NYK, Astomos Energy christen new dual-fuel LPG carrier

As their first jointly owned liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier in 21 years, NYK and Astomos Energy have named the new vessel Gas Garnet. The companies held a naming ceremony at the Sakaide Works of Kawasaki Heavy Industries on March 1, 2024. The 86,953 m3 capacity vessel was christened Gas Garnet by Yoshihito Takahashi, senior

NYK completes test voyage of Lycaste Peace

NYK Line said that test voyage of the Lycaste Peace was completed on 26 February. The Lycaste Peace, which is owned by NYK Line and chartered by Astomos, was bunkered in Singapore ahead of the voyage with FAME B24 marine biofuel supplied by TotalEnergies Marine Fuels. The demonstration was part of a project to establish

NYK, Astomos and Sustainable Energy to study marine biofuel output from trash

Japanese shipping firm Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and LPG importer Astomos, together with domestic energy supply firm Sustainable Energy, plan to work on producing marine biofuel from combustible trash on ocean-going vessels during voyages. The three companies have agreed to equip vessels by the mid-2020s with an integrated subcritical water organic waste power generation (ISOP)