CENTRAL LNG Shipping Japan Corporation (CLS), a joint venture established by 'K' Line, Chubu Electric Power Co, Toyota and NYK, have announced that it has ordered an LNG bunkering vessel (LBV) from Kawasaki Heavy Industries
CENTRAL LNG Shipping Japan Corporation (CLS), a joint venture established by 'K' Line, Chubu Electric Power Co, Toyota and NYK, have announced that it has ordered an LNG bunkering vessel (LBV) from Kawasaki Heavy Industries. The 4,100-ton bunkering vessel, with a capacity of 3,500 cubic metres, is to be delivered between September and December 2020, will be the first to be operated in Japan.
The four companies jointly established CLS and Central LNG Marine Fuel Japan Corporation (CLMF) in May of this year to launch the LNG Bunkering Business in the Chubu (central) region of Japan. The LBV will be owned and managed by CLS, and LNG will be supplied to end-users through CLMF.
