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In the Shipyard

From Design to Delivery

Northern Purpose

Greenergy River

Northern Lights JV

NYK (MARAD) one step closer to completing its next-generation livery from Dalian Shipbuilding O? shore Company (DSOC), ? eet of purpose-built training ships for the nation's state mari- joining sister vessels Northern Pioneer, Northern Path? nder time academies. Built by Hanwha Philly Shipyard under the and Northern Phoenix to provide CO2 transport capacity for

Vessel Construction Manager (VCM) model managed by customers across Europe.

TOTE Services, Lone Star State is scheduled for delivery Northern Lights said the vessel ? eet forms the core of its trans- to Texas A&M Maritime Academy this fall. The vessel will port solution, enabling lique? ed CO2 captured at industrial sites serve as the academy's primary training ship while also pro- across Europe to be shipped to its onshore receiving terminal in viding surge capacity for federal humanitarian assistance and western Norway before being transported by pipeline for per- disaster relief missions. manent storage in a reservoir 2,600 meters beneath the seabed.

At 159.85 meters in length, Lone Star State is among the larg- Northern Lights joint venture, owned by Equinor, TotalE- est and most technologically advanced training vessels ever built nergies and Shell, currently operates the world's largest dedi- for a U.S. maritime academy. The ship features two full-mission cated ? eet for commercial CO2 transport and plans to expand bridges and two fully operational engine rooms, allowing cadets capacity under Phase 2, including the introduction of larger to train simultaneously in realistic bridge and engineering envi- CO2 carriers from 2028.The companies began injecting liq- ronments. Accommodations for up to 760 people support large- ue? ed CO2 for permanent storage in August 2025 as part of scale training evolutions as well as emergency response missions. Norway's Longship full-scale CCS project.

Designed to cruise at 18 knots with a deadweight of 8,487 metric tons, the vessel represents the latest step in MARAD's CNOOC's LNG Vessel Greenergy River e? ort to replace aging training ships while strengthening the Huajing LNG Transport Ltd. (HLT), a joint venture compa- pipeline of licensed U.S. merchant mariners. The program has ny in which NYK participates, held a naming ceremony for a also supported continued investment at Hanwha Philly Ship- new lique? ed natural gas (LNG) carrier for the CNOOC Group, yard, including plans for a second drydock to expand both a Chinese state-owned energy company. The ship was named commercial and government shipbuilding capacity. Greenergy River at a ceremony at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuild- ing (Group) Co., Ltd. in China, where the vessel is being built.

Maersk Takes Delivery of First Ammonia Carrier HLT is a joint venture company comprising NYK; CNOOC

HD Hyundai Samho has delivered its ? rst-ever very large Gas and Power Singapore Trading & Marketing Pte. Ltd. ammonia carrier (VLAC), the 93,000-cubic-meter Jane (CNOOC SG), a subsidiary of the CNOOC Group; CETS

Maersk, to Danish shipping company Maersk. Investment Management (HK) Co., Ltd. (CETS); and CMES

The vessel is the ? rst of ? ve ordered in November 2023 LNG Project 4 Company Limited, a subsidiary of China Mer- and is capable of transporting both lique? ed ammonia and chants Energy Shipping Co., Ltd. (CMES), a major Chinese

LPG. To safely handle ammonia’s highly corrosive and toxic shipping company.

properties, it is equipped with advanced systems, including a It is the ? rst of a series of six LNG carriers that HLT will specialized 'High Level Alarm' to minimize misloading risks. deploy for CNOOC SG under this project. It is also the ? rst

The company has secured nine VLACs this year alone, China-built LNG carrier involving NYK to be deployed under bringing its total VLAC order backlog to 22 vessels worth a long-term charter contract with a Chinese customer. From $2.55 billion. August, the ship is scheduled to transport LNG procured by the CNOOC Group from suppliers worldwide primarily to

Northern Lights CCS Fleet Set for Next Stage

China. The vessel will be managed by OPearl LNG Ship Man- with Latest LCO2 Carrier Arrival agement Company Limited, a ship-management company es-

Northern Lights joint venture has taken delivery of its fourth tablished jointly by NYK, CMES, and CETS.

dedicated lique? ed CO2 (LCO2) carrier, completing the ves- The 299 x 464m, 174,000 cu. m. ship is equipped with a sel ? eet required for the ? rst phase of its carbon capture and highly fuel-e? cient, state-of-the-art dual-fuel engine (X-DF storage (CCS) transport and storage operations. 2.1 iCER ) that uses fuel oil and boil-o? gas (LNG vaporized

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