Japan’s three major Shared Q-Ship Fuwairit Transits Strait of Hormuz　海運大手3社共有のQ-ship フワイリット、ホルムズ通過

Move highlights continued navigation by Japan-linked vessels under MOL ship management

商船三井が船舶管理、日本関係船の航行継続を示す動きに

According to AIS tracking data from vessel information provider MarineTraffic, the LNG (liquefied natural gas) carrier “Fuwairit” (IMO No. 9256200, built in 2004, Bahamas-flagged), jointly owned by Japan’s three major shipping companies — NYK, MOL and K Line — and managed by MOL, was confirmed by May 26 to have transited the Strait of Hormuz.

■The full article includes the following points (approximately 3,000 Japanese characters)

→The LNG carrier “Fuwairit”, jointly shared by Japan’s three major shipping companies, transited the Strait of Hormuz

→How the Q-ship fleet supports Qatar’s LNG transportation network

→Continued navigation by Japan-linked vessels despite heightened tensions in the Middle East

→How LNG carrier operations are being maintained amid GPS interference and mine-related concerns

→Implications of the continued operation of Q-ships for Japan’s energy security

Photo and Map courtesy of MarineTrffic

(The remainder of the article can be read in the full text published in both English and Japanese. The Japanese article appears after the English version.)

海運大手3社共有のQ-ship「Fuwairit」、ホルムズ海峡通過

商船三井が船舶管理、日本関係船の航行継続を示す動きに

船舶情報MarineTrafficのAIS航跡データによると、日本郵船、商船三井、川崎汽船の海運大手3社が共同保有し、商船三井（MOL）が船舶管理を担うLNG（液化天然ガス）船「Fuwairit（フワイリット）」（IMO番号9256200、2004年建造、バハマ船籍）がホルムズ海峡を通過したことが26日までに明らかになった。

■記事本文では以下の内容を読むことができます（記事全文約3,000文字）

→邦船大手3社共有のLNG船「Fuwairit」がホルムズ海峡を通過

→Q-ship船団が示すカタールLNG輸送網

→中東緊張下でも続く日本関係船の航行

→GPS妨害や機雷懸念の中でLNG船運航はどう維持されているのか

→Q-ship継続運航から見える日本のエネルギー安全保障への影響

（続きは英語と日本語で書かれた本文でお読みください。日本語の記事は英文記事に続いて掲載されています）