KEYS takes delivery of dual-fuel LNG bunkering vessel

Bunker supplier KEYS Bunkering West Japan (KEYS) has taken delivery of a dual-fuel LNG bunkering vessel from Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works' Enoura Plant, which is owned by Japanese engineering giant Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

PHOTO: KEYS’ dual-fuel LNG bunkering vessel KEYS Azalea. NYK Line

The LNG bunkering vessel, KEYS Azalea, can run on both LNG and conventional marine fuel – making it Japan’s first LNG bunkering vessel to be able to do so, KEYS claims.

The vessel will serve oceangoing ships calling at ports in the Kyushu-Setouchi area in Japan.

KEYS is a joint venture between electric power company Kyushu Electric Power, shipping line NYK Line, electrical service firm ITOCHU ENEX, and gas company Saibu Gas.

By Tuhin Roy

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