Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) is to build Japan’s first LNG-fueled tug in a project that will encompass the technical expertise of a number of Japanese firms.
The newbuilding will conform to the IGF code issued in January 2017 and is subject to be examined by Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
MOL will own the tugboat, slated for construction at Kanagawa Dockyard Co, with Yanmar supplying the main engines and Osaka Gas the LNG fuel.
