Avance Gas has delivered the first of 12 VLGCs to BW LPG in its $1bn fleet sale.

The 83,000-cbm non-scrubber ship Chinook (built 2015) has been delivered to the Singapore-based company.

Avance Gas chief executive Oystein Kalleklev said: “We are pleased to start executing deliveries of the VLGC fleet to BW LPG with the first delivery of Chinook successfully executed according to plan.”