21.09.2020
Artikel Nummer: 33307
K Line names LNG princess
The naming ceremony for Japan’s first LNG bunkering vessel (“LBV”) was held at the Sakaide Works of Kawasaki Heavy Industries recently. The LBV's name, "Kaguya", derives from Princess Kaguya in "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter," which is said to be Japan's oldest story and is still loved by many people today.
The name also expresses the carrier's desire "to grow the LNG bunkering market as long and high as a bamboo tree".
"Kaguya" is the first LNG bunkering vessel to be operated in Japan, to be run by Central LNG Marine Fuel Japan Corporation and will be based at JERA's Kawagoe thermal power station. Ship-to-ship bunkering will begin in October. (mw)