Mikael Skov-led Hafnia is seeking to raise $34m from a direct private placement underwritten by Blackstone, it announced today.

Skov explains the direct placement is a simple and clean way of raising cash towards the 75,000-dwt Kihada (to be renamed Hafnia Africa); the 75,000–dwt Arctic Char (to be renamed Hafnia Arctic); the 74,000-dwt Maguro (to be renamed Hafnia Asia); and the 75,000–dwt Karei (to be renamed Hafnia Australia).

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