Navig8 announces the delivery of two product tankers and an increased $128.5 million credit facility
As previously announced, Navig8 Product Tankers Inc., an international shipping company focused on the transportation of petroleum products, has recently taken delivery of the Navig8 Excelsior, a LR1 74,000 DWT product tanker from STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co, Ltd., as well as the Navig8 Stability, a LR2 115,000 DWT product tanker built at Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co, Ltd. Both vessels will enter and be operated in commercial pools managed by the Navig8 Group. Overall, Navig8 has taken delivery of two LR2 and two LR1 product tanker newbuildings thus far and anticipates that its entire newbuilding fleet will be delivered by the end of 2016.
Separately, Navig8 has entered into an amended secured commercial loan facility for $128.5 million with Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (“CACIB”) and BNP Paribas to provide additional financing for LR1 74,000 DWT product tankers being built at STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.
The initial $64.3 million loan facility with CACIB, which was announced in November 2015, covered the first two newbuilding contracts at STX. Under the amended loan facility, the third and fourth newbuilding contracts at STX have been financed. The debt financing will cover approximately 65% of the contract price of each of these four vessels.
