Anchor Ship Partners is ready to provide a further ¥200bn ($1.83bn) of financing to Japanese owners, mainly for newbuilding projects.

Since it began as an independent ship investment fund in 2007, the Tokyo-based company has pumped more than $7bn into the industry.

Anchor said it would use this fourth fund to broaden its port­folio. “We will use the know-how and experience we have accumulated so far to expand the scope of investment in ship assets,” it said.