WFW and Hogan Lovells advise on US$1.5bn+ Hapag-Lloyd green ship financings

7 February 2025

Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) and Hogan Lovells jointly advised on three separate green ship financing transactions with an aggregate value of US$1.5bn+. All three transactions, one of which was secured by Chinese ECA Sinosure, were carried out in accordance with the Green Loan Principles of the Loan Market Association. WFW advised arrangers, financing banks and green loan arranger, with Hogan Lovells acting for Hapag-Lloyd.

In October 2024, Hapag-Lloyd signed two orders for a...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/02/07/wfw-and-hogan-lovells-advise-on-us1-5bn-hapag-lloyd-green-ship-financings/

Automation, speed limiters on former FMCSA deputy’s radar for 2025

WASHINGTON — Three federal rulemakings that have cost implications for truckers and motor carriers are on the short-term horizon for a former top official at the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration.

Earl Adams, who served as FMCSA’s deputy administrator and chief counsel under former administrator Robin Hutcheson, led a team at the agency that is developing the first major set of rules for high-level automation in heavy-duty trucks.

Earl Adams. Credit: Hogan Lovells

The result of that...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/automation-speed-limiters-on-former-fmcsa-deputys-radar-for-2025