NYK Line takes delivery of a LNG dual-fuel bulk carrier

Japanese shipping company NYK Line has taken delivery of Japan’s first LNG dual-fuel capesize bulk carrier from shipbuilder Japan Marine United Corporation.

PHOTO: NYK Line’s LNG-fuelled bulk carrier SG Ocean. NYK Line

The bulk carrier, SG Ocean, can run on both LNG and conventional marine fuels.

The vessel will transport iron ore and coal from Australia to Japan under a long-term charter agreement with Japanese steel company JFE Steel Corporation (JFE).

“By utilizing LNG-fuel, the vessel will emit approximately no sulfur oxides (SOx), 75% less nitrogen oxide (NOx), and 25% less carbon dioxide (CO2) compared to existing conventional heavy-oil-fueled vessels,” NYK Line claims.

LNG can curb carbon dioxide emissions by about a quarter compared to conventional bunker fuels. But its methane emissions can be 36 times more potent as a greenhouse gas (GHG) compared to carbon dioxide over a century, according to a World Bank study.

By Tuhin Roy

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