NYK Reveals Plans for a Dozen LNG-Fueled Car Carriers
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Japanese shipping company NYK has announced plans to build a dozen LNG-fueled pure car and truck carriers (PCTCs) with deliveries starting in 2025.
The company revealed Tuesday it has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) Shin Kurushima Dockyard Co., Ltd. and Nihon Shipyard Co., Ltd for the consecutive building of the vessels split equally between the two shipyards.
Deliveries are planned successively from fiscal 2025 to fiscal 2028.
NYK says the the plans are in-line with its fleet replenishment and environment management target of reducing CO2 emissions per ton-kilometer of transport by 50% by 2050. The use of LNG fuel, in addition to hull modifications, will contribute to a reduction of fuel CO2 emissions by approximately 40% compared to ships using conventional heavy fuel oil.
Japan s NYK signs MoU to construct 12 LNG-fuelled PCTCs
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On October 28, 2020, NYK took delivery of Sakura Leader, a pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) capable of navigating oceans with only LNG as the ship’s main fuel. This delivery marks a step toward achieving NYK’s environment management target, which is to reduce CO2 emissions per ton-kilometer of transport by 50% by 2050. The vessel was built at the Shin Kurushima Dockyard of Shin Kurushima Toyohashi Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.
The ship is the first large LNG-fueled PCTC to be built in Japan. Vessel modification and the switch to LNG will make the ship up to approximately 40% more energy efficient (by reducing CO2 emissions per unit of transport) compared to ships using conventional heavy oil fueled engines. The vessel is also expected to reduce sulfur oxide (SOx) emissions by approximately 99% and nitrogen oxides (NOx) by approximately 86% compared to ships using conventional heavy oil fueled engines. The vessel will be contributing to clea