NYK Group’s first methanol-fuelled bulk carrier delivered and named

The Green Future, a methanol dual-fuel bulk carrier chartered by NYK Bulk & Projects Carriers from Kambara Kisen, was delivered and officially named at the Tsuneishi Shipbuilding yard in Japan yesterday (13 May).

The vessel is the first bulk carrier in the NYK Group to be equipped with a dual-fuel engine that can run on either methanol or conventional marine fuel oil.

In a previous statement issued to mark the charter agreement with Kambara Kisen, NYK said that: ‘The primary fuels are expected to be bio-methanol and e-methanol, produced using hydrogen derived from renewable energy sources and recovered carbon dioxide.’

The 65,700 DWT carrier has a capacity of around 81,500 cubic metres (cbm).

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