ABS grants AIP for Jiangnan’s ULEC design system
ABS awarded approval in principle (AIP) to two new developments from Jiangnan Shipyard: a new insulation system and a modern design for an ultra large ethane carrier (ULEC).
Read moreABS awarded approval in principle (AIP) to two new developments from Jiangnan Shipyard: a new insulation system and a modern design for an ultra large ethane carrier (ULEC).
Read moreADNOC L&S/Wanhua Chemical Group joint venture, has placed an order for nine Very Large Ethane Carriers and 2-4 Very Large Ammonia Carriers from Jiangnan Shipyard in China.
Read moreHD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) announced that it has recently signed a shipbuilding contract for two very large-scale ethane carriers (VLEC) with an Asian shipping company. The total amount is $340 million.
Read moreEastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) announced that the 98,000 cubic meter STL Yangtze is the first of six Very Large Ethane Carriers (VLEC) to join its gas fleet.
Read moreSeri Everest, the world's largest VLEC, departed the terminal in Texas sailing to China. Loaded with more than 911,000 barrels of ethane destined for Satellite’s Lianyungang ethane cracker in northeastern Jiangsu Province, China, the vessel represents the largest single shipment of ethane to date.
Read moreThe first of an order of 12 Very Large Ethane Carriers (VLECs) now being built to ABS Class, has been successfully delivered to Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical (STL) by Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI).
Read moreThe major energy provider in maritime solutions, MISC Group, has taken the delivery of its first Very Large Ethane Carrier (VLEC), the largest of its kind globally.
Read moreABS and the American Ethane Company (AEC) have teamed up on a project aimed to design and develop a next generation fleet of Ultra Large Ethane Carriers (ULEC). Under the shipping project, AEC and its partners will build, own and operate a fleet of ULECs to transport 7.2 MTPA of US ethane to China.
Read moreJapanese MOL and Reliance Ethane Holding agreed to co-owning of Six Very Large Ethane Carriers (VLECs) which are currently fully-owned by REHPL. The six VLECs were delivered in 2016-2017 and have been engaged for transportation of Liquefied Ethane from Houston in India.
Read more'Navigator Aurora' became the first ship that successfully converted its slow-speed marine diesel engine to operate on ethane as a fuel. The conversion lasted 15 days and took place after engine performance and emissions testing at Kawasaki in Japan, to prove that burning ethane in the Navigator ME-GI engines would be possible.
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