Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) said it will sign an agreement on Friday with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. to build a “Sayaendo” series new-generation liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier. Sayaendo series ships feature a unique structure that integrates the LNG tank cover with the ship hull, resulting in significantly improved fuel consumption and maintainability. From [...]
Sinopec Kantons, China Shipping Development, and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines announced that they have entered into the agreements with Hudong – Zhonghua and China Shipbuilding for the construction of six LNG carriers with an anticipated total project costs of approximately US$1,510,000,000. The expected delivery dates for the LNG carriers are on, or before April 2016, July 2016, [...]
China Shipping Group (CSG) and Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) are close to order eight LNG tankers in China for Sinopec. Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding will most likely win the order, while other Chinese shipyards like Dalian Shipbuilding Industry or Nantong Cosco KHI Shipbuilding Engineering may build two of the LNG tankers, according to several media reports. The [...]
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines of Japan said that the company has acquired Competence Management System (CMS) certification in the LNG Carrier category from Oslo-based Det Norske Veritas (DNV) for its independently developed “MOL RankSTEP,adopted in 2007, which also complies with Society of International Gas Tanker & Terminal Operators Ltd. (SIGTTO). On April 13, MOL received the [...]
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines announced the signing of a long-term contract for two new liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers with Kansai Electric Power. At the same time, MOL concluded contracts to build the ships Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The ships are slated for launching in 2016 and 2017. MOL will manage and operate [...]
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines announced the certification of its own seafarer education and training program by Oslo-based Det Norske Veritas (DNV). The MOL Rank Skill Training and Evaluation Program (MOL RankSTEP) received DNV certification for compliance with the Competence Management System (CMS) on April 13. CMS is a management system that improves education programs by identifying [...]
Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines announced the completion of a table top drill based on the scenario of a fire in the engine room of the MOL-operated LNG carrier Grand Mereyain Tsugaru Strait, resulting in the vessel running aground. The 1st Regional Coast Guard Headquarters also cooperated in the drill, one of a regular series of [...]
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) today said that Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES) and MOL will conduct gas injection demonstration run utilizing a temporarily modified electrically-controlled type slow speed diesel engine. The engine is designed, manufactured and delivered to a shipyard with oil injection specifications for one of the MOL newbuilding vessels, however [...]
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) today announced that the MOL-managed LNG carrier Al Zubarah and its ship management company MOL LNG Transport Co., Ltd., received a Green Award Certificate from the independent non-profit Green Award Foundation based in Rotterdam on December 13. The certificate, based on stringent audits, is given to vessels and ship management [...]
The Type-Approved BALPURE ballast water treatment system from Severn Trent De Nora was selected for use on four new LNG carriers being constructed for Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd, at its shipyard in Shanghai, China. The 172,000-DWT LNG carriers owned by MOL for long term charter with China Gas / [...]
