BNP Paribas has cut a larger cheque for Scorpio Tankers to fund a couple of products tankers.

The bank has added an extra $27.6m to an existing loan to the New York-listed shipowner, it announced today.

Scorpio says the new cash will be used to refinance debt on two 2013-built vessels.

The extra cash, borrowed at 2.30% above LIBOR, has been secured on similar terms to the company’s existing debt with the bank.

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