Largest VLEC Ever Constructed Delivered on Time and Built to ABS Class
First of 12 Vessels Ordered to Service Trade Between U.S. and ChinaGEOJE, South Korea) The first of an order of 12 Very Large Ethane Carriers (VLECs) now being built to ABS Class has been delivered to Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical (STL) by Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI). The Seri Everest, the largest VLEC ever built with more than 98,000 cbm capacity, is the first of a phase-one order by STL which was subsequently sold to MISC Berhad (MISC). A second phase of the order also includes six vessels, bringing the total to 12, scheduled for trade from the U.S. to China to support STL’s