LNG

Mitsui OSK Lines, with an operating fleet of almost 100 liquefied natural gas carriers, held its annual general meeting at the Shinagawa Intercity Hall in Tokyo on June 23, though few shareholders attended and social-distancing was in place as the company pledged to further develop LNG-powered vessels and bunkering.

Mitsui Osk Lines, the Japanese shipping company led by President and Chief Executive Junichiro Ikeda and with an operating fleet of almost 100 liquefied natural gas carriers, has set out its future goals after a past year of LNG successes.

Mitsui OSK Lines, the Japanese shipping firm, has completed liquefied natural gas bunkering trials at the Port of Kobe as the company aims to help bring cleaner LNG to shipping in Japan and elsewhere.

Mitsui OSK Lines, the Japanese shipping company whose operated fleet includes almost 100 LNG carriers, said that in an uncertain political and economic environment in the year ahead, one issue that would have a notable impact on the global shipping industry is the enforcement of new sulfur-oxide emissions regulations in January 2020.

Mitsui Osk Lines, the Japanese shipping company with an operating fleet of almost 100 LNG carriers, posted a first-half profit and higher revenues from its energy transportation business as its other shipping divisions struggled.

Mitsui OSK Lines, the Japanese shipping company with a liquefied natural gas fleet operation of 70 vessels, said the global shipping industry will face a harsh situation at least until the end of 2017, though LNG prospects are brighter in the medium term.