Ardmore Shipping has announced it has taken delivery of the first three of six product tankers that it agreed to acquire in June, The Ardmore Endurance, Ardmore Explorer and Ardmore Engineer.

Meanwhile, Ardmore Shipping has completed debt financing for the six vessels.

Four of the vessels are being financed through a new US$71.3m senior debt facility with ABN AMRO. The facility is an amortizing senior term loan with a final maturity date in 2023.

The remaining two vessels have been added to the existing credit facility with ABN AMRO and DVB Bank, which was completed in January 2016. The facility has been upsized by US$36.6m, and NIBC Bank has agreed to join ABN AMRO and DVB Bank as lenders under the facility.

The company also announced it has agreed to sell the product tanker Ardmore Centurion for a price of US$15.7m. The vessel is expected to be delivered to the buyer in late September 2016.