Nippon Yusen receives vessel to transport coal to Japan
Friday, December 20 2013 - 12:34 AM WIB
Japanese shipping firm Nippon Yusen KK announced on Thursday that a delivery ceremony was held on December 17 for Hokuriku Maru, a specialized coal carrier having a wide beam and shallow draft for the transport of steaming coal from Australia and Indonesia to power plants operated by the Hokuriku Electric Power Company (Hokuriku Denryoku).
Hokuriku Maru is the second vessel to have been honored with this name. The original Hokuriku Maru was built in 1995. The port of register is Toyama in the Hokuriku region of Japan, which is where the vessel will be making its ports of call.
Vessel Particulars
Length overall: 234.99 meters
Breadth: 43.00 meters
Designed draft: 13.073 meters
Gross tonnage: 50,668 tons
Deadweight tonnage: 91,073 tons.
Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak