Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and its group company MOL Sunflower announced that the naming and launching ceremony for the first of two LNG-fueled ferries, which are under construction at Naikai Zosen Corporation, was held at Innoshima Shipyard on April 11.
The vessel will be delivered at Naikai Shipbuilding in December 2024 .
Fleet of four LNG fueled ferries
With the addition of these vessels, the MOL Group will operate a fleet of four LNG-fueled ferries on east-west routes in Japan by 2025, joining the Sunflower Kurenai and Sunflower Murasaki, which went into service on the Osaka-Beppu route in 2023.
CO2 emissions will be reduced
The vessel will be able to reduce CO2 emissions by about 35% compared to currently in-service vessels on the Hokkaido route by adopting various state-of-the-art technologies.
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Source : Safety4sea
