VLEC

MISC Bags Delivery of Second VLEC

  • MISC Berhad has taken delivery of Seri Erlang, its second very large ethane carrier (VLEC) at the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) shipyard.
  • Seri Erlang will join its sister vessel, Seri Everest, to transport ethane from the U.S. to China to support STL’s ethane cracker facility in China.
  • Seri Erlang and Seri Everest are expected to be joined by their four sister ships in the first half of this year.
  • Upon delivery of all the VLECs, MISC said it would become the largest transporter of ethane in...

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Eastern Pacific Inks 15-year VLEC Charter Deal

Singapore based Eastern Pacific Shipping wins dual fuelled ethane carrier deal as US-China trades rise, reports Lloyd’s List.

Ethane carrier deal

EASTERN Pacific, the Singapore-based shipmanagement company won a bid to build and operate four VLECs.

The company will build and operate four 98,000 cu m very large ethane carriers for a Chinese petrochemical company that is about to start shipping regular cargoes of the refrigerated gas from the US Gulf.

China’s export dominance 

The 15-year deal with...

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GTT to Receive Orders for Tank Design VLEC

  • GTT received two new orders for the tank design.
  • VLECs will be second-generation ships to optimize fuel consumption, reduce the boil-off rate, and increase the cargo capacity.
  • Orders confirm that GTT’s technologies are the reference solutions for ethane carriers.

According to GTT, it has received two new orders for the tank design of four VLECs on behalf of a ship-owner whose name remains confidential at this stage.

Vessel Capacity

Korean shipyards Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Samsung...

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