The French charterer of over 170 vessels tapped investors for EUR 500m ($680m) toadd to the EUR 400m raised from a similar sale in August.

The unrated notes carry a coupon of 4% and mature in sevenyears, Geneva-based LDC said today.

This is the third time that LDC has turned to the debtmarkets following the sale of $350m worth of hybrid perpetual bonds in Singaporein September last year.