Kyushu and Setouchi LNG bunker ship delivered

KEYS Azalea arrived from a yard owned by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and will become the first LNG bunkering vessel to operate in the Kyushu and Setouchi regions.
The newbuild was announced in 2022 and the yard launched the vessel and held a naming ceremony in July last year.
The vessel will be engaged in the LNG bunkering business and LNG domestic transportation business for overseas vessels calling at ports in the Kyushu and Setouchi regions.
The vessel construction was supported by funds from Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism’s under its Reiwa 3rd Year LNG Bunkering Base Formation Project.

KEYS Azalea will feature a dual-fuel engine that can operate on both LNG as a main fuel, and fuel oil as an alternative.

The 82-m, 4,850 gt ship will be Japan’s first LNG bunkering project to supply LNG to vessels over the vast Kyushu and Setouchi area.