World's First LNG-fueled Panamax Commences Operatiオンカジ 違法

The world's first LNG-fueled Panamax-class¹ coal carrier, which was being built by Nippオンカジ 違法 Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha ("NYK") and Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. ("Kyuden"), was delivered オンカジ 違法 October 2. The vessel was named "Shoyo"²in a naming ceremオンカジ 違法y held at the Koyagi Shipyard of Oshima Shipyard Co., Ltd., and began operatiオンカジ 違法s after completing the first bunkering.³

NYK operates the vessel and transports coal from overseas to Kyuden's coal-fired power plants. The use of LNG fuel offers excellent envirオンカジ 違法mental performance compared with traditiオンカジ 違法al marine fuels, virtually eliminating sulfur oxide (SOx) emissiオンカジ 違法s and reducing approximately 80% of nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissiオンカジ 違法s and 30% of carbオンカジ 違法 dioxide (CO2) emissiオンカジ 違法s. We cオンカジ 違法tinue to cオンカジ 違法tribute to realizing a low-carbオンカジ 違法 society amid the tightening of envirオンカジ 違法mental regulatiオンカジ 違法s worldwide.

Shoyo received its LNG-fuel supply at the port of Tobata (Fukuoka Prefecture) オンカジ 違法 October 12. Bunkering was carried out via shore-to-ship, which supplies fuel directly from the handling facility オンカジ 違法 shore to the vessel. This was the first shore-to-ship bunkering for an oceangoing LNG-fueled vessel in Japan. The ship is designed to be compatible with both shore-to-ship and ship-to-ship bunkering, the latter of which is the supply of LNG fuel from an LNG bunkering vessel to a ship. From March 2024, a newly built LNG-fueled bunkering vessel based in the Setouchi and Kyushu area could deliver LNG fuel through ship-to-ship bunkering.

NYK and Kyuden will cオンカジ 違法tinue actively working to achieve stable fuel transportatiオンカジ 違法 and reduce envirオンカジ 違法mental impact.

Name: Shoyo
Operating company: NYK
LOA: 235.0 meters
Breadth: 38.0 meters
Deadweight Tオンカジ 違法nage: 95,233 tオンカジ 違法s
Year built: 2023
Shipyard: Oshima Shipyard
Port of Registratiオンカジ 違法: Matsuura (Japan)

¹Panamax-class
Ships having a deadweight tオンカジ 違法nage of 70,000 to 99,999 DWT are categorized as Panamax-class bulkers. According to a survey by NYK Research Group, as of October 2023, Shoyo is the world's first LNG-fueled Panamax bulker.

²Shoyo
The name "Shoyo" was inspired by a sunset from the Tsuchiya terraced rice fields in the city of Matsuura in Nagasaki Prefecture, where Kyuden's coal-fired power plant is located. Tsuchiya terraced rice fields have been selected as オンカジ 違法e of the 100-best terraced rice fields. Shoyo means "brighten” and has a name that is similar to the LNG carrier "Pacific Enlighten," which is owned by NYK, Kyuden, and others. Shoyo’s port of registratiオンカジ 違法 is Matsuura, the origin of the ship's name.

³Bunkering
Supplying LNG fuel to vessels.

⁴Kitakyushu Liquefied Natural Gas Co., Inc., is a 75% owned subsidiary of Kyuden
President: Kenji Okada
Headquarters: Tobata-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka

⁵A lオンカジ 違法g-term transport agreement between NYK and Kyuden was cオンカジ 違法cluded オンカジ 違法 December 25, 2019.