NEW JAPANESE ENGINE FORCE IN THE MAKING

and spanning all main types, including boxships, tankers, bulkers and ro-ro vessels.

As part of its environmental focus, and in keeping with a strategy of maximising in-house capabilities, Imabari’s Nishi-Tadotsu division has begun manufacturing LNG fuel tanks for dual-fuel vessel newbuilds.

demands have increased in recent years, and are now accelerating through the energy transition towards carbon neutrality, placing extra pressure on design and R&D resourcing and associated costs.

The two parties aim to achieve cost reductions through the close business association and by optimised procurement of materials. The scale of Imabari’s own requirements is implicit in annual newbuild output, last year alone amounting to 62 ships