MOL clinches charter deal with Chevron for wind-assisted LNG carrier

The Japanese shipping group Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) is set to delivery to Chevron its LNG carrier equipped with Wind Challenger under a long-term charter.

MOL has named the LNG carrier equipped with two units of Wind Challenger, hard sail wind-assisted propulsion system, at a ceremony held at Hanwha Ocean’s Geoje Shipyard in South Korea on September 10.

The vessel, named Fujin Sailor, will be delivered under a long-term charter contract to Chevron Corporation (Chevron) at the end of September 2026.

Molly T. Laegeler, president of Chevron’s Supply & Trading business, served as the vessel’s godmother and formally named the ship.

MOL said Fujin Sailor is the world’s first LNG carrier equipped with a wind-assisted propulsion system, the world’s first vessel of any type equipped with two Wind Challenger units, and the fourth of a total of eleven MOL Group vessels that have been or will be equipped with the Wind Challenger.

“FUJIN SAILOR represents the combined efforts of many and demonstrates how practical innovation can help reduce the carbon intensity of LNG transportation while supporting the safe and reliable delivery of