Energy Business Strategy

2025/02/10 “K” LINE Group Exhibits at Wind Expo 2025

2025/01/08 “K” LINE Joins the e-NG Coalition, an International e-Methane Alliance

2024/12/19 “K” LINE Held FY2024 Global Meetings for LNG Group and Carbon Solution Business Group

2024/12/12 Unveiling event of Geo-Survey Vessel EK HAYATE

2024/11/18 LNG bunkering vessel “Kaguya” achieves 100th ship-to-ship LNG bunker supply

2024/10/31 “K” Line Wind Service and Japan Marine United Sign Agreement for Phase 2 of NEDO’s Green Innovation Fund Project

2024/10/03 ESTABLISHMENT OF A JOINT VENTURE FOR OFFSHORE GEO-SURVEY ―Delivery of geo-survey vessel EK HAYATE to Japan―

2024/09/11 Consortium selected for NEDO’s next-generation floating offshore wind power technology development project

2024/08/26 “K” Line Wind Service and Acteon have signed Japanese floating wind demonstration collaboration agreement

2024/06/12 TES and “K” LINE Partner for Sustainable Maritime Shipping Solutions

2024/04/11 Memorandum of Understanding Regarding the Joint Development of Ammonia-Fueled Bulk Carriers Signed

2024/02/28 NEDO Green Innovation Fund Project: Approval in Principle (AiP) from Japanese Classification Society Class NK for the design concept of the Multi-functional Floating offshore windfarm Support Vessel

2024/02/20 “K” Line Group Exhibits at Wind Expo 2024

2024/01/11 2023 LNG Group and Carbon-Neutral Promotion Group Global Meetings Held

2023/12/27 “K” Line Wind Service, Ltd. Obtains ISO 9001:2015 Certification

2023/09/26 Three Japanese Shipping Companies Partner to Establish Global Liquefied Hydrogen Supply Chain

2023/05/30 Joint Research Agreement Signed for Next-Generation (Floating Axis) Small-scale Offshore Wind Turbine Demonstration Project

2023/04/05 Introduction movie of “WIND EXPO 2023 Spring”

2023/02/17 “K” Line Group Exhibits at Wind Expo 2023

2022/11/28 Ammonia Fueled Bulk Carrier Obtained AiP from Classification Society ClassNK

2022/08/25 Collaboration on vessel management in the offshore wind construction and maintenance fields

2022/05/13 Acceleration of Study on establishing ammonia supply chain for bunkering in Singapore and Receipt of Approval in Principle for Ammonia bunkering vessel

2022/04/25 “K” Line Wind Service is Granted for Innovation Endorsement Provider Certification by ClassNK

2022/04/14 Developed a New Concept Design of FLNG Hull that Achieves Shorter Construction Period and Cost Reduction～Approval in Principle (AIP) from American Bureau of Shipping～

2022/04/09 HySTRA celebrates completion of world’s first liquefied hydrogen vessel voyage in Japan

2022/04/06 “K” LINE’s Participation in Joint Study to Explore Ammonia as Marine Fuel in Singapore

2022/03/31 “K” LINE Group Opened Booth at Wind Expo 2022 Spring in Tokyo

2022/01/21 Joint project on “Mass-production and Cost Reduction of Floating Offshore Wind Installation” adopted as Green Innovation Fund

2021/10/26 Joint project on “Development of Ammonia-fueled ship” adopted as Green Innovation Fund

2021/08/04 Commencement of Joint Development Agreement for Tidal Energy Project in Canada

2021/06/11 Kick off “Joint Study” framework for studying ammonia as an alternative marine fuel

2021/05/17 Kobe/Kansai Hydrogen Utilization Council Report -Organizing a Future Vision for a Hydrogen Society and Quantifying Supply and Demand-

2021/04/30 Establishment of “K” Line Wind Service, Ltd. for Offshore Support Vessel Operation

2021/02/24 “K” LINE commenced technical management of Singapore’s first LNG Bunkering Vessel “FUELNG BELLINA”

2020/12/07 Participation in the “Japan Hydrogen Association”

2020/10/21 First Ship-to-Ship LNG bunkering business to commence in Japan ~Supply eco-friendly fuel by first LNG bunkering vessel in Japan~

2020/09/18 Naming Ceremony Held for Japan’s First LNG Bunkering Vessel

2020/09/04 Launch of Kobe/Kansai Hydrogen Utilization Council

2020/05/13 Japan’s First LNG Bunkering Vessel Launched — Operations to Begin in Autumn 2020

2019/12/19 Participation in “CO₂-free Hydrogen Energy Supply-chain Technology Research Association (HySTRA)” ～Towards the Realization of a Hydrogen Society, “K”LINE will be involved in the Demonstration of the World’s First Liquefied Hydrogen Carrier ～

2019/11/28 “K”LINE/FueLNG conclude ship management agreement for Singapore’s 1st LNG-Bunker vessel

2018/07/06 Japan’s First LNG Bunkering Vessel to Start Operation in 2020

2018/05/10 “K” Line, Chubu Electric Power, Toyota Tsusho, and NYK Line Establish LNG Bunkering Joint Ventures and Launch the LNG Bunkering Business in Japan

2018/01/26 “K” Line, Chubu Electric, Toyota Tsusho, and NYK Line Begin Joint Discussions on LNG Bunkering Business in Japan