This vessel will carry LNG from the LNG Canada project in British Columbia as well as other global sites. Credit: NYK.

Japan-based shipping company Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has taken delivery of a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier, named Diamond Gas Crystal.

The Singapore flagged vessel has been constructed at Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI).

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Diamond Gas Crystal is owned by NYK, Asia LNG Transport Dua (ALT Dua), and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) via a joint venture, Diamond LNG Shipping 5 Pte.

NYK owns 25% of the joint venture while ALT Dua and MC hold a share of 50% and 25%, respectively.

This vessel will carry LNG from the LNG Canada project in British Columbia as well as other global sites.

This will take place under an 18-year time-charter contract with Diamond Gas International.

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Diamond Gas International is a fully owned MC subsidiary with a holding in the LNG Canada project.

The NYK Group will be in charge of the management of Diamond Gas Crystal.

The vessel features a WinGD-made dual-fuel slow-speed diesel engine, the X-DF diesel engine.

This fuel-efficient engine can run on marine gas oil or boil-off gas kept in the cargo tank.

With a length of 297m and breadth of 46.40m, the vessel has a gross tonnage of 117,564. The carrier’s cargo tank capacity is nearly 174,000m³.

The Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) made tank will feature a GTT Mark III flex cargo containment system, including insulating substances to suppress the rate of boil-off.

In addition, the vessel is equipped with a re-liquefaction system that can utilise re-liquefied excess boil-off gas and divert it back to the cargo tank.

In April, NYK joined a new project aimed at creating standards for the safe use of ammonia as a marine fuel.

Along with other shipping firms, NYK will carry out safety evaluations for the purpose of establishing standards for the use of ammonia.