Japan's Iino Kaiun Kaisha has confirmed an order of a new LPG-fuelled VLGC for charter to Equinor.

It said the 84,000-cbm vessel is its first to use the gas as a fuel in a two-stroke engine together with diesel.

The ship has been ordered at the Sakaide works of Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI), as reported earlier this month by TradeWinds.