Global Ship Lease (GSL) aims to raise up to $81m in the offering of common shares that it announced on 21 January.

On 22 January, the New York-listed owner of 43 boxships priced its offering of 5.4m Class A common shares at $13 each.

Ian Webber-led GSL has also given the offer's underwriters a 30-day option to buy up to an additional 810,000 shares.