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MOL Names Newbuilding LNG Carrier For JERA ‘Sohshu Maru’
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) announced the naming of a newbuilding LNG Carrier ordered by Trans-Pacific Shipping 8 Ltd., a Joint Venture between MOL and JERA Co., Inc. (JERA) Today’s ceremony was held at the Sakaide Works of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (KHI). Among those on hand for the event were JERA Chairman Toshihiro Sano, who named the vessel the Sohshu Maru, after which his wife, Mrs Eiko Sano cut the rope. Sohshu Maru is equipped with DFDE (Dual Fuel Diesel Electric) propulsion system. This system achieves heat efficiency and is a more environment-friendly, economically superior design than normal Steam Turbine propulsion system. The vessel will transport LNG that JERA purchases from the Freeport LNG Project in the United States and other suppliers.
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