Great Eastern Shipping Company today announced that the debenture issue committee has approved raising up to Rs 500 crore via issuance of non-convertible debentures on a private placement basis.

“The debenture issue committee at its meeting held on January 16, 2017 has approved the issue of 5,000 unsecured non-convertible debentures of Rs 10 lakh each aggregating to Rs 500 crore by way of private placement,” Great Eastern Shipping said in a filing to the BSE.

The company has two main businesses — shipping and offshore.