KEYS to offer LNG bunkering in Japan from 2024

Newly launched bunker supplier KEYS Bunkering West Japan (KEYS) intends to offer LNG bunker supply to ships in Japan’s western Kyushu and Setouchi regions by 2024.

PHOTO: Model of KEYS's LNG bunkering vessel. KEYS

The company has ordered its first LNG bunker vessel from Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, to be completed by March 2024.

Earlier this month, KEYS received an approval from Japanese authorities for a subsidy program to develop LNG bunkering facilities.

KEYS is a joint venture established by Japanese utility, trading, shipping and gas firms.

The LNG will be supplied from the Saibu Gas - Hibiki LNG Terminal,  which also has a stake in KEYS' business.