Naming ceremony held for second LNG carrier assigned to Cameron LNG Project

August 09 2018 Print This Article

On July 6, a naming ceremony was held at the Nagasaki Shipyard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. for a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier co-owned by NYK and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC).

The new vessel is the second LNG carrier that NYK and MC have under a long-term time-charter contract with Diamond Gas International Pte. Ltd. The ship was named “Diamond Gas Rose” by Hiroki Sato, senior executive vice president of JERA Co. Inc., the purchaser of the LNG.

As was the case with Diamond Gas Orchid, the ship’s sister delivered in June this year, Diamond Gas Rose is a Sayaringo STaGE LNG carrier equipped with a next-generation LNG cargo tank structure and propulsion system. After delivery on August 1, 2018, the ship will, like its sister, transport LNG from the U.S. state of Louisiana for the Cameron LNG project, in which NYK and MC both have a stake, as well as from other locations around the world. The NYK Group will be responsible for ship management. 

In accordance with its new medium-term management plan “Staying Ahead 2022 with Digitalization and Green,” the NYK Group seeks to secure stable freight rates through long-term contracts and continue its efforts to contribute to a stable supply of LNG as an environment-friendly energy.