The shipping company will use the
vessel to supply LNG to the European maritime region. It will be
based from 2016 at the port of
Zeebrugge, Belgium, building the
market for LNG fuel following initial sulfur emissions restrictions
effective in 2015.
The LNG...
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The shipping company will use the
vessel to supply LNG to the European maritime region. It will be
based from 2016 at the port of
Zeebrugge, Belgium, building the
market for LNG fuel following initial sulfur emissions restrictions
effective in 2015.
The LNG bunker vessel will be
managed NYK’s European operation, UK-based NYK LNG Shipmanagement, targeting the 50
LNG-fuelled vessels, mainly ferries, cruise ships, and offshore
vessels operating in the seas of
Northern Europe.
The bunker ship is also to be
used for fuelling NYK vessels
under construction: two tri-fuel
pure car and truck carriers
(PCTCs) bought through its joint
venture with Swedish shipping
company Wallenous.
NYK said it had last May concluded a framework agreement in
which it joins with the LNG arm of
GDF Suez and Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi Corporation.
All three partners will be time
charter parties in the ship-owning
company, as well as have shares in
the LNG bunkering company that
will procure and sell LNG-as-fue
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