Navigator Gas

Navigator Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: NVGS) is a publicly traded liquefied gas shipping company with a global market. It was initially incorporated in the Isle of Man in 1997, before being redomiciled in 2008 in the Marshall Islands. The first five vessels were built in the Jiangnan Shipyard/CSTC shipyard in China, a shipyard known for constructing carriers that are technically complex and capable of transporting even ethylene gas. In November 2013, Navigator Holdings completed its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, where its shares of common stock are traded under the ticker symbol "NVGS" It is the parent company of subsidiaries such as Navigator Gas L.L.C. and Navigator Europa L.C., is the holding company or parentCompany of subsidiary Navigator gas shipping. Navigator's fleet of ten gas shipping vessels was the second largest in the world after Maersk. When Wilbur Ross purchased the 34% stake of Navigator. Holdings held by the then-bankrupt Lehman Brothers in August 2012, Ross' stake increased to 55.7%.