| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ‘BW LPG Group’ or the 'Group' | BW LPG and its subsidiaries |
| ‘BW LPG’ or the ‘Company’ | BW LPG Limited |
| Ballast Water Management Convention | The International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments (BWM Convention) requires vessels to comply with standards and procedures for the management and control of ships' ballast water and sediments |
| Baltic LPG Index | Baltic Exchange Liquid Petroleum Gas Index - An assessment of the daily spot charter rates of a vessel moving LPG between the Middle East and Japan |
| Bermuda Companies Act | The Companies Act 1981 (as amended) of Bermuda |
| BIMCO | Baltic and International Maritime Council - The largest international association representing shipowners |
| Board of Directors' or the 'Board' | Board of Directors of BW LPG |
| Bunker fuel | Any fuel used to power a ship's engines |
| CBM | Cubic meter - A unit of volume of a gas vessel's capacity for carrying gas cargoes |
| Charter | Hiring of a vessel, or use of its carrying capacity for either (i) a specified period of time (time-charter) or (ii) a specific voyage or set of voyages (voyage charter) |
| CIF | Cost, Insurance, Freight - Rules covering the carriage of international goods by sea |
| CoA | Contract of Affreightment - Under a CoA, the shipowner provides capacity to transport a certain amount of cargo within a specified period from one place to a destination designated by the customer. All of the ship’s operating, voyage and capital costs are borne by the shipowner. The freight rate is normally agreed on a per cargo ton basis. The freight rate can be fixed or floating, or a combination of both |
| Commercial management | Marketing of vessels for business, negotiating and firming carriage of cargo contracts with customers and operating of vessels in accordance with the terms of the charter parties |
| Dry docking | Placing a vessel out of water alongside a dock for major repairs and surveys usually coinciding with periodical regulatory survey requirements of the vessel |
| Dual-fuel engine | An engine that is able to run on both gas oil and LNG or LPG |
| EBITDA | Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortisation |
| ECA | Emission Control Area - Sea areas in which stricter controls were established to minimise airborne emissions from ships. Until 31 December 2019, the limit for sulphur content of ships' fuel oil was 3.5% for vessels trading outside ECAs. Today, a global cap of 0.5% applies. |
| EEDI | Energy Efficiency Design Index - An IMO measure designed to ensure the use of more energy efficient equipment and engines |
| ESG | Environmental, social and governance principles |
| Flag state | Administration offering vessel registration services and responsible for ensuring implementation of international conventions |
| G&A | General and administrative expenses |
| GHG | Greenhouse gases |
| GRI | Global Reporting Initiative - An international standard for sustainability reporting |
| HSSEQ | Health, Safety, Security, Environment, Quality |
| IFRS | International Financial Reporting Standards - An international standard for accounting and financial reporting |
| IMO | International Maritime Organization - A United Nations global standard-setting authority for the safety, security and environmental performance of international shipping |
| IMO 2020 | A global regulation effective from 1 January 2020 requiring all ships to burn fuels with less than 0.5% sulphur or use emission abatement technologies |
| ISM | International Safety Management Code - An international standard for the safe management and operation of ships and for pollution prevention |
| LGC | Large Gas Carrier - Gas carrier of 50,000 - 70,000 CBM |
| LNG | Liquified Natural Gas |
| LPG | Liquefied Petroleum Gas |
| LTIF | Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate - A ratio of the number of lost time injuries occurring in a workplace per 1 million hours worked. An LTIFR of 7, for example, shows that 7 lost time injuries occur on a jobsite every 1 million hours worked. The formula gives a picture of how safe a workplace is for its workers |
| MACN | Maritime Anti-Corruption Network - A global business network working towards the vision of a maritime industry free of corruption |
| MARPOL | International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships designed to prevent pollution from shipping |
| MGO | Marine gas oil |
| MLC | Maritime Labour Convention - An international agreement that sets out minimum requirements for the working conditions for seafarers |
| Newbuilding | A new vessel under construction |
| NM | Nautical miles |
| NOX | Nitrogen oxide |
| OPEX | Vessel operating expenses, such as manning, insurance, maintenance and repairs |
| P&I Club | Protection & Indemnity Club - A mutual insurance association providing risk pooling, information and representation for its shipowner members |
| PM | Particulate matter |
| Pools | Arrangement under which vessels owned by different owners are contributed into a pool. The manager of the pool markets the vessels as a single, cohesive fleet, operating them under spot contracts, CoAs and time-charters. The income from the vessels included in the pool is distributed to individual owners according to an agreed upon pool point system whereby each vessel receives its share of the pool’s earnings according to the vessel’s earning potential |
| Port State Control | Inspection of ships to ensure that the ship and its equipment complies with international conventions |
| Poseidon Principles | Framework developed by leading ship financiers for integrating climate considerations into lending decisions to promote international shipping’s decarbonisation |
| QI | Qualified Individual - Under the US Oil Pollution Act, all vessels calling in US waters must ensure that a Qualified Individual is available to implement a response plan |
| Scrubber | Emission abatement technology installed on a ship allowing it to burn high sulphur fuels |
| SIRE | Ship Inspection Report Programme - A programme for evaluating and rating tanker vessels' technical and safety standards, for use as a reference by oil and gas companies when utilising vessels |
| SOx | Sulphur dioxide |
| TCE income | Gross freight less voyage related costs |
| Technical Management | Daily operation of a vessel, including maintenance, supplies and manning |
| Time-charter | Under time-charters, vessels are chartered to customers for fixed periods of time at rates that are generally fixed. The charterer pays all voyage costs. The owner of the vessel receives monthly charter payments on a per day basis and is responsible for the payment of all vessel operating expenses (including manning, maintenance, repair and docking) and capital costs of the vessel |
| Ton-mile | Unit cargo x distance; i.e. 10 metric tons carried 25 miles = 250 ton miles |
| TRCF | Total Recordable Case Frequency - The sum of all work-related fatalities and injuries per one million hours worked over the quantity of hours worked |
| UNSDGs | United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals |
| Vessel recycling | The sale of a vessel for dismantling and reprocessing the building materials |
| VLGC | Very Large Gas Carrier - A gas carrier above 70,000 CBM |
| Voyage charter | Typically a single round trip that is priced on a current or spot market value. The owner of the vessel receives payment derived by multiplying the metric tons of cargo loaded on board by the agreed upon freight rate expressed on a per cargo metric ton basis. The owner is responsible for the payment of all expenses including voyage expenses (including bunker fuel, agency and port costs), operating expenses and capital costs of the vessel |
| WLPGA | World LPG Association - An international association representing over 250 companies involved in the LPG value chain |
| YoY | Year on Year |
