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Basis of Presentation and General Information
6 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Basis of Presentation and General Information  
Basis of Presentation and General Information

1. Basis of Presentation and General Information

Dorian LPG Ltd. (“Dorian”) was incorporated on July 1, 2013 under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, is headquartered in the United States and is engaged in the transportation of liquefied petroleum gas (“LPG”) worldwide. Specifically, Dorian and its subsidiaries (together “we”, “us”, “our”, or the “Company”) are focused on owning and operating very large gas carriers (“VLGCs”), each with a cargo carrying capacity of greater than 80,000 cbm, in the LPG shipping industry. As of September 30, 2021, our fleet consists of twenty-two VLGCs, including nineteen fuel-efficient 84,000 cbm ECO-design VLGCs (“ECO-VLGCs”), two 82,000 cbm VLGCs and one time chartered-in VLGC. As of September 30, 2021, twelve of our ECO-VLGCs are equipped with exhaust gas cleaning systems (commonly referred to as “scrubbers”) to reduce sulfur emissions. We provide in-house commercial management services for all of our vessels, including our vessels deployed in the Helios Pool (defined below), which may also receive commercial management services from Phoenix (defined below). Excluding our time chartered-in vessels, we provide in-house technical management services for all of our vessels, including our vessels deployed in the Helios Pool (defined below).

On April 1, 2015, Dorian and Phoenix Tankers Pte. Ltd. (“Phoenix”) began operations of Helios LPG Pool LLC (the “Helios Pool”), which entered into pool participation agreements for the purpose of establishing and operating, as charterer, under variable rate time charters to be entered into with owners or disponent owners of VLGCs, a commercial pool of VLGCs whereby revenues and expenses are shared. Refer to Note 3 below for further description of the Helios Pool.

The unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and related Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) rules for interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. In our opinion, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring items, necessary for a fair presentation of financial position, operating results and cash flows have been included in the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes. The unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes for the year ended March 31, 2021 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on June 2, 2021.

Our interim results are subject to seasonal and other fluctuations, and the operating results for any quarter are therefore not necessarily indicative of results that may be otherwise expected for the entire year.

Our subsidiaries as of September 30, 2021, which are all wholly-owned and are incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (unless otherwise noted), are listed below.

Vessel Subsidiaries

    

Type of

    

    

    

 

Subsidiary

vessel

Vessel’s name

Built

CBM(1)

 

CJNP LPG Transport LLC

 

VLGC

 

Captain John NP(2)

 

2007

 

82,000

CNML LPG Transport LLC

 

VLGC

 

Captain Nicholas ML(2)

 

2008

 

82,000

Comet LPG Transport LLC

VLGC

Comet

2014

84,000

Corsair LPG Transport LLC

VLGC

Corsair(2)

2014

84,000

Corvette LPG Transport LLC

 

VLGC

 

Corvette(2)

 

2015

 

84,000

Dorian Shanghai LPG Transport LLC

VLGC

Cougar

2015

84,000

Concorde LPG Transport LLC

VLGC

Concorde(2)

2015

84,000

Dorian Houston LPG Transport LLC

VLGC

Cobra

2015

84,000

Dorian Sao Paulo LPG Transport LLC

VLGC

Continental

2015

84,000

Dorian Ulsan LPG Transport LLC

VLGC

Constitution

2015

84,000

Dorian Amsterdam LPG Transport LLC

VLGC

Commodore

2015

84,000

Dorian Dubai LPG Transport LLC

VLGC

Cresques(2)

2015

84,000

Constellation LPG Transport LLC

VLGC

Constellation

2015

84,000

Dorian Monaco LPG Transport LLC

VLGC

Cheyenne

2015

84,000

Dorian Barcelona LPG Transport LLC

VLGC

Clermont

2015

84,000

Dorian Geneva LPG Transport LLC

VLGC

Cratis

2015

84,000

Dorian Cape Town LPG Transport LLC

VLGC

Chaparral

2015

84,000

Dorian Tokyo LPG Transport LLC

VLGC

Copernicus

2015

84,000

Commander LPG Transport LLC

VLGC

Commander

2015

84,000

Dorian Explorer LPG Transport LLC

VLGC

Challenger

2015

84,000

 

Dorian Exporter LPG Transport LLC

VLGC

Caravelle

2016

84,000

Dorian Sakura LPG Transport LLC(3)

VLGC

Hull No. 1755

2023(4)

84,000

Management and Other Non-vessel Subsidiaries

 

Subsidiary

 

Dorian LPG Management Corp.

Dorian LPG (USA) LLC (incorporated in USA)

Dorian LPG (UK) Ltd. (incorporated in UK)

Dorian LPG Finance LLC

Occident River Trading Limited (incorporated in UK)

Dorian LPG (DK) ApS (incorporated in Denmark)

Dorian LPG Chartering LLC

Dorian LPG FFAS LLC

CMNL LPG Transport LLC

(1)CBM: Cubic meters, a standard measure for LPG tanker capacity
(2)Operated pursuant to a bareboat charter agreement. Refer to Note 8 below for further information.
(3)Upon delivery, the applicable vessel will be operated pursuant to a bareboat charter agreement. Refer to note 15 below for further information.
(4)The applicable vessel is expected to be delivered in calendar year 2023.

COVID-19

Since the beginning of calendar year 2020, the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected economic conditions, the supply chain, the labor market, the demand for certain shipped goods regionally as well as globally and may otherwise impact our operations and the operations of our customers and suppliers. The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in numerous actions taken by governments and governmental agencies in an attempt to mitigate the spread of the virus, including travel bans, quarantines, and other emergency public health measures, and a number of countries implemented lockdown measures. These measures resulted in a significant reduction in global economic activity and extreme volatility in the global financial markets. If the COVID-19 pandemic continues on a prolonged basis or becomes more severe, the adverse impact on the global economy and the shipping industry may deteriorate and our operations and cash flows may be negatively impacted. The extent of COVID-19’s impact on our financial and operational results, which could be material, will depend on the length of time that the pandemic continues and whether subsequent waves of the infection happen, including as a result of the Delta variant of COVID-19, vaccination rates among the population, the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines, and the response by governmental bodies and regulators.

Uncertainties regarding the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to result in sustained market turmoil, which could also negatively impact our business, financial condition and cash flows. Over the course of the pandemic, governments have approved large stimulus packages to mitigate the effects of the sudden decline in economic activity caused by the pandemic; however, we cannot predict the extent to which these measures will be sufficient to restore or sustain the business and financial condition of companies in the shipping industry. These measures, though contemplated to be temporary in nature, may continue and increase as countries attempt to contain the outbreak or any reoccurrences thereof. At this stage, it is difficult to determine the full impact of COVID-19 on our business. We note that we have experienced increases in crew wages and related costs, particularly in crew travel and medical costs, as a result of COVID-19.