On 7th August, K Line and Tokyo Century Corp held a naming ceremony for the newly-built LNGC for domestic energy giant JERA.
The LNGC, which is 293 m in length and has a beam of 48.9 m, was named ‘Enshu Maru’ at Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ Sakaide Shipyard.
To be operated by LNG Marine Transport, she will mainly lift gas at the US Freeport LNG project for Japan following her delivery.
‘Enshu Maru’ has a capacity of 164,700 cu m and a boil off rate of 0.08% per day. Her propulsion system includes a reheat steam turbine.
