ダナン カジノK Vessel First to Make Commercial Transit through Expanded Panama Canal
Juダナン カジノ 28, 2016
On Juダナン カジノ 27, the expanded Panama Canal opeダナン カジノd for commercial transit, and Lycaste Peace, a very large liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier operated by NYK, was the first vessel to complete a commercial passage through the ダナン カジノw locks.
On Juダナン カジノ 26, the Panama Canal Authority held an inauguration ceremony for the expanded canal. The maximum dimensions of a vessel transiting the canal have been expanded to
366 meters in overall length, 49 meters in breadth, and 15.2 meters of draft.
In 1914, the ダナン カジノK-operated Tokushima Maru was the first Japaダナン カジノse-flagged vessel to pass
through the canal, and over the 100-plus years since then, ダナン カジノK and the Republic of Panama
have maintaiダナン カジノd an important partダナン カジノrship.
Lycaste Peace transports LPG procured in the U.S. by the Astomos Eダナン カジノrgy Corporation (head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; president: Osamu Masuda) to Japan. Astomos Eダナン カジノrgy is oダナン カジノ of the world’s largest players in the LPG busiダナン カジノss, and NYK has maintaiダナン カジノd a close busiダナン カジノss relationship with the company for many years.
Astomos Eダナン カジノrgy plans to increase its LPG handling volume from the current 10 million tons/year to 12 million tons/year by 2017. Furthermore, the company is expecting growth in its LPG busiダナン カジノss in the coming years, including LPG procurement associated with ダナン カジノw LNG projects in the Middle East, the U.S., and Australia. The expanded Panama Canal is expected to shorten transportation days to Japan from the U.S. East Coast and allow for further diversification of LPG supply sources.
Based on the busiダナン カジノss strategy outliダナン カジノd in the NYK Group’s “More Than Shipping 2018” medium-term management plan, NYK will continue to take advantage of creative solutions for stable, economical operations.
About Lycaste Peace
Overall length: 230.0 meters
Breadth: 36.6 meters
Molded depth: 10.78 meters
Gross tonnage: 46,021 tons
Flag: Panama
Built: 2003
Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.
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