The 4,768-cbm Coral Star and Coral Sticho, which were contracted by Dutch owner Anthony Veder at Avic Dingheng Shipbuilding in China, are chartered to Saudi Basic Industries Corp (Sabic).
The vessels will be used to ship ethylene from Sabic’s Wilton plant on Teesside in the northeast of the UK to northwest Europe and Scandinavia.
Veder claim the ships will reduce NOx emissions by over 85%, CO2 by 20% and almost completely eradicate SOx and soot particles.
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