South Korean shipyard delivers MOL’s newbuild LPG carrier hired by TotalEnergies
Japan’s shipping giant Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has taken delivery of a newbuilding LPG dual-fuel very large gas carrier (VLGC) from Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries in South Korea.
While disclosing an advancement in its environmentally friendly fleet under the ‘BLUE’ series, MOL revealed the delivery of the VLGC Energia Grandeur off Mokpo Port in South Korea. The vessel, ordered by its group company, MOL Energia, will sail under a time charter contract for CSSA Chartering and Shipping Services (CSSA), a subsidiary of TotalEnergies.
The ship is described as a dual fuel vessel that can run on both LPG and heavy oil, with operating on LPG said to reduce CO2 emissions by approximately 20%, and SOx, PM, and other pollutants by about 90%, compared with heavy oil. The vessel is also designed not only to transport LPG but to carry ammonia as well.
The Japanese giant underlined: “Ammonia, which emits no carbon dioxide during
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