An near the entrance of the Panama Canal involved two of the largest operators of VLGCs in the world.

It has emerged that the vessel that hit BW LPG's 84,134-cbm VLGC BW Gemini (built 2015) on Saturday was the 78,918-cbm VLGC Sunny Bright (built 2004).

That vessel is owned by Eneos Ocean, the shipping arm of the giant Japanese energy group Eneos.