Thefour 84,000-dwt vessels are due for delivery sometime during 2015, according toClarksons' latest market report.

No financial termswere disclosed, but the most recent order for VLGCs in South Korea were pricedat $75m per ship.

BW Gas’ newbuilds are the latest in a flurry of neworders following on from the likes of Scorpio, Dorian LPG andTranspetrol.

As TradeWinds has previously reported some brokers arenow worried that the surge of new orders involving the biggest LPG ships couldkill the market if activity continues.

Scorpio