First LNG ship-to-ship bunkering conducted in western Japan   

LNG bunkering was carried out on NYK’s pure car and truck carrier Daisy Leader using the bunkering vessel Keys Azalea at Hiroshima Port. This is the first LNG bunkering in western Japan after Keys Azalea was delivered at the end of March 2024. 

The LNG fuel was supplied from Kitakyushu LNG Co’s Tobata LNG Terminal.

Keys Azalea arrived from a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries-owned yard last month and is the first LNG bunkering vessel to operate in the Kyushu and Setouchi regions for Keys Bunkering West. 

In another development, Japan’s largest power generation company JERA will supply ammonia to an ammonia-fuelled tugboat (A-Tug) owned by compatriot shipping company NYK Line in a truck-to-ship bunkering operation. 

JERA has conducted a joint study with chemical firm Resonac over building and securing an ammonia supply system.

Shin-Nippon Kaiyosha Corp will operate the A-Tug, which is expected to be delivered in June 2024, and the truck-to-ship bunkering is scheduled to take place at the Port of Yokohama in late May 2024.