MOL coal carrier to serve JERA Trading
Published by Stephanie Roker,
Editor
Dry Bulk,
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Junichiro Ikeda) has announced that the delivery of the coal carrier OI MARU, which will serve JERA Trading Pte. Ltd. (Managing Director: Ronan Lory; headquarters: Singapore), was delivered at Imari Shipyard and Works of Namura Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (President: Kensuke Namura; headquarters: Osaka, Japan) on 14 June 2018.
The vessel, which was jointly developed by Namura Shipbuilding and MOL, is a state-of-the-art coal carrier with a wide-beam/shallow-draft configuration and wide range of advanced safety and energy-saving features. The vessel is so-called Hekinan MAX, which has characteristic 250 m length to maximise transport volume to the discharging port, Chubu Electric Power's Hekinan Thermal Power Plant in Aichi, Japan.
MOL has operated the same type of vessels, SHIN YAHAGI MARU and NAGARA MARU, since 2015 and 2017 respectively and will play a central role in supplying coal to Chubu Electric Power's Hekinan Thermal Power Plant with operating three Hekinan MAX coal carriers.
MOL continually strives to be a worldwide leader in the safe, reliable transportation of natural resources and energy.
Read the article online at: https://www.drybulkmagazine.com/dry-bulk/14062018/mol-coal-carrier-to-serve-jera-trading/
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