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China’s STL building fleet of world’s largest ethane carriers

By LNG Prime Staff
Fleet of world's largest ethane carriers in the making
For illustration only (Image: GTT)

China’s Satellite Chemical (STL) will charter a fleet of up to ten of the world’s largest ethane carriers to ship US ethane to China. This new type of vessel can be retrofitted to ship LNG and will be built by China’s Jiangnan and South Korea’s HD Hyundai Heavy, according to shipbuilding sources. STL is proceeding…

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