Vessel owners experience mixed fortunes

摘要

The fortunes of LPG shipowners differed wildly in the third quarter of this year.Aggressive fleet growth paid dividends to coaster owners while cutting deeply into the earnings of very large gas carrier(VLGC)owners.Globally dominant VLGC owner BW Gas saw profits fall by a quarter to 74.4mn in July-September 2007,down from 99.2mn a year earlier(LPGW,5 September,p3).