NEREUS HIGHWAY, a car carrier with a capacity of 7,000 vehicles, has recently been delivered to Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha,. The vessel is mainly fueled by liquefied natural gas and was constructed by CHINA MERCHANTS JINLING SHIPYARD . This is the first LNG-fueled vessel that “K” LINE has placed an order with a Chinese shipyard.

LNG fuel is expected to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas (GHG), by 25% to 30%, emissions of sulfur oxides (SOx), which cause air pollution, by almost 100%, and emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) by approximately 75%, which is compliant with IMO Tier III NOx regulations, compared to conventional vessels using heavy fuel oil. It is equipped with the latest dual-fuel electronic control engine, “7X62DF-2.1 iCER” by WinGD, which will reduce methane slip when using LNG fuel.

In “K” LINE Environmental Vision 2050 -Blue Seas for the Future- *¹, we have set the 2030 interim target of improving CO2 emissions efficiency by 50% compared with 2008, surpassing the IMO target of a 40% improvement. Furthermore, we set our new target for 2050 as “The Challenge of Achieving Net-Zero GHG Emissions.” As an action plan, we will continue to work on the introduction of new fuels which have a low environmental impact and take on the challenge of achieving the targets we have established.