Kawasaki Heavy Industries announced on Friday, October 23, that it had delivered the LNG-fuelled very large crude carrier (VLCC) Tsurugidake to Sequoia Navigation on October 14.
The handover took place at Dalian COSCO KHI Ship Engineering (DACKS) in Dalian, China, a shipyard jointly operated by Kawasaki and COSCO Shipping. Tsurugidake is the fourth LNG-fuelled VLCC from Kawasaki Group.
The Panama-registered, ClassNK-classed tanker has an LOA of 339.5 metres, a beam of 60 metres, a deadweight tonnage of 310,020 and a cargo capacity of 352,151 cubic metres. Her sea speed is approximately 15.45 knots, and she has a complement of 37.
Propulsion comes from a single MAN B&W 7G80ME-C10.5-GI-HPSCR dual-fuel main engine that can run on LNG or low-sulphur fuel oil. It drives a large-diameter propeller.
In place of a conventional bulbous bow, the hull has a bow form that extends the waterline length. Kawasaki said this reduces wave-making resistance.
The company expects reductions of 25–30 per cent in CO2, 100 per cent in SOx and 85 per cent in NOx when the ship operates on LNG, compared with conventional heavy fuel oil engines.
SOx scrubbers are fitted to both the main engine and the generator exhausts. Kawasaki added that the vessel complies with EEDI Phase 3.
The series began with Energia Viking, delivered to MOL Energia in September 2025. The third ship, Himalayasan, was delivered to Camphor Tree Maritime in June 2026 and shares Tsurugidake's cargo capacity, tonnage and machinery.
