ClassNK Grants AiP for MOL's Large LCO2 Carrier

Classification society ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for the design of a large-scale liquefied carbon dioxide (CO2) carrier developed through Research and Development Project from NEDO by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL).

MOL has launched research and development (R&D) on the adoption of a large-scale liquefied CO2 carrier in response to a call for proposals by Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) to complete the conceptual design, under a project entrusted by NEDO to Japan CCS Co., Ltd. (JCCS). 

The large-scale liquefied CO₂ carrier developed by MOL is intended as a practical solution to the need for long-distance transport of CO₂ on a scale of 1 million tons a year, based on NEDO’s vision to implement CCUS technology by 2030.

ClassNK carried out the design review of the LCO2 carrier developed by MOL based on its Part N of Rules for the Survey and Construction of Steel Ships incorporating the IGC Code. Upon confirming the conformity to the relevant rules, ClassNK issued the AiP for the design concept the carrier.