MOL subsidiary welcomes new LPG/ammonia carrier to fleet

Aramo Shipping (Singapore), a company under Japan’s the MOL Group, has taken delivery of a new very large gas carrier (VLGC) built by Namura Shipbuilding.

Aquamarine Progress II will be capable of transporting both LPG and ammonia. It will sail under a time charter contract with Japanese LPG importer and distributor GYXIS Corporation.

The VLGC has an LOA of 230 metres, a beam of 36.6 metres, and a total cargo tank capacity of 87,119.3 cubic metres.

The dual-fuel vessel can run on either LPG or conventional heavy oil. MOL said that, when LPG is used as fuel, the vessel’s CO2 emissions can be reduced by about 20 per cent and SOx and particulate matter emissions can be reduced by about 90 per cent compared to heavy oil.