NYK Line and Tokyo LNG Tanker, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tokyo Gas, yesterday held a naming ceremony for ‘Energy Horizon’, their jointly owned LNG carrier. The vessel is currently being built at the Sakaide Shipyard of the Kawasaki Heavy Industries.

Tokyo LNG Tanker owns 10 percent of the ‘Energy Horizon’, while NYK owns the remaining 90 percent. After construction is completed, the ship will be chartered for 20 years and be used for shipments of LNG to Japan from various countries, including Australia.

The vessel is a Moss-type LNG carrier, the largest type, and has a tank capacity of 177,000 cubic metres, which makes it possible to increase transport efficiency. In addition, it is a new energy-saving vessel, the first in the world to be equipped with a reheat turbine plant, which reduces fuel consumption by up to 15 percent over conventional steam turbine vessels