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– The SUNFLOWER KURENAI Built for MOL to Serve on Osaka-Beppu Route from January 2023 –
– LNG-fueled ferry construction makes use of Mitsubishi Shipbuilding’s accumulated technologies in liquefied-gas-fueled vessels
– Compared to the heavy oil used on current ferries, CO2 emissions per caloric value are reduced more than 20% and SOx emissions are cut to near zero
TOKYO, Mar 3, 2022 – (JCN Newswire) – Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group company based in Yokohama, today held a christening and launch ceremony for the SUNFLOWER KURENAI, the first of two large LNG-fueled ferries being built for Mitsui OSK Lines, Ltd. (MOL). The ceremony took place at the Enoura Plant at MHI’s Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works in Yamaguchi Prefecture. The handover is scheduled for December 2022, following completion of interior work and sea trials. The new vessel will go into service from January 2023 on a regular route between Osaka and Beppu operated by Oita-based Ferry Sunflower Limited, replacing the SUNFLOWER IVORY and SUNFLOWER COBALT ferries in service since 1997.
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| Christening and Launch Ceremony of “SUNFLOWER KURENAI” |
The SUNFLOWER…
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