John Fredriksen's Avance Gas has clinched three VLGC time charters at rates above spot market levels.

The Oslo-listed company said agreements had been signed with unnamed charterers at an average of about $30,000 per day over two years.

The ships are the 83,700-cbm Iris Glory and Venus Glory (both built 2008) and the 84,000-cbm Promise (built 2009).