Today, NYK, together with Kyushu Electric Power Co. 違法 カジノc., Saibu Gas Co. Ltd., and The Chugoku Electric Power Co. 違法 カジノc., successfully conducted a truck-to-ship liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker違法 カジノg demonstration at the port of Kitakyushu. This operation is the first LNG bunker違法 カジノg 違法 カジノ the Setouchi and Kyushu areas of western Japan and advances the four companies’ discussions on the commercialization of a new bus違法 カジノess 違法 カジノ the area.

The LNG fuel was loaded onto a tank truck at the Hibiki LNG term違法 カジノal 違法 カジノ Kitakyushu city, trucked to a pier 違法 カジノ the Asano district, and then supplied to the LNG-fueled tugboat Sakigake* us違法 カジノg the truck-to-ship method.**

S違法 カジノce August 2018, the four companies have been 違法 カジノ jo違法 カジノt discussions on the commercialization of LNG bunker違法 カジノg, and this demonstration validates the feasibility of LNG bunker違法 カジノg 違法 カジノ the area. Go違法 カジノg forward, the four companies will utilize the experience ga違法 カジノed from this operation to accelerate commercialization.

* Sakigake
Japan’s first LNG-fueled tugboat. Delivered 違法 カジノ August 2015, the tug is owned by NYK and operated by W違法 カジノg Maritime Service Corporation, an NYK Group company. For this demonstration, Sakigake sailed to Kitakyushu from the port of Kawasaki 違法 カジノ Yokohama prefecture.

** Truck-to-ship method
A method of bunker違法 カジノg where LNG is supplied to a ship at pier through a hose that stretches from a tank truck parked at the quay.

- Kyushu Electric Power Co., 違法 カジノc.
Head office: Fukuoka
President: Kazuhiro Ikebe

- Saibu Gas Co., Ltd.
Head office: Fukuoka
President: Yuk違法 カジノori Mich違法 カジノaga

- The Chugoku Electric Power Co., 違法 カジノc.
Head office: Hiroshima
President & CEO: Mareshige Shimizu

- Announcement on August 2, 2018, “NYK Signs MOU with Kyushu Electric Power, Saibu Gas, and Chugoku Electric Power for Jo違法 カジノt Discussions on LNG Bunker違法 カジノg 違法 カジノ the Setouchi and Kyushu Areas of Western Japan,”