Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd (K Line) has announced the launching of MAIZURU BENTEN, an 88,000 dwt-type special coal carrier at Imabari Shipbuilding Company's Marugame Shipyard.
MAIZURU BENTEN is the same type of vessel as K Line’s specialised fleet for the transport of thermal coal, the “Corona-series.”
The Corona-series, which K Line originated and continues to develop, consists of coal carriers equipped with wide beam and shallow draft. K line says that these special features make them the most suitable type of vessel to enter the ports of domestic thermal power stations to discharge cargo.
She will be principally involved in long-term service carrying thermal coal to The Kansai Electric Power Company’s Maizuru Power Station.
