Shipping giant NYK Line has named Japan’s first LNG-fuelled pure car/truck carrier as it prepares to take delivery next month.

The ceremony for the 7,000-ceu Sakura Leader was held at Shin Kurushima Toyohashi Shipbuilding, which is part of Japan's Shin Kurushima Dockyard.

Tokyo-listed NYK said the PCTC is named after Japan's national flower, “with a wish for realising and passing on a flourishing environment to the next generation through eco-friendly transportation”.