Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) is teaming up with three other Japanese companies to build Japan’s first domestic methanol-fuelled tanker.
Few details have been released about the ship’s dimensions and design, but the intention is to build the ship by 2024, the plans backers said.
In addition to MOL, the participants in the project are Murakami Hide Shipbuilding, ship management company Tabuchi Kaiun and engine builder Hanshin Diesel.
