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Great

Ships of 2020

Sakura Leader

The world’s ? rst Digital Smart Ship (DSS)

NYK

On October 28, 2020, NYK took de- con? rming that the vessel is equipped

Sakura Leader Main Particulars livery of Sakura Leader, a pure car and with advanced digital technology.

Name .......................................................Sakura Leader

Type .........................................................................PCTC truck carrier (PCTC) capable of navigat- This particular accreditation was for

Builders .................Shin Kurushima Dockyard, Co., Ltd.

ing oceans with only LNG as the ship’s DSS (Energy Ef? ciency), which applies

Owners ..............................................................NYK Line

Designers ..............Shin Kurushima Dockyard, Co., Ltd.

main fuel. This delivery marks a step to the analysis of energy consumption

Material ....................................................................Steel

Delivery Date ....................................October 28, 2020 toward achieving NYK’s environment ef? ciency; DSS (Machinery Monitor-

Classi? cation .....................................................ClassNK management target, which is to reduce ing), which applies to engine monitor-

Length, (o.a.) ...................................................199.95 m

Length, (b.p.) .........................................................196 m

CO2 emissions per ton-kilometer of ing, data processing on board, and data

Breadth, (molded) .................................................38 m transport by 50% by 2050. The vessel transmission to land; and DSS (Con-

Depth, (molded) ..........35.54 m (Accommodation dec)

Draft, (designed) .................................................9.55 m was built at the Shin Kurushima Dock- nected Ship).

Main engines .......................................Win GD 8X52DF yard of Shin Kurushima Toyohashi

Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.

The ship is the ? rst large LNG-fu- eled PCTC to be built in Japan. Vessel modi? cation and the switch to LNG will make the ship up to approximately 40% more energy ef? cient (by reducing

CO2 emissions per unit of transport) compared to ships using conventional heavy oil fueled engines. The vessel is also expected to reduce sulfur oxide (SOx) emissions by approximately 99% and nitrogen oxides (NOx) by approxi- mately 86% compared to ships using conventional heavy oil fueled engines.

The vessel will be contributing to clean marine transport by carrying vehicles.

The ship was accredited by Nippon

Kaiji Kyokai as the world’s ? rst Digital

Smart Ship (DSS), a ship class notation

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