Coal carrier will be first ship with new hard sail system
A coal carrier serving Japan’s Tohoku Electric Power Co. is to be fitted with a hard sail system jointly developed by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. (MOL) and the Oshima Shipbuilding Co. under
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Oshima and DNV GL launch ultra green Ultramax design
A new bulk carrier design from Japan’s Oshima Shipbuilding is designed to have a 50% better EEDI (Energy Efficiency Design Index) than comparable vessels. The design, the Oshima Ultramax 2300, is the
NYK and Oshima Shipbuilding eye LNG fueled post-Panamax bulkers
MARCH 30, 2018 — A proposal from NYK Line and Oshima Shipbuilding for a joint R&D plan to develop an LNG fueled post-panamax bulk carrier has been approved by Japan’s Ministry of
First NYK Group ships with scrubbers will have Wartsila systems
JULY 26, 2017 — Two new 56,000 DWT handymax bulk carriers under construction at Oshima Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. in Japan are to be equipped with Wärtsilä exhaust gas cleaning systems. The ships
Mitsubishi Heavy moves ahead with shipbuilding alliances
MARCH 31, 2017 — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has reached basic agreements with Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. and Namura Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. in the wake of ongoing discussions, first announced in
ADM takes delivery of bulker with air lubed hull
OCTOBER 29, 2014 — Agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) has taken delivery of Harvey Frost, the first of three eco-friendly 95,000 dwt bulk carriers featuring an air lubricated hull. The
New coal carrier for Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines
MAY 16, 2014—Japan’s Oshima Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., recently delivered the 85,555-gt Energy Prometheus to Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL). MOL will operate the Energy Prometheus to transport coal to Hokuriku Electric Power