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Navios closes a private placement
Drybulk specialist Navios Maritime Holdings announced on 2 November that it and Navios Maritime Finance (US) Inc, its wholly owned finance subsidiary, together with ...
04-Nov-2009

Zim restructure lands approval
Zim Integrated Shipping Services will receive a capital injection of USD450 million from its parent company following a vote by Israel Corporation shareholders on ...
04-Nov-2009

Costa Rica launches tender
The government of Costa Rica has launched a tender to design, build and operate a new container terminal at the Limón-Moín port complex in ...
04-Nov-2009

*Shipping companies still dodging the financial bullet
Echoing a recent report published by credit rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P), speakers at the Marine Finance Forum in New York - representing ...
29-Oct-2009

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29-Oct-2009

NCL to raise cash
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) announced on 26 October that it is proposing to issue USD450 million of senior secured notes due 2016 in a ...
28-Oct-2009

Maersk launches inaugural bond
Danish shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk on 23 October placed a EUR750 million (USD1.1 billion) five-year bond that carries a 4.875 per cent coupon. The ...
28-Oct-2009

PPP deals in India expected
India's Ministry of Shipping has awarded seven port projects to be developed on a public-private partnership (PPP) basis. This latest development is expected to ...
28-Oct-2009

STX taking equity stake
A consortium comprising Indonesian oil company Pertamina, National Iranian Oil Refining Industries Development Co and Malaysia's Petronas plans to raise USD2.8 billion to develop ...
28-Oct-2009

Navios prices mortgage notes
Drybulk specialist Navios Maritime Holdings Inc, Navios Maritime Finance (US) Inc (the company's wholly owned finance subsidiary) and Navios Holdings announced on 22 October ...
28-Oct-2009

KDB fund closes deal
State-owned Korea Development Bank (KDB) has finalised its first ship finance rescue after stepping in to provide USD67 million for a Korea Line capesize ...
28-Oct-2009

dHNA to launch leasing group
China-based HNA Group, parent of Grand China Logistics, plans to establish a ship leasing company in Shanghai and a shipping trust in an attempt ...
28-Oct-2009

KoGas refinancing in market
Korea Gas Corporation (KoGas) is in the market for a USD630 million refinancing for its sponsored liquefied natural gas (LNG) ships. KoGas has mandated ...
27-Oct-2009

RCL closes bond deal
Thai box operator Regional Container Lines (RCL) has placed THB2.5 billion (USD74 million) of three-year bonds with investors. Some THB500 million went to institutional ...
27-Oct-2009

Korean banks talk to HMM
South Korea's Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) has been in talks with key Korean lenders as it ponders increasing its fleet as part of a ...
26-Oct-2009

Navios plans private placement
Drybulk specialist Navios Maritime Holdings Inc, Navios Maritime Finance (US) Inc (the company's wholly owned finance subsidiary) and Navios Holdings intend to offer through ...
19-Oct-2009

Trai Thien to issue shares
Ho Chi Minh City-based Trai Thien Group plans to invest USD470 million to buy 16 ships being built by Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin). ...
19-Oct-2009

Shipping dealwatch table
Shipping dealwatch table
15-Oct-2009

A decade in the public eye
It was a signature event of a signature era. On 10 November 1999, with great fanfare - and an abundance of brown bunting on ...
15-Oct-2009

*Few bankers see smooth sailing for shipping sector
Confidence has returned to the broader banks market. Recovering equity markets have enabled banks to raise money; leading shipping bank DnB Nor Bank was ...
15-Oct-2009

Zim restructure on hold
The burden of uncertainty grew heavier on Israeli container shipping group Zim after its parent's decision to delay until 28 October a meeting scheduled ...
14-Oct-2009

Tui making concessions
German travel group Tui plans to make further concessions so that the German federal government grants its former shipping division, Hapag-Lloyd, the requested state ...
14-Oct-2009

Grimaldi lands EIB loan
European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a contract with Grimaldi Compagnia di Navigazione Spa for a EUR80 million (USD118 million) direct loan to finance ...
14-Oct-2009

Trico Marine to issue notes
Offshore oil and gas industry support specialist Trico Marine Services announced on 9 October that its wholly owned subsidiary Trico Shipping AS intends to ...
14-Oct-2009

Sovcomflot to sell stake
The Russian government plans to sell up to 20 per cent of shares in state-owned shipping company Sovcomflot in late 2010 or early 2011. ...
14-Oct-2009

BLT eyes share sale
Indonesian operator PT Berlian Laju Tanker (BLT), seeking to sell USD200 million of new shares, said it had subscriptions for almost half the stock ...
13-Oct-2009

RCL debt deal to launch
Thailand's Regional Container Lines (RCL) is due to launch its THB2.5 billion (USD75 million) senior debenture sale. The issue was given a rating of ...
13-Oct-2009

Dalian to issue shares
China's Dalian Port plans to issue up to 1.2 billion A-shares in mainland China, subject to shareholder approval. The company plans to use proceeds ...
13-Oct-2009

Tallinn to tap bank loans
Estonia's state-owned port company Tallinna Sadam plans to borrow another EUR41.5 million (USD61.2 million) this year. The port operator intends to borrow EUR11.5 million ...
13-Oct-2009

First Pacific wins port project
A joint venture of Harbour Centre Port Terminal Inc and Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC), a unit of Hong Kong-listed First Pacific Co, has ...
13-Oct-2009

Indian port seeks funds
Gangavaram Port, the Indian port part-owned by private equity firm Warburg Pincus, may borrow as much as INR7 billion (USD147 million) from banks to ...
13-Oct-2009

Hercules prices note offer
Oil and gas industry specialist Hercules Offshore on 8 October priced a private placement of USD300 million of senior secured notes due in 2017, ...
12-Oct-2009

Shipping dealwach
Shipping dealwatch table
01-Oct-2009

CMA CGM in restructure talks
Privately held French container shipping specialist CMA CGM, shouldering a debt burden of about USD5 billion, is in discussions with banks to restructure its ...
01-Oct-2009

DSME's club deal closes
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has completed and signed its USD150 million, two-year club deal. ANZ, Korea Exchange Bank (KEB), Natixis and Standard ...
01-Oct-2009



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