JP Morgan has put the first two of its rapidly expanding portfolio of LNG carriers under the French flag as it breaks cover on its one-year-old Parisian shipowning company, Orion Global Transport France (OGTF).

The venture, which was set up on 19 September 2022, announced today that it had registered its first two vessels, the 173,000-cbm Orion Bohemia and Orion Monet (both built 2022) with the French ship register.