The New York-quoted owner raked in nearly $74m by way of a bond offering in which it sold senior unsecured notes due 2019 for $25.00 a piece.

On Thursday Scorpio pointed out that this total includes an $8.6m boost from underwriters that recently exercised an option to purchase additional notes.

As we reported the company plans to apply proceeds from the fundraiser towards instalment payments linked to its extensive newbuilding programme.

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