Japan: NYK Takes Delivery of New Ore Carrier ‘Frontier Lodestar’

On September 15, Frontier Lodestar, a new 180,000 DWT class ore carrier built by Koyo Dockyard Co. Ltd. (Mihara city, Hiroshima prefecture), a member of the Imabari Shipbuilding Group, was delivered to NYK.

The naming and delivery ceremony was attended by Mr. Ronald Peter Jackson, former chartering manager at Tata Steel UK Ltd.; Rajiv Mukerji, managing director of Tata NYK Shipping Pte. Ltd; and Kazuo Ogasawara, corporate officer at NYK; among others.

Frontier Lodestar will be chartered to Tata NYK Shipping from NYK under a long-term contract immediately after the vessel’s delivery, and is expected to transport 1.4 million tons of ore and coal annually for Tata Steel UK.

NYK continues to its efforts to provide stable transportation for natural resources.

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Source: NYK, September 26, 2011.