MOL debuts radical new LNG carrier design

Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has obtained approval in principle (AiP) from a classification society, Lloyd’s Register (LR), for two new designs of a membrane-type LNG carrier equipped with four Wind Challengers, a hard sail wind-assisted propulsion system. In addition, safety evaluations were conducted in collaboration with the respective flag states. As a result, this …

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