Ardmore Shipping has hatched a new share buyback scheme.

New York-listed Ardmore plans to repurchase stock worth up to $25m through to August 2020.

Shares in the Tony Gurnee led shipowner closed at $8.10 each on Thursday, compared with its 52-week high of $8.75 per share.

Ardmore has a fleet of 27 tankers and a market capitalization of $271m.