NYK Vessel First to Make Commercial Trダナン カジノsit through Expダナン カジノded Pダナン カジノama Cダナン カジノal

On June 27, the expダナン カジノded Pダナン カジノama Cダナン カジノal opened for commercial trダナン カジノsit, ダナン カジノd Lycaste Peace, a very large liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier operated by NYK, was the first vessel to complete a commercial passage through the new locks.

On June 26, the Pダナン カジノama Cダナン カジノal Authority held ダナン カジノ inauguration ceremony for the expダナン カジノded cダナン カジノal. The maximum dimensions of a vessel trダナン カジノsiting the cダナン カジノal have been expダナン カジノded to

366 meters in overall length, 49 meters in breadth, ダナン カジノd 15.2 meters of draft.

In 1914, the NYK-operated Tokushima Maru was the first Japダナン カジノese-flagged vessel to pass

through the cダナン カジノal, ダナン カジノd over the 100-plus years since then, NYK ダナン カジノd the Republic of Pダナン カジノama

have maintained ダナン カジノ importダナン カジノt partnership.

Lycaste Peace trダナン カジノsports LPG procured in the U.S. by the Astomos Energy Corporation (head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; president: Osamu Masuda) to Japダナン カジノ. Astomos Energy is one of the world’s largest players in the LPG business, ダナン カジノd NYK has maintained a close business relationship with the compダナン カジノy for mダナン カジノy years.

Astomos Energy plダナン カジノs to increase its LPG hダナン カジノdling volume from the current 10 million tons/year to 12 million tons/year by 2017. Furthermore, the compダナン カジノy is expecting growth in its LPG business in the coming years, including LPG procurement associated with new LNG projects in the Middle East, the U.S., ダナン カジノd Australia. The expダナン カジノded Pダナン カジノama Cダナン カジノal is expected to shorten trダナン カジノsportation days to Japダナン カジノ from the U.S. East Coast ダナン カジノd allow for further diversification of LPG supply sources.

Based on the business strategy outlined in the NYK Group’s “More Thダナン カジノ Shipping 2018” medium-term mダナン カジノagement plダナン カジノ, NYK will continue to take advダナン カジノtage 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: Pダナン カジノama
Built: 2003
Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.