Epic Gas has had its application to move to Oslo’s Merkur Market approved, the shipowner confirmed Wednesday.

The Singapore-based LPG vessel operator said the first day of trading on Merkur will be on 15 December 2016, as scheduled.

Epic disclosed late last month that it was looking to use an alternative Oslo stock market to secure easier access to capital.

“The listing of Epic Gas on the Merkur Market enables its shareholders to trade their shares via electronic order book trading using the Oslo Bors trading system and thereby providing transparent and up-to-the-minute market information on the company’s shares,” the company said last month.

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