MOL Inks Long-Term Time Charter Deal for Newbuilding VLCC
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has ordered a new LNG-fueled very large crude carrier (VLCC), which will sail under a long-term time charter contract with Idemitsu Tanker.
The vessel will be the first dual-fuel VLCC to be chartered to a Japanese oil company.
It will be built at Dalian COSCO KHI Ship Engineering in China, which is jointly operated by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and China COSCO Shipping Corporation.
The delivery of the vessel is scheduled for 2027.
