31JAN2019 - NEWS - Shipping firm Asahi Tanker and shipbroking company Exeno-Yamamizu Corporation jointly developed a new domestic shipping tanker design

Japan based shipping company Asahi Tanker and compatriot shipbroking company Exeno-Yamamizu Corporation Tokyo have recently jointly developed a new domestic shipping tanker design which incorporates zero-emission electric propulsion. The first vessel is planned to be launched in the fourth quarter of 2020. Its core energy source will be electricity, achieved by way of adopting lithium-ion batteries. According to the two companies, the new vessel design and related project infrastructure development will be known as “e5”, incorporating five core elements — electrification, environment, economics, efficiency and evolution.

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