Borealis Maritime is entering the debt market at the right time from a container point of view, believes chief executive Christoph Toepfer.

His comments come after the London-based shipowner raised $150m in bonds last week secured on a fleet of 17 feeder boxships and four medium-size bulkers.

The issue was oversubscribed by $260m, but Toepfer says there are no plans to enlarge the offering ahead of the bond being listed in Oslo.