John Fredriksen shipowning company Ship Finance International is going on the road to test support for a new bond issue.

It has brought in DNB Markets, Nordea, SEB and Arctic Securities to arrange a series of fixed-income investor meetings in the Nordic countries from 22 May.

A five-year Norwegian unsecured bond may follow, subject to market conditions, it said.

Last August, the company secured NOK 600m ($72m) from a bond issue.