ABS and MOL ink gas carrier MOU
ABS and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. (MOL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on up to 14 new gas carriers. The agreement covers seven new-build Very Large Ethane Carriers
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DNV GL awards Chinese shipbuilder AiP for very large ethane carrier
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018 — DNV GL has awarded China’s Jiangnan Shipyard Approval in Principle (AiP) for the design of a 93,000 cu.m very large ethane carrier. That compares with the 87,000 cu.m
VLEC Ethane Crystal loads first cargo at Morgan’s Point
DECEMBER 22, 2016 — The ABS-classed Ethane Crystal, the world’s first Very Large Ethane Carrier (VLEC), has loaded its first shipment of ethane cargo at Enterprise Products Partner’s Morgan’s Point Terminal, Texas.
MOL to manage, operate Reliance VLEC newbuilds
DECEMBER 25, 2014 — Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) says it has entered a strategic association with India’s Reliance Industries for the transportation of Liquefied Ethane from United States to India. The