Nasdaq-listed StealthGas has fixed loans worth $140m for four new ships.

Two senior secured credit facilities will fund a quartet of 22,000-cbm semi-refreigerated LPG carriers due in 2017.

The company said the loans will cover 65% of the vessels’ contract prices. It has four such units on order at Hyundai Mipo in Korea at a reported cost of $52m each.

The finance matures over eight years, but the “various” lenders involved were not named.

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