Hayfin Capital Management has taken up an option for two suezmax tankers at HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, with each vessel valued at about $86m.
The London-based alternative investment platform confirmed its order for two additional methanol-ready 158,000-dwt crude carriers at the South Korean yard grouping.
The deal brings the total number of suezmaxes contracted by Hayfin at HD KSOE to four.
Mokpo-based Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries will build the tankers for Hayfin with deliveries scheduled from the first half of 2026.
Andreas Povlsen heads up Hayfin’s marine business.
Under his leadership, the company has lined up capital and finance to fund about $1bn in shipping investments through its “maritime yield” strategy.
Subsidiary Greenheart Shipping provides management services to its growing asset portfolio.
In a separate deal, the company announced on Monday a booking for two 100,000-dwt post-panamax bulkers at Oshima Shipbuilding in Japan linked to long-term charters with an unnamed energy supplier.
Hayfin intends to invest across a range of industrial maritime sectors, focusing on acquiring top-specification assets that “generate predictable and uncorrelated cash yields from blue-chip counterparties”.
It also wants to invest in fuel-efficient ships.
In collaboration with Greenheart Shipping, greentech enterprise Njord and maritime consulting firm Marsoft, Hayfin is spearheading the development of pioneering fuel-saving initiatives.
Hayfin is one of Europe’s leading alternative investment platforms, with $32bn-worth of assets under management.
Its investment activities include direct lending, alternative credit, leasing and ship ownership.
