Topy Shipping Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture, President and CEO: Tsuyoshi Iizuka, hereinafter referred to as "Topy Shipping") is a consolidated subsidiary of Topy Marine Transport, Ltd. (Head Office: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Hiromi Ishii, hereinafter referred to as "Topy Industries"). )'s general cargo ship Toshin Maru has been awarded the highest rating of 5 stars under the Domestic Ship Energy Saving Rating System (hereinafter referred to as the ``Scheme'') certified by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism as a vessel with extremely high energy-saving and CO₂ emission performance. was acquired on September 19, 2023.
This system visualizes the energy-saving and CO2-saving effects of ships in order to achieve the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's CO2 emission reduction target for coastal ships, which is ``1.81 million tons of CO2 reduction in 2030 compared to 2013.'' It is an evaluation system. Depending on the percentage improvement in a ship's environmental performance from the standard value, the rating ranges from 1 star (improvement rate of 0 to 5%) to 5 stars (improvement rate of 20% or more).
The Toshin Maru, which was recently certified as a 5-star ship, has achieved an improvement rate of 25.04% by implementing measures to reduce environmental impact, such as adopting a highly energy-saving engine and propeller and changing the hull shape and hull paint. doing. In addition, when the Toshin Maru is newly built, it will contribute to the efficiency of logistics for the Topy Industries Group by making it capable of transporting steel scrap used at Topy Industries' Toyohashi Plant in addition to its conventional transport of steel materials. .
[Overview of Toshin Maru]
Ship type: General cargo ship
Gross tonnage: 499 tons
Main route: Toyohashi - Keihin/Kansai
- expansion
- Domestic vessel energy efficiency rating system logo mark
The Topy Industries Group will continue to promote initiatives to further strengthen its sustainable management base and achieve carbon neutrality.
For details, please see the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism press release materials.
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