Who owns Navigator Gas?
Navigator Gas is owned by Navigator Holdings (the United Kingdom, NYSE: NVGS).[1]
Evidence: Navigator Holdings Ltd. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-03-12, SEC EDGAR, 12 March 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Navigator Holdings Ltd. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, London
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, London
- Category
- Travel & transport › Container & bulk shipping
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: NVGS
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Navigator Gas
Navigator Gas is the commercial name of Navigator Holdings Limited, which per its FY2025 20-F owns the world's largest fleet of handysize liquefied gas carriers. It depends exclusively on transporting LPG, petrochemicals and ammonia, and reports that Ultranav and BW Group, which it understands act independently, jointly held about 55% of its common stock.
Ownership timeline of Navigator Gas
- Current owner Navigator Holdings [1] verified
Where Navigator Gas sits in Navigator Holdings
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands in container & bulk shipping, and who owns them
The 78 brands in container & bulk shipping on Brandtree belong to 76 owners. The largest is Bahri, with 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bahri Dry Bulk | Bahri | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia |
| Klaveness Combination Carriers | Klaveness | 🇳🇴 Norway |
| Navig8 | ADNOC L&S | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates |
| Ardmore Shipping | Ardmore Shipping | 🇧🇲 Bermuda |
| ESL Shipping | Aspo | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| Awilco LNG | Awilco LNG | 🇳🇴 Norway |
| BW LPG | BW LPG | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
| C3is | C3is | 🇬🇷 Greece |
About the owner: Navigator Holdings
Navigator Holdings is a publicly listed company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Brandtree records 1 brand under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: NVGS.
Navigator Holdings, commercially known as Navigator Gas, was formed in 1997 as an Isle of Man company and redomiciled to the Marshall Islands in March 2008, with principal executive offices at 10 Bressenden Place, London. Its FY2025 20-F says it owned and operated 57 liquefied gas carriers at 31 December 2025 and holds 50% of an ethylene export terminal at Morgan's Point, Texas. It also says two unrelated shareholders, Ultranav and BW Group, together held about 55.3% of its shares.
Navigator Holdings: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇬🇧 Navigator Gas and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 543 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 282 of them (52%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Navigator Gas is not one of them.
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- Alphabet — BMW Group 🇩🇪
- Arriva UK Bus — Arriva 🇬🇧
- Avanti West Coast — FirstGroup 🇬🇧
- BA CityFlyer — IAG 🇬🇧
- Birmingham Airport — Birmingham Airport Holdings 🇬🇧
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Navigator Gas?
The parent company of Navigator Gas is Navigator Holdings, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Navigator Gas British?
Yes. Navigator Gas originated in the United Kingdom and its owner, Navigator Holdings, is also headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Navigator Gas still owned by Navigator Holdings?
Yes. As of 5 October 2026, Navigator Gas is still owned by Navigator Holdings. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Navigator Holdings Ltd. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-03-12 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 12 March 2026; retrieved 5 October 2026.
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