18FEB2019 - NEWS - Kawasaki Heavy Industries delivers new LNG transport vessel Shinshu Maru

Kawasaki Heavy Industries has recently delivered the new liquefied natural gas (LNG) transport vessel, Shinshu Maru, for use by Trans-Pacific Shipping. Trans-Pacific Shipping is a joint venture (JV) between JERA and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line). The JV will own the vessel. NYK will be responsible for ship management of the new Shinshu Maru, which has a 177,000m³ capacity. The vessel has been designed to enable passage through the newly expanded Panama Canal, which opened for full operations in 2016. JERA will use the vessel for the transportation of LNG procured through the Freeport LNG Project in the US for a period of 20 years.

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