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Japan’s 1st LNG-fueled ferry, Sunflower Kurenai, Enters Service

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL;President & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto) today announced that the first of Japan’s first two LNG-fueled ferries, the Sunflower Kurenai, owned by MOL and operated by its group company Ferry Sunflower Co., Ltd. (President: Mitsujiro Akasaka; Head Office: Oita-shi, Oita Prefecture), entered service on January 13. The ferry serves the Osaka-Beppu route between Sunflower Ferry Terminal (Osaka Prefecture) and Beppu International Tourist Port (Oita Prefecture) as a replacement for the ferry Sunflower Ivory.

The new ferry offers greater transport capacity and convenience for both cargo and passenger transport. In freight transportation, it has greater capacity to load trucks and provides a larger, more comfortable room for truck drivers. In addition, the floor area of the Grand Bathroom is doubled and the number of seats in the restaurant was enlarged 1.5 times, and spacious and open public areas including a three-layer atrium were newly created (Note 3). The new vessel is intended to promote and enhance the company’s “Casual Cruise Concept”

It is Japan’s first ferry to adopt the latest environmental-friendly specifications including a high-performance dual-fuel engine, which can run on both LNG and heavy fuel oil. The use of LNG fuel is expected to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) by about 25%, and sulfur oxide (SOx) by virtually 100%.


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