Tokyo, October 23, 2026 — Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. delivered the TSURUGIDAKE (Kawasaki hull no. 8100, DACKS hull no. DE156), a very large crude oil carrier (VLCC), to SEQUOIA NAVIGATION INC. The vessel was delivered at the Dalian COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co., Ltd. (DACKS) shipyard, which is located in Dalian, China and operated jointly with China COSCO Shipping Corporation Limited. The TSURUGIDAKE is the fourth LNG-fueled VLCC as a vessel from Kawasaki Group.
Features
• Kawasaki's new VLCC replaces the conventional bulbous bow with a newly designed bow form that extends the vessel's length at the waterline. This new design greatly reduces wave-making resistance from bow waves during navigation, enabling greater propulsive performance.
• The use of a low-speed, ultra-long-stroke main engine together with a high-efficiency, large-diameter propeller provides low fuel consumption.
• This vessel is equipped with the dual-fuel main engine which is compatible with both LNG and LSFO (lower sulfur fuel oil). When using LNG fuel, the emissions are expected to be reduced as follows: For carbon oxide (CO2) by approx. 25 - 30%, for sulfur oxide (SOx) by 100%, for nitrogen oxide (NOx) by approx. 85%, compared with the conventional heavy-oil-fueled main engines. The vessel complies with the EEDI Phase3*1, which regulates the CO2 emissions from VLCCs to be contracted in and after FY2025. (....)