Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has taken delivery of the coal carrier 'Shin Yahagi Maru' at Imari Shipyard and Works of Namura Shipbuilding. The vessel, which was developed by Namura Shipbuilding and MOL, will serve Chubu Electric Power's thermal power plants under a new long-term consecutive voyage service contract.
According to MOL, the vessel is a state-of-the-art coal carrier with a wide-beam/shallow-draft configuration and advanced safety and energy-saving features.
It is classified as a "HekinanMAX" and is 250 metres in length to maximise transport volume to the discharging port, Chubu Electric Power's Hekinan Thermal Power Plant. The new vessel succeeds the 'Yahagi Maru', a coal carrier that served Chubu Electric Power since 1992.
