Kawasaki Delivers 145,000 m³ LNG Dream

 Tokyo, September 13, 2006 — Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation today delivered the LNG Dream to Lloyds TSB Equipment Leasing (No. 7) Limited today. The LNG carrier is identified as Kawasaki Hull No. 1545.

 The LNG Dream is scheduled to transport LNG from western Australia for Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. It will be operated by NYK Bulkship (Europe) Ltd., a company in the Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line) group.

 The vessel, which can hold a total of 145,254 m³ of LNG, has four individual Moss spherical tanks that employ Kawasaki’s propriety panel system. The system enables ultra-efficient thermal insulation and achieves a boil-off rate of 0.15 percent per day.