Swiss petrochemical giant Ineos was delayed in loading the first of its ethane cargoes from a new US Gulf Coast export facility.

The 27,500-cbm JS Ineos Insight (built 2015) is currently situated near the entrance of the Houston Ship Channel, according to AIS data. It was scheduled to make a call at the Morgan's Point facility owned by energy logistics firm Enterprise Products for loading the inaugural cargo of ethane from that facility.

However,