The New York-listed owner will tap investors for around$100m from the sale of notes carrying a five year maturity, it said today.

DNB Markets, Nordea Markets and Swedbank have been appointed as joint lead arrangers of the new issue.

On Monday SFL swooped for seven, 4,100-teu vessels from aGerman KG fund with charters attached.

The 2002-built vessels are thought to be Santa R-classboxships owned by Reederei Claus-Peter Offen which entered insolvency lastyear.

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