DHT Holdings is eyeing time charter contracts for some of its VLCC newbuildings, having moved up their delivery dates.

The New York-listed shipowner is also confident of securing finance on the vessels, which were ordered earlier this year at a time of intense interest in big tanker shipyard berths.

Chief executive Svein Moxnes Harfjeld said the thoughts around period employment for the vessels fit a wider ambition to increase contract cover.