MOL orders LNG dual-fuel VLCC

Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has placed an order for an LNG dual-fuel very large crude carrier (VLCC).

IMAGE: MOL’s LNG dual-fuel VLCC concept. MOL

The vessel, scheduled for delivery in 2027, will be equipped with a dual-fuel engine that can run on both LNG and conventional marine fuels.

It will operate under a long-term charter with the Japanese tanker company Idemitsu Tanker.

The vessel will be built by Dalian COSCO KHI Ship Engineering, a Chinese shipbuilding firm jointly run by Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries and China COSCO Shipping Corporation.

By Tuhin Roy

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