Liquefied Gas Business

2025/01/30 Delivery of Liquefied CO2 Carrier “NORTHERN PATHFINDER” to Northern Lights

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

2024/11/26 Ready for Delivery of Liquefied CO2 Carrier "NORTHERN PIONEER" to Northern Lights

2024/10/18 Presentation and Panel Discussion at “Japan CCUS Summit”

2024/10/11 Signed a Joint Study Agreement for CCS Feasibility Study in Alaska, USA ~ First feasibility study for Japanese companies for realizing Cross-Border CCS between Japan and the United States ~

2024/10/02 Presentation at the CCUS WORLD

2024/09/18 Approval in Principle (AiP) Acquired from Two Classification Societies for Low-Pressure Type Liquefied CO2 Carriers undergoing Pursuit of Standardization toward Realization of Large-Scale International Transportation from 2028 onwards

2024/09/13 Commission a CCS engineering design work in Sarawak, Malaysia as the “Japanese Advanced CCS Projects” in FY2024

2024/09/12 “K” LINE to Exhibit at CCUS WORLD for the 22nd SMART ENERGY WEEK (Autumn 2024)

2024/08/27 Joint Study to Establish Standard Specifications and Designs for LCO2 Carriers in Japan Towards Large-Scale International Marine Transport of Liquefied CO2 by 2028

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

2024/03/29 Establishment of marketing company for liquified CO2 shipping by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. and Nippon Gas Line., Ltd.

2024/03/26 Presentation at the 2024 Australia and Southeast Asia Forum on CCS

2024/03/18 "K" LINE Begins Participating in Joint Study with TOKYO GAS CO., LTD. on Liquefied CO2 Marine Transportation for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage.

2024/02/29 JAPEX, JGC , and “K” LINE Sign a Storage Site Agreement with PETRONAS and PETROS for the CCS Project in Malaysia

2024/02/26 The Chugoku Electric Power and Nippon Gas Line Participate in the Joint Evaluation to Establish CCS Value Chain Originated from Japan for the CCS Project in Malaysia

2024/02/06 “K” LINE enters into charter contracts with Northern Lights for third liquefied CO2 vessels

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

2023/12/18 MOU for Feasibility Study to Realize "Setouchi / Shikoku CO2 Hub Concept"

2023/11/28 NEDO Demonstration Project: Demonstration Test Ship for Liquefied CO2 Transportation Delivered

2023/11/20 JAPEX, JGC HD, and “K” LINE Sign a Key Principles Agreement with PETRONAS for the maturation and development of the CCS Project in Malaysia

2023/11/14 “K” LINE and KEPCO Sign Service Agreement on Development of Liquefied CO2 Carrier Design for CCS Value Chain

2023/09/07 MOU for Feasibility Study to Establish a Japan-Australia CCS Value Chain

2023/06/19 Agreed on Joint Evaluation with JFE Steel Corporation to Establish CCS Value Chain Originated from Japan Aligned with CCS Study in Malaysia

2023/04/14 “K” LINE Participates in a Consortium to Study the Offloading of Liquefied CO2 from Shipboard CO2 Capturing Systems

2023/03/28 NEDO Demonstration Project: Demonstration Test Ship for Liquefied CO2 Transportation has been Launched.

2023/02/13 The Signing Ceremony of Long-Term Contracts for Two Liquefied CO2 Carriers between “K” LINE and Northern Lights JV DA ~World’s first full scale CCS project~

2023/01/19 “K” LINE and KEPCO Signed MoU on the Joint Study of Liquefied CO2 Shipping for Developing CCS Value Chain

2022/12/19 “K” LINE enters into long-term contracts with Northern Lights for two liquefied CO2 vessels ~World’s first full scale CCS project~

2022/10/07 NEDO Demonstration Project: Demonstration Test Ship for Liquefied CO2 Transportation has broken ground.

2022/07/29 JGC CORPORATION and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. Joins CCS Study in Malaysia ~ Aiming for joint contribution to CO2 reduction in Malaysia and Asia by three Japanese companies ~

2022/02/02 “K” LINE has Joined an International Think Tank “Global CCS Institute” ～Promoting the development of CCS-related businesses to realize a carbon-neutral society～

2022/02/02 NEDO Demonstration Project: The World's First Demonstration Test Ship for Liquefied CO2 Transportation to be Built

2021/09/07 “K”Line Agrees Time Charter of LPG Fueled VLGC for LPG/Ammonia transport with GYXIS Corporation

2021/06/22 Participation in R&D and demonstration project for CO2 marine transportation

2019/05/14 LPG vessel “GENESIS RIVER” Collision in Houston U.S.A. （117KB）

2019/01/23 First Discharge of LPG from Ichthys LNG Project in Japan Carried by “K” LINE’s VLGC “GRACE RIVER”

2018/11/20 Delivery of New LPG Carrier “GENESIS RIVER” for GYXIS CORPORATION

2017/07/07 New LPG Carrier “CRYSTAL RIVER” to serve Astomos Energy Corporation

2015/09/30 “K” Line Signs Time Charter of VLGC with Gyxis Corporation

2015/03/02 “K” Line Agrees Time Charter of VLGC with Astomos Energy

2014/07/15 “K” Line Ammonia Carrier Cooperates with Rescue of Injured Crewman from Rowboat

2014/06/27 Delivery of 82,200cbm-type LPG Carrier “GALAXY RIVER”