MOL welcomes LNG-powered coal service Reimei

Jap shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Kyushu Electric Vitality Co. have published that LNG-powered coal service Reimei was delivered and started operation on November 14.

In a naming and shipping ceremony held at the Imari Shipyard and Works of Namura Shipbuilding Co. the novel vessel was named Reimei.

Reimei, a 235-meter-lengthy LNG-fueled coal service, is operated by MOL to transfer coal from in a foreign country to Kyuden’s coal-fired thermal vitality plant life.

When put next to straightforward marine fuel, LNG can decrease emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) corresponding to carbon dioxide (CO₂) by about 30%, sulfur oxides (SOx) by about 100%, and nitrogen oxides (NOx) by about 80%.

The ship departed from Imari Port for shore-to-ship bunkering at Tobata Port in Fukuoka Prefecture scheduled for November 15, where this could receive fuel today from the onshore LNG shipping terminal.

In the damage, ship-to-ship bunkering from an LNG bunkering vessel can even be adopted as a means for the vessel to receive fuel.

A lengthy-term transport agreement between MOL and Kyuden was concluded on December 25, 2019.

As fraction of its lickety-split expansion efforts, MOL has lately placed an present for a liquefied pure gasoline (LNG) service at Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI). The cost mark for the vessel is $260 million. The LNG service is slated for shipping in 2026.