A pioneering LNG transshipment operation off the Japanese coast has wrapped up after supplying LNG during the winter months.

The Mitsui OSK Lines-controlled 126,300-cbm LNG Taurus (built 1979) left Tomakomai Port at the weekend after loading bunkers in South Korea.

Aside from two small commissioning loads, in the last five months the Qatari cargo on the MOL vessel has been progressively offloaded in 32 STS transfers into the mini 3,500-cbm LNG carrier Akebono Maru (built 2011).

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