Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd., trading as K Line, announced the naming of a newbuilding liquefied natural gas carrier as TOHO EMERALD at a ceremony held at a Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. facility in South Korea on 9 September 2026, a development published by reports on 10 September 2026.

Ownership and partners

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd., the company that issued the announcement, said the vessel is owned through a joint venture with Toho LNG Shipping Co., Ltd., a partnership identified in the report and linked by the item headline to Toho Gas.

The report’s headline identified the unit as a newbuilding for Toho Gas, while the body of the published item and the company announcement make clear K Line’s role in the naming and the joint-venture ownership structure with Toho LNG Shipping Co., Ltd.

Ceremony and shipbuilder

The naming ceremony took place on 9 September 2026 at a Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. facility in South Korea, the announcement stated, with the shipbuilder named explicitly as the site of the event in the published report.

The vessel’s name, TOHO EMERALD, was given at that ceremony and recorded in the company announcement and The report, which carried the item on 10 September 2026.

Key factual details reported include:

  • Naming ceremony date: 9 September 2026.
  • Vessel name: TOHO EMERALD.
  • Reporting company: Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (K Line).
  • Joint-venture partner: Toho LNG Shipping Co., Ltd.
  • Associated principal: Toho Gas (identified in the report headline).
  • Shipbuilder and ceremony location: Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. facility in South Korea.
  • Published report: reports, item dated 10 September 2026.

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha’s announcement, as summarised in The report, provided the essential corporate and event details but did not appear in the published summary to extend into further technical specification or operational scheduling for the vessel beyond the naming and ownership statements.

Further information and more extensive particulars were presented in the reports item of 10 September 2026, which serves as the reporting source for the facts above and for the record of the naming ceremony and ownership arrangement as announced by K Line.