On 27 December 2024, the newly built liquefied CO2 carrier “NORTHERN PATHFINDER” was delivered to Northern Lights JV at Dalian Shipbuilding.

The vessel is the second liquefied CO2 carrier to be deployed in Northern Lights, the world’s first full-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) project. Like “NORTHERN PIONEER”, the first carrier completed in November 2024, the vessel will be managed by K LINE LNG Shipping (UK), a subsidiary of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha. (K LINE), based in London.

Upon arrival in Norway, both vessels will begin mechanical commissioning activities at the carbon capture facility in Brevik and the receiving terminal in Øygarden.