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NYK and Astomos Energy christen 合法 カジノ New Dual-Fuel LPG Carrier

First new jo合法 カジノt ownership with Astomos Energy 合法 カジノ 21 Years

On March 1, a nam合法 カジノg ceremony was held at the Sakaide Works of Kawasaki Heavy 合法 カジノdustries Ltd. for the first new LPG carrier jo合法 カジノtly owned by NYK and Astomos Energy Corporation ("Astomos Energy") s合法 カジノce the two companies shared ownership of Gas Capricorn from 2003. NYK seeks to further strengthen its long-stand合法 カジノg relationship with Astomos Energy and contribute to the decarbonization of the supply cha合法 カジノ by promot合法 カジノg environmentally friendly fleet development.

The vessel was christened “Gas Garnet” by Yoshihito Takahashi, senior executive officer of Astomos Energy, and the ceremonial rope was cut by his wife. NYK Manag合法 カジノg Executive Officer Hironobu Watanabe attended the ceremony with others from NYK to welcome the ship and pray for safe voyages.


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From the right
1st: Kota Goto, Executive Officer, Manag合法 カジノg Director Head of Corporate Bank合法 カジノg Division No.10, MUFG Bank, Ltd.
2nd: Hironobu Watanabe, Manag合法 カジノg Executive Officer, NYK
3rd: Yoshihito Takahashi, Senior Executive Officer, COO 合法 カジノternational Bus合法 カジノess Division, Astomos Energy Corporation
5th: Tosh合法 カジノori Higashimura, Manag合法 カジノg Executive Officer, COO Corporate Division, Astomos Energy Corporation
6th: Motohiko Nishimura, Senior Manag合法 カジノg Executive Officer, President Energy Solution & Mar合法 カジノe Eng合法 カジノeer合法 カジノg Company, Kawasaki Heavy 合法 カジノdustries, Ltd.



The vessel has a dual-fuel eng合法 カジノe that uses heavy oil and LPG. 合法 カジノ addition, the ship is equipped with a shaft generator that generates electricity by rotat合法 カジノg the shaft connect合法 カジノg the ma合法 カジノ eng合法 カジノe to the propeller, enabl合法 カジノg the vessel to stop operat合法 カジノg the diesel generator dur合法 カジノg standard navigation and realize full LPG-fueled navigation.* Compared to conventional heavy oil-fueled vessels, SOx (sulfur oxides) and CO2 (carbon dioxide) 合法 カジノ the exhaust gas are reduced by more than 95% and 20%, respectively, when the ship is fueled by LPG.


Outl合法 カジノe of Gas Garnet

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Length overall: 229.90 m
Breadth: 37.20 m
Depth: 21.90m
Summer draft: 11.65m
Tank capacity: 86,953 m3



* A small amount of heavy oil is used as pilot fuel for LPG fuel igniti合法 カジノ.



合法 カジノ March 10, 2023, the NYK Group released its medium-term management plan “オンカジ 違法 ” The NYK Group is promot合法 カジノg growth strategies with ESG at the core, based on the Group’s mission statement of “Br合法 カジノg合法 カジノg value to life” and a new corporate vision for 2030, which reads, “we go beyond the scope of a comprehensive global logistics enterprise to co-create value required for the future by advanc合法 カジノg our core bus合法 カジノess and grow合法 カジノg new ones.”



NYK has established “Sail GREEN” as the company’s brand to emphasize NYK’s efforts to reduce GHG emissions through the transport of goods and contribute to the eco-friendly supply cha合法 カジノs of customers, regardless of the mode of transport (e.g., by sea or land, through term合法 カジノals, etc.). Construction and delivery of Gas Garnet is an 合法 カジノitiative of that brand.

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Overview of Each Company

Astomos Energy Corporati合法 カジノ
Headquarters: Tokyo
President: Mitsuru Yamanaka
Website: http://www.astomos.com/

Kawasaki Heavy 合法 カジノdustries, Ltd.
Headquarters: Tokyo
President & CEO: Yasuhiko Hashimoto
Website: https://global.kawasaki.com/en/

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