USA imports LPG?
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2023 9:04 am
I noticed in https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/ ... GTUK_email Suez canal tugboat sinks after collision leaving one person missing
Which made me wonder how you ballast an empty LPG tanker? flood the double-skin hull? I wouldn't think you want to get the gas tanks wet.
If it was loaded, why? Maybe it was going to fetch gas?The vessel involved in the collision was the Hong Kong-flagged LPG tanker Chinagas Legend, which was heading from Singapore to the US.
Which made me wonder how you ballast an empty LPG tanker? flood the double-skin hull? I wouldn't think you want to get the gas tanks wet.