Dorian LPG has drawn on chairman John Hadjipateras’s relations elsewhere in the shipping business to secure contracts for two new very large gas carriers (VLGCs).

Oslo over-the-counter (OTC)-listed Dorian this week announced five-year charters for two of its modern VLGCs.

Chief executive John Lycouris says the two contracts — at least one of which will be served by one of Dorian’s 19 VLGC newbuildings — are with Shell.

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