Philly Shipyard Secures USD 150m Loan for Four Tankers

Philly Shipyard Philly Shipyard, the sole operating subsidiary of Philly Shipyard ASA, has signed a commitment letter with Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation (Cat Financial) for a USD 150 million loan facility to finance the construction of four next generation 50,000 dwt product tankers. The facility will be subject to a maximum borrowing amount of USD 75 million per vessel and secured by a first lien on the four vessels. The loans will accrue interest at three-month LIBOR plus 3.00% as defined in the commitment letter, the company said. The company expects to enter into definitive agreements for this facility in the first quarter of 2016. This facility will be a continuation of the extensive cooperation between Philly Shipyard and Cat Financial that will include a total of 26 vessels, including both product tankers and containerships, and span a period of 15 years when Hull 028 is delivered, Philly Shipyard said. All four vessels to be financed by this facility are currently under contract with Philly Tankers LLC. As previously announced, the shipbuilding contract for each of these vessels will be assigned at delivery by Philly Tankers LLC to a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan, Inc.