MOL returns to Samsung for more VLECs

Japanese shipowner Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has penned a new shipbuilding deal for very large ethane carriers (VLECs) in South Korea. The Tokyo-based company has contracted Samsung Heavy Industries for two 100,000 cu m newbuilds, taking its orderbook at the Geoje shipyard to five. The 230-m-long ships, equipped with ethane dual-fuel engines, will be delivered …

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