MOL takes delivery of methanol dual-fuel vessel

Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has taken delivery of a methanol dual-fuel methanol carrier.

IMAGE: MOL’s methanol dual-fuel methanol carrier Kohzan Maru VII. MOL

The Kohzan Maru VII is a dual-fuel vessel capable of running on both methanol and conventional marine fuels.

Built by South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Mipo, the ship is owned by Eifuku Kaiun and will operate under a long-term charter with MOL for Japan’s Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company.

It is the first ocean-going methanol dual-fuel vessel to sail under a long-term charter agreement by a Japanese company, according to MOL.

By Tuhin Roy

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