Wärtsilä Gas Solutions has been selected by Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) to supply the cargo handling- and fuel gas supply system for five new Very Large Ethane Gas Carriers (VLECs). The ships
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Wärtsilä Gas Solutions has been selected by Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) to supply the cargo handling- and fuel gas supply system for five new Very Large Ethane Gas Carriers (VLECs). The ships are being built in Korea for Japanese ship owner Mitsui O.S.K Lines (MOL) and will be used to transport ethane from the U.S. to Thailand. The newbuilds will be equipped with dual-fuel ethane propulsion engines which are expected to reduce greenhouse gas, sulfur oxide, and nitrogen oxide emissions compared to conventional heavy fuel oil vesse
The order was booked by Wärtsilä in Q2 2025.
Wärtsilä has long-term relationships with both the SHI yard and Mitsui O.S.K. Its cargo handling and fuel gas supply systems have been previously selected for numerous vessels built at the SHI yard.
Wärtsilä’s scope of supply includes the engineering for the cargo handling- and fuel gas supply system process plant, as well as for the various sub-systems. It also includes all the required equipment, instrumentation, interface materials
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