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Japan’s NYK commissions methanol-fuelled tanker for WFS

  • Mercados: Oil products, Petrochemicals
  • 27/01/22

Japanese shipping firm NYK has launched a methanol-fuelled chemical tanker to ship mainly methanol for Waterfront Shipping (WFS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canadian methanol producer Methanex.

NYK today took delivery of the 30,873 gross tonne, 186m Seymour Sun, which was built by South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Mipo Dockyard. The vessel is equipped with a dual-fuel engine that can run on conventional very low-sulphur fuel oil and methanol as a marine fuel.

The vessel is also designed to meet the International Maritime Organization's tier three nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions standards. It is equipped with a technology that lowers combustion temperatures by adding water to fuel-use ethanol to cut NOx emissions.

Shipping operations will be based on a long-term charter agreement between NYK and WFS that was announced in December 2020.


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