
MOL Energia, a subsidiary of Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, has signed a long-term charter contract for three new very large ethane carriers (VLECs) with SCG Chemicals (SCGC), Thailand’s largest petrochemical company.

The U.S. maritime infrastructure company Seapath and its joint venture (JV) partner Pilot LNG have obtained environmental permits for the first dedicated LNG bunkering facility in the U.S. Gulf Coast – the Galveston LNG Bunker Port (GLBP).