The LNG vessel named Ishin is owned by Mitsui O.S.K. (MOL) and operated by Nihon-Tug-Boat. LNG fuel for the trial was hauled by truck from the Himeji LNG Plant, and the bunkering was done via a truck-to-ship system at Kobe Port’s Shinko Pier No.4.
Ishin is a vessel which was built by Kanagawa Dockyard. She is the first LNG-fueled tugboat in western Japan and the first in Japan to conform to the IGF Code.
More About Ishin
Gross tonnage: 250 tons
LOA: 43.6 meters
Breadth: 9.20 meters
Draft: 3.15 meters
Speed: 16.0 knots +
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