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Southwest Maritime orders two VLECs at Jiangnan Shipyard

Tianjin Southwest Maritime and Jiangnan Shipyard have signed shipbuilding contract of two 98,000 cu m VLECs for Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical.

Katherine Si, China Correspondent

September 11, 2020

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The VLEC pair ordered by Tianjin Southwest Maritime will be deployed on Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical’s petrochemical project at Lianyungang port. It is Southwest Maritime’s first order for VLEC vessels.

The ships will be delivered during June and September 2022 under the chartering contract inked between Southwest Maritime and Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical

Last month, Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical confirmed the order to build two VLECs at Hyundai Heavy Industries and Samsung Heavy Industries respectively.

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Katherine Si

Katherine Si

China Correspondent

China-based Katherine Si has worked in the maritime industry since 2008 is well-connected with local industry players including Chinese owners and yards.

Having majored in English Katherine started at news portal ShippingChina.com where she rose to become a News Editor. In 2008 she moved to work with Seatrade and has since held numerous positions including China correspondent for Seatrade Maritime Review magazine.

With extensive experience in writing, research and social media promotion, Katherine focuses on the shipping and transport sectors.

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