BW LPG, the Isle of Man Ship Registry, Wärtsilä Gas Solutions, MAN Energy Solutions, and DNV GL, the world’s leading classification society, celebrated the first flag acceptance of conversion to LPG as fuel for a VLGC. With the successful acceptance, BW LPG will begin the conversion of 12 vessels to dual-fuel LPG engines. The conversions will be the first of a VLGC to run on LPG. After the conversion, the vessels will also receive the newly developed DNV GL class notation “GF LPG”.
BW LPG first...