Saga LNG Shipping's groundbreaking new ship is ready to work having passed its gas trials but remains without a charter, according to company officials.

The 45,000-cbm LNG carrier Saga Dawn (built 2019) is the first of a projected series based on the "A-Box" design, which is meant to disrupt the small and medium-sized LNG carrier sector.

Shanghai-based shipowner Saga LNG controlled by Norway's David Wu is betting that the simpler containment system — to be fabricated and installed into hulls that need not be built in specialist...