Nihon Shipyard

NYK and KNCC up the pressure with LCO2-EP carrier design

With interest in carbon capture and storage increasing, more vessel operators, designers and builders are looking at thevessels that will transport that captured carbon to where it will be stored. In the latest development in this area, Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and its affiliate Knutsen NYK Carbon Carriers AS (KNCC) are conducting a joint constructability study of a 40,000 cubic meter terminal-to-terminal liquefied CO2 (LCO2) carrier design. It uses KNCC’s proprietary...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/nyk-and-kncc-up-the-pressure-with-lco2-ep-carrier-design/

MAN B&W ammonia engine will be piloted in new Japanese bulk carrier

Imabari Shipbuilding’s Nihon Shipyard is to install an MAN B&W 7S60ME-ammonia engine in a 200,000 dwt class bulk carrier being built for a joint venture between K Line, NS United and Itochu Corporation. The project is one of the first to use MAN Energy Solutions’ ammonia-powered engine, currently under development in Denmark. The MAN B&W ammonia engine will be built in Japan by Mitsui E&S.

According to NS United, the development and commercialization of ammonia dual fueled engine is essential...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/man-bw-ammonia-engine-will-be-piloted-in-new-japanese-bulk-carrier/

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, Nihon Shipyard to explore development of LCO2 carrier

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, and Nihon Shipyard Co., a Tokyo-based joint venture for ship design and sales between Imabari Shipbuilding Co. and Japan Marine United Corporation, have started a joint study for the development of an ocean-going liquified...

https://www.offshore-energy.biz/mitsubishi-shipbuilding-nihon-shipyard-to-explore-development-of-lco2-carrier/

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