GERMAN shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd has joined
the shift to green financing, securing funds for six liquefied
natural gas (LNG) powered, 23,500 TEU containerships it ordered in
December 2020.
The firm said it concluded two transactions according to
the Green Loan Principles of the Loan Market Association (LMA),
as verified by independent secondary party DNV GL, as the
shipping industry increasingly turns toward financing linked to measurable
sustainability targets.
Mark Frese, Hapag-Lloyd's chief financial
officer, said: "Our first green financings are a
major milestone for us, as we are breaking new ground in the container shipping
segment by financing newbuilding projects geared towards sustainability."
A US$417 million syndicated green loan has a
12-year maturity and will be used to finance three of the six containerships on
order. The credit facility is being backed by the Korea Trade Insurance
Corporation (K-SURE), and the syndicate consists of 11 banks. KfW
IPEX-Bank and BNP Paribas were in charge of structuring and coordinating the
transaction.
The $472 million lease financing for the remaining three
newbuildings has a maturity of 17 years plus construction-phase financing, and
has been structured by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Leasing
(ICBC Leasing).
"The transactions will help us to modernise our fleet
while further reducing our CO2 footprint at the same time," Mr Frese said.
The newbuilds are being built at Daewoo Shipbuilding &
Marine Engineering (DSME) in South Korea for scheduled delivery in 2023 and
will be equipped with efficient MAN B&W 11G95ME-GI Mk10.5 high-pressure
dual-fuel engines, enabling 15-25 per cent CO2 emissions reductions. This means
that in addition to the requirements of the LMA's Green Loan Principles, the
ships will also satisfy the EU Taxonomy's technical screening criteria for sea
and coastal freight water transport.
The vessels will be deployed on the Europe - Far East
routes as part of THE Alliance, reports Maritime Logistics Professional, Palm
Beach, Florida.
Source : HKSG / Photo : YouTube.
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