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GMF Launches Badaro #14

carisk — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:12:41 +0000

Global Maritime Financing (“GMF”) has successfully closed its latest ship fund under the Ship Investment Company (“SIC”) Act in South Korea. This could well be the first SIC created since the financial crisis broke out in 2008. Market reports suggest that the fund Badaro No. 14 Ship Investment Co. raised 72 billion won (USD 63 million) and acquired a newbuilding 180,000 DWT Capesize bulk carrier at Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. The vessel upon delivery in May 2011 will be chartered to Hyundai Merchant Marine under the bareboat charter hire purchase (“BBCHP”) structure. 40% of the financing comes from a junior loan provided by local institutional investors and underwritten by Mirae Asset Securities while the remaining 60% is satisfied by a 5 year senior loan from Calyon (now rebranded as Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank). Korea Exim Bank provided the refund guarantee for the newbuilding.

Bank Debt Returns to Normalcy?

carisk — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:41:20 +0000

One of the major concerns on the minds of many would be the pile of toxic collateralized mortgage paper that remains on banks' balance sheets and this will continue to restrict the banks' ability to extend new credit. Likewise, shipping banks face the same tricky task of valuing the shipping assets on their books based on current market prices. Basel II requires banks to set aside more capital to riskier assets whenever the security cover reduces, and this could potentially limit capital for lending. The process of writing down book values has yet taken place and moving forward, it is absolutely crucial that bank losses on shipping remain limited or the industry could risk losing a number of lenders. There has already been a material contraction in ship lending capacity among major shipping banks. 2009 has been a busy year for the ship financiers, not so much for lending but more in terms of restructuring and workouts. Lending terms as one would expect have become more stringent in 2009 and not only has the advance rate been lowered to 50-60%, banks prefer shorter tenors between 3 and 5 years. This is in stark contrast to the 10 to 12 year tenors banks were offering shipowners during the shipping boom just a couple of years back. Bankers call this a return to basics.

Watson, Farley & Williams LLP Advises in High Profile KOGAS Project Financing

carisk — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 06:56:43 +0000

The Singapore office of Watson, Farley & Williams LLP (“WFW”) advised on the high profile Korea Gas Corporation (“KOGAS”) refinancing for three 1999 built LNG carriers. The 138,200 cbm built LNG carrier “Hanjin Muscat” is on bareboat charter to Hanjin Shipping Co., Ltd, the 138,100 cbm built LNG carrier “SK Summit” is on bareboat charter to SK Shipping Co., Ltd. and the 135,000 cbm built LNG carrier “Hyundai Technopia” is on bareboat charter to Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., Ltd. All three LNG carriers are operating under long term contracts of affreightment with KOGAS.

DBS Finances Oiltanking Odfjell Terminal Singapore

carisk — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:09:08 +0000

Oiltanking Odfjell Terminal Singapore Pte Ltd has signed a 6 year syndicated term loan facility of SGD 200 million (USD 138 million) via a club deal by DBS Bank Ltd, Calyon, and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited. DBS Bank Ltd was the sole Bookrunner. The proceeds from the 6 year facility will be used to refinance existing loans and to finance the company's expansion project on Jurong Island. OOTS is one of the very few companies in Asia who has been able to successfully tap the syndication loan market for a facility with tenor of more than 5 years. Oiltanking Odfjell Terminal Singapore Pte Ltd is a 50/50 joint venture between Oiltanking GmbH and Odfjell SE. OOTS, incorporated in December 1999, owns and currently operates a 226,000 cubic metre (cbm) chemical storage terminal in Jurong Island.

More Normal?

carisk — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:52:28 +0000

Dealogic released its first half tables on Wednesday and they resembled, at least in terms of names, what we more typically expect, particularly in the case of the bookrunner table. Nevertheless, the newcomers from the 1st quarter did retain positions on the leader board. Total deal value grew to $17.5 billion comprised of 50 deals, versus the year earlier $43.1 billion comprised of 165 deals, continuing an expected trend. However on a quarter over quarter comparison, transaction volume declined a substantial 47.3% this year marking an even more worrisome trend. The top 20 bookrunner table underwent the most change

Bottoming Out?

carisk — Fri, 08 May 2009 06:07:26 +0000

Over the past week, we have experienced the first market rally from a recession trough. Asian stock markets rallied to some of their highest since mid October as investors take confidence in China’s economic recovery. The manufacturing purchasing managers’ index in China rose from 44.8 in March to 51.1 in April, passing the 50-point mark that separates contraction and expansion for the first time in 9 months. In a market report published last Friday, JP Morgan presented an optimistic view, suggesting that “we are indeed very close to the bottom in global economic activity, and may already be there, with the world economy set to start expanding again in coming months” but acknowledged that there are still many inherent risks since banks and households are still in balance sheet repair mode and a swine flu pandemic cannot be ruled out.

For the Right Credit, Anything Is Possible

carisk — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:16:13 +0000

Euronav announced this week that it has signed a $300 million senior secured facility with Nordea, Calyon, Societe Generale, Bank of America and Scotiabank acting as lead arrangers; Nordea, Calyon and Societe Generale acting as bookrunners and Nordea as sole facility agent. Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, Dexia Bank, Fortis Bank Belgium and Ethias acting as co-arrangers. The credit facility will finance two VLCCs: the Olympia (2008 – 315,981) and the Antarctica (2009 – 315,981 dwt) and four Suezmaxes: the Cap Felix (2008 – 158,764 dwt) and the Cap Theodora (2008 – 158,800 dwt) and two newbuilding Suezmaxes: hull 1743, to be

Let the Stakeholders Speak

carisk — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:06:08 +0000

During our conference in Hong Kong, the panel titled “Stakeholders Unite: Owners, Investors & Lenders on What Comes Next” generated a lively discussion on the many issues revolving around shipping today including the role of private equity in shipping, China’s increasing dominance in the global supply chain and the funding gap of the global orderbook. We bring you some of the highlights.

The Kiran Holding $440 million syndicated loan Celebrated along Bosphorus

carisk — Thu, 29 May 2008 12:40:10 +0000

While shipping bankers in Norway at Marine Money’s Oslo event were expressing concern that bank funds should not automatically be counted upon in the current environment, Kiran Holding held a Gala Dinner celebration in Istanbul on Tuesday, 27 May 2008. Some 70 people attended. Guests enjoyed a cruise along the Bosphorus up to the trendy waterfront A'jia Restaurant on the Asia side, where banking support of

Surveying the Credit Markets

carisk — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:22:05 +0000

Marine Money has concluded the collection of data for its 2008 shipping banker survey and would like to sincerely thank all who have participated. We are currently concluding work on our annual shipping portfolio league table and would like to thank the following banks for their cooperation and contribution to the development of a transparent and well-informed ship finance industry: Bank of Ireland, Bank of Scotland, Bremer Landesbank, Calyon, Commerzbank, Danish Ship Finance, Danske Bank, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Schiffsbank, DnB NOR, Dresdner Bank, DVB, Helaba, HSH Nordbank, HVB, JP Morgan, KfW, Lloyds TSB, Natixis, Nordea and RBS. If you don’t see your bank’s name on the list, think it belongs there, and haven’t been in touch with us this weekend, please send an email to nhuvane@marinemoney.com ASAP to ensure you are included. Both survey and portfolio data will be released in the upcoming May issue of Marine Money.