Japan, Dec. 2 -- Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries group, Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., "K" LINE, MOL, NYK Line, JMU and NSY have concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a standard design framework to efficiently develop and carry out the initial design of liquefied CO2 (LCO2) carriers and next generation alternative fuel ships utilizing decarbonization technologies (such as ammonia fuel) where MILES Co., Ltd. (formerly known as MI LNG Company) as a platform will be responsible to develop and carry out initial design of the ships so that other shipyards in Japan will be able to carry out the functional and production design based on those common initial designs.Those seven companie...