Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has signed up a deal with Waterfront Shipping Company (WFS) to build and charter up to three methanol carriers.
The vessels will be equipped with the world’s first flex-fuel engines - running on methanol, fuel oil, marine oil, or gas oil.
The engines will be produced by Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding and the vessels will be built at Minaminippon Shipbuilding.
They will be engaged in methanol transport for WFS after delivery in 2016.
Methanol, drawing considerable attention, is an environmentally-friendly fuel which contains zero sulphur and enables zero sulphur oxide (Sox) emission. In addition to the usage of methanol as fuel, the vessels will be equipped with a ballast water treatment system ahead of regulations, and with energy-saving devices installed in front and rear of the propellers improving fuel efficiency.
