MISC Berhad (MISC) has taken supply of Seri Erlang, its second Very Massive Ethane Provider
(VLEC) on the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) shipyard in Geoje, South Korea.
Bought by
MISC in July 2020, this VLEC is the second of the six contracted VLECs, purpose-built for longterm constitution to Zhejiang Satellite tv for pc Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (STL).
Seri Erlang will be part of her sister vessel Seri Everest to soundly transport ethane from the US to China to
assist STL’s ethane cracker facility in China. Each VLECs are managed by MISC’s
shipmanagement arm, Eaglestar Shipmanagement Fuel (S) Pte. Ltd.
Yee Yang Chien, President and Group CEO of MISC mentioned: “We’re happy
certainly to make a superb begin on the very starting of 2021 with the protected supply of Seri Erlang.
My honest appreciation for the dedication and seamless collaboration of all events concerned in
the supply of MISC’s second VLEC. This shared success is premised on our technique to assist
the increasing ethane market necessities. We stay up for the supply of the remaining 4 (4) VLECs as we progress into 2021. Commencing the yr on robust tailwinds, we stay optimistic
for beneficial developments within the business and extra alternatives in Asia, which has now change into
a significant demand centre for the ethane market.”
With greater than 98 000 m3 of whole cargo capability, Seri Erlang is supplied with a extremely environment friendly
reliquefaction unit and a singular high-pressure ethane gas provide system. The newbuild is powered
by a MAN B&W 7G60ME-C9.5-GIE Fuel Injection Ethane engine, complemented with the most recent
Pump Vaporiser Unit (PVU), making her one of many only a few vessels on this planet with ethane
burning functionality.
Constructed with a cargo containment system for twin cargo loading, Seri Erlang can be delivered with
LNG Prepared notation by ABS the place the VLEC could be upgraded to commerce liquefied pure gasoline (LNG)
cargoes sooner or later.
Seri Erlang and Seri Everest might be joined by their 4 sisters to be delivered all through the primary
half of this yr. Upon supply of all of the VLECs, MISC would be the largest transporter of ethane in
the world. Seri Everest, which is at present the most important working VLEC out there, was just lately
recognised as one of many ‘Nice Ships of 2020’ within the Maritime Reporter and Engineering Information.
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