Mitsui Osk Lines, its group company Ferry Sunflower and Kyushu Electric Power have announced that the Sunflower Kurenai, the Japan’s first LNG-fueled ferry ordered by MOL and operated by Ferry Sunflower, received its first LNG fuel supply at the Port of Beppu in Oita Prefecture at the north wharf of Pier 3 from Kyuden.LNG fuel was supplied via truck-to-ship to the ferry, the first time in Japan, with a skid which connected four tank trucks to the ferry. Unlike a conventional method of receiving LNG fuel supply by connecting a single tank truck to LNG-fueled vessels, the use of the skid enables the ferry to receive LNG fuel from four tank trucks simultaneously, speeding up the process. The LNG fuel was supplied to the tank trucks by Oita Liquefied Natural Gas Company, a Kyuden’s group company, and Niyac Corporation transported the LNG fuel and supplied it to the ferry.
Mitsui Osk Lines, its group company Ferry Sunflower and Kyushu Electric Power have announced that the Sunflower Kurenai, the Japan’s first LNG-fueled ferry ordered by MOL and operated by Ferry Sunflower, received its first LNG fuel supply at the Port of Beppu in Oita Prefecture at the north wharf of Pier 3 from Kyuden.LNG fuel was supplied via truck-to-ship to the ferry, the first time in Japan, with a skid which connected four tank trucks to the ferry. Unlike a conventional method of receiving LNG fuel supply by connecting a single tank truck to LNG-fueled vessels, the use of the skid enables the ferry to receive LNG fuel from four tank trucks simultaneously, speeding up the process. The LNG fuel was supplied to the tank trucks by Oita Liquefied Natural Gas Company, a Kyuden’s group company, and Niyac Corporation transported the LNG fuel and supplied it to the ferry.
