Kumiai Navigation continues to expand its fleet of newbuildings with orders for a VLGC and a bulker at shipyards in Japan and China.

The Singapore-based shipowner has returned to Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) for a dual-fuelled VLGC to be delivered in the first quarter of 2022.

The vessel is the second LPG-fuelled VLGC Kumiai has commissioned KHI to build.

The first, Hull No 1748, was ordered early last year and is due for delivery in August next year.