With its shares trading at up to a 70% discount to net asset value (NAV), Dorian LPG is looking hard at acting under a recently expanded shares-buyback authorisation. But the Connecticut-based owner also has one eye on the potential coronavirus impact on its balance sheet.

That was the message from Dorian's management on Thursday during an online investor forum sponsored by Value Investor’s Edge, which has been interviewing shipping executives this week through lead researcher J Mintzmyer.