Epic Gas Ltd. announced today that the 11,000cbm LPG carrier Epic Sardinia, the seventh vessel in the Company’s series of eight newbuildings, delivered on 25 January 2017 under a long-term bareboat charter with purchase options. The vessel was built at Kyokuyo Shipyard, Japan.
Epic Gas remains committed to the delivery of a high quality fleet of long term controlled assets across the fully pressurised sector of 3,300 – 11,000cbm, with one further outstanding, fully funded 11,000cbm vessel to be delivered in Q1 2017. The Company’s fleet is segmented as follows:
| Vessel Segment | On the Water | On Order | Fully Delivered |
| 3,000 - 4,999 | 9 | 9 | |
| 5,000 - 6,999 | 11 | 11 | |
| 7,000 - 8,999 | 13 | 13 | |
| 9,000 - 10,999 | 2 | 2 | |
| 11,000 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Total | 40 | 1 | 41 |
Epic Gas owns and operates a fleet of fully pressurised gas carriers providing seaborne services for the transportation of liquefied petroleum gas and petrochemicals. The company controls a fleet of 41 vessels which serve the international supply chains of leading oil majors and commodity traders throughout Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas.
Source: Epic Gas