration test to supply LNG (LNG bunkering) to the LNG-fueled (Note1) tugboat Ishin (Note2) in the Port of Nagoya, on Nov 8, reads a press release by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines.

This marked the first LNG bunkering in the Port of Nagoya, and the test confirmed that LNG can be safely supplied to vessels at the port.

Toho Gas Chita-Midorihama LNG Terminal

LNG was transported via truck from the Toho Gas Chita-Midorihama...

http://mfame.guru/nagoya-port-gets-its-first-lng-bunkering-hub/

“Wind Challenger” Design Acquires Preliminary Approval ~ Realizing Japan’s 1st Large Cargo Ship with ‘Sail’, Aiming at Reduction of GHGs ~

Certificate presentation ceremony – From Left: ClassNK Senior Executive Vice President Toshiyuki Shigemi, MOL Senior Managing Executive Officer Yoshikazu Kawagoe, Oshima Shipbuilding President Eiichi Hiraga

“Wind Challenger” Design Acquires Preliminary Approval  ~ Realizing Japan’s 1st Large Cargo Ship with ‘Sail’, Aiming at Reduction of GHGs ~

TOKYO—Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Junichiro Ikeda) today announced that MOL and Oshima Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (President: Eichi...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/10/03/wind-challenger-design-acquires-preliminary-approval-realizing-japans-1st-large-cargo-ship-with-sail-aiming-at-reduction-of-ghgs/

Zero-Emission Battery-Powered Ship To Be Unveiled in 2021!

  • Asahi Tanker Co., Exeno Yamamizu Corp., Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., and Mitsubishi Corp have teamed up to build the world’s first zero-emission tanker.
  • The world’s first zero-emission to be launched in mid-2021 will be powered by large-capacity batteries.
  • Rolls-Royce Holdings had started offering battery-powered ship engines while Norway’s Kongsberg Gruppen ASA is developing an electric container vessel.
  • Navigating thousands of miles across oceans because of the need to recharge batteries is a...

http://mfame.guru/zero-emission-battery-powered-ship-to-be-unveiled-in-2021/

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