Following acceptance of the design by the Isle of Man Ship Registry, BW LPG is to go ahead with its plan to convert the engines of 12 of its Very Large Gas Carriers (VLGC) to dual fuel LPG operation.
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.”
The flag state acceptance of the design by the Isle of Man means that the project has been demonstrated to have an equivalent level of...