World’s largest ethane carrier ordered

China’s shipbuilding industry is to construct the world’s largest liquefied ethane carrier for the transport of US-produced ethane to a new cracker at Taixing, writes David Tinsley.

Dragon-class liquefied multi-gas carriers maintain the US ethane traffic to INEOS plants in Norway and the UK

China’s shipbuilding industry is to construct the world’s largest liquefied ethane carrier for the transport of US-produced ethane to a new cracker at Taixing, writes David Tinsley.