Objective(s) and scope
Crédit Agricole CIB offers tailor-made financing solutions and expertise to international shipowners in the freight and passenger transport sectors.
A variety of new and second-hand vessels are financed by Crédit Agricole CIB though this programme, including the following:
- Cargo ships of various types (bulk carriers, oil tankers, gas carriers, container ships, ro-ro ships, etc
- Passenger ships (liners, ferries)
- Vessels and platforms for the offshore oil industry
Their services offer:
- Financial advisory
- Medium- to long-term mortgage loans with pre-financing during construction
- Export loans and financial loans
- Tax lease financing
- Hedging products for interest rate, currency and commodity risks
- Bond markets: investment and high yield bonds, guaranteed by export credit agencies
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Equity markets: IPOs, capital increases, convertible bonds, equity component transactions
- Private placements: capital (fund raising) and debt (EuroPP, USPP, Norwegian format)
