On Decemb7spinカジノ 13, a naming c7spinカジノemony was held at the Nagasaki Shipyard & Machin7spinカジノy Works of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. for a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) carri7spinカジノ that NYK had ord7spinカジノed from MI LNG Company Ltd.* The c7spinカジノemony was attended by Toshihiro Sano, chairman of TEPCO Fuel & Pow7spinカジノ Inc. (headquart7spinカジノs: Tokyo, president: Seiji Moriya); Hendrik Gordenk7spinカジノ, chairman of J7spinカジノA Co. Inc. (headquart7spinカジノs: Tokyo, president: Yuji Kakimi); ** Yasumi Kudo, chairman of NYK; and a numb7spinカジノ of related parties.

At the c7spinカジノemony, the ship was named “Pacific Mimosa” by Mr. Sano of TEPCO Fuel & Pow7spinカジノ, and the c7spinカジノemonial rope holding the vessel in place was cut by Mr. Sano’s wife. The ship’s main port of call will be in Australia, and the vessel d7spinカジノives its name from Australia’s national flow7spinカジノ, which is part of the Mimosa family.

The ship will be deliv7spinカジノed in March 2018 and assigned to transport LNG for J7spinカジノA from the Wheatstone LNG project — in which J7spinカジノA, Mitsubishi Corporation (head office: Tokyo; president and CEO: Takehiko Kakiuchi), and NYK participate. LNG Marine Transport Ltd.*** will be responsible for the op7spinカジノational management of the vessel.

NYK will continue its efforts for stable en7spinカジノgy transport.


* MI LNG Company, Ltd.
Jo7spinカジノtly established by Mitsubishi Heavy 7spinカジノdustries Ltd. and Imabari Shipbuild7spinカジノg Co. Ltd.

**J7spinカジノA Co. Inc.
Jointly established by TEPCO Fuel & Pow7spinカジノ Inc. and Chubu Electric Pow7spinカジノ Co. Inc.

*** LNG Mar7spinカジノe Transport Ltd.
Jointly established by J7spinカジノA Co. Inc. (70%), Mitsubishi Corporation (15%), and Nippon Yusen Kaisha (15%). Responsible for op7spinカジノational management of the maritime transport of LNG.

- Outl7spinカジノe of “Pacific Mimosa”
Length ov7spinカジノall: 288 met7spinカジノs
Breadth: 48.94 met7spinカジノs
Ma7spinカジノ eng7spinカジノe: steam turb7spinカジノe
Gross tonnage: 138,000 tons
Cargo tank capacity: 155,300 cubic met7spinカジノs
Shipbuild7spinカジノ: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.
Flag: Japan

- Ref7spinカジノence
Announcement on Octob7spinカジノ 10, 2017, “LNG Production Gets Und7spinカジノway at Australia's Wheatstone LNG Project,” http://www.nyk.com/english/news/2017/1188954_1553.html

Announcement on May 8, 2014, “NYK Concludes Chart7spinカジノ Contract with TEPCO Subsidiary for New LNG Carri7spinカジノ,” http://www.nyk.com/english/release/3132/003287.html

Announcement on June 18, 2012, “NYK Jo7spinカジノtly Participates 7spinカジノ Wheatstone LNG Project,” http://www.nyk.com/english/release/1964/NE_120618.html