Japan, April 22 -- Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) announced that MOL has obtained Approval in Principle (AiP) from the classification society, Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK), on April 14, 2026 for a liquefied CO2 carrier equipped with three units of Wind Challenger, a hard sail wind-assisted propulsion system. This Vessel design was jointly developed with Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (SHI; Headquarters: Seoul, Republic of Korea), and the design aims to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by utilizing wind power for the cross-border transportation of liquefied CO2.The AiP Award Ceremony for this vessel design was conducted on April 22, 2026, at the ClassNK booth during Sea Japan 2026, held at Tokyo Big Sight.The ...