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From Mitsui OSK Lines receiving government funding to convert an RTG crane from diesel to hydrogen, to Busan New Port opening its first fully automated container terminal in Korea, we look at the latest news to come from Asia.
carrier with Japanese engines. The 40,000 cubic meters ammonia
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carrier order will be delivered in November 2026 by Japan Marine United Corporation’s Ariake Shipyard and will have an ammonia dual-fuel two-stroke engine produced by Japan Engine Corporation. The auxiliary engine will be an ammonia
dual-fuel four-stroke engine produced by IHI Power Systems. Details of the vessel released by Nippon
Yusen Kaisha (NYK) show that the main engine will run on a fuel mix of up to 95% ammonia, while the ammonia mix in the auxiliary engine will be 80% or more, with the remainder of the fuel mix being a pilot fuel oil. The expected fuel mixes will enable
greenhouse gas emissions reductions of up to 80%. The order is confirmed thanks to a
series of contracts between NYK, Japan Engine Corporation, IHI Power Systems,
consortium of Japanese companies have signed contracts to build the world’s first ammonia-fuelled medium gas
and Nihon Shipyard, companies selected in 2021 by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) for its Green Innovation Fund Project. Along with ClassNK, the companies
form a consortium which has been working on creating and commercialising vessels that use Japanese-built ammonia-fuelled engines.
The challenges overcome by the ship design include ammonia’s flame retardancy, negating nitrous oxide emissions and ammonia toxicity. The consortium’s work on ammonia
toxicity and ship design fed into the development of ClassNK’s safety guidelines for ammonia-fuelled ships. “After the ship is completed, the consortium will continue to operate the vessel for demonstration purposes to show the vessel’s performance, including environmental friendliness, practicality of the operation manual, and to provide user feedback to shipbuilders and marine equipment manufacturers for further improvements,” the group said.
Elsewhere in Japan, Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) is converting the engine of a rubber-tyred gantry crane at a terminal it controls in Kobe from diesel to hydrogen, receiving government funding to help with the project at Kobe International Container Terminal. “In Japan’s ports and waterfront areas,
the development of carbon neutral ports is being pursued to upgrade port functions for decarbonization and to improve the environment for the adoption of hydrogen and other clean alternative fuels,” reported Mitsui OSK Lines. Japan’s Basic Hydrogen Strategy
identifies hydrogen as the alternative to fossil fuels as it targets decarbonisation. As part of its strategy, Japan has committed to a target of 3m tons a year of hydrogen by 2030, 12m tons a year by 2040, and 20m tons a year by 2050. In other news, Busan New Port has
unveiled its first fully automated container terminal in Korea. Hybrid tests were conducted for
horizontal transport using Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) in preparation for
IHI Power Sytems will create an ammonia engine. xx | June 2024 | Dockside Lift & Move Supplement
Mitsui OSK Lines.
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