Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group

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/

Hapag-Lloyd in $4B, 24-ship ordering spree at two Chinese yards

Hapag-Lloyd has signed separate contracts with two Chinese shipyards for a total of 24 new containerships. All will be equipped with state-of-the-art low emission, high pressure LNG dual-fuel engines capable of operation on biomethane (bio LNG), which can reduce CO2e emissions by up to 95% compared to conventional propulsion systems. They will also be ammonia-ready.

Hapag-Lloyd says the newbuildings will have a combined capacity of 312,000 TEU and involve a combined investment volume of around...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/hapag-lloyd-in-4b-24-ship-ordering-spree-at-two-chinese-yards/

COLUMN | The Twelve Days of Christmas 2023: Days 4 to 6: Seadrill, Gulf Drilling International and ADES; five shipping magnates on future fuels; six corrupted states and Al Jazeera [Offshore Accounts]

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me… a partridge in a pear tree, according to the ancient English carol, but at Baird Maritime, that’s the cue for a dozen topical features about the offshore industry. Lovers of festive traditions get scrolling, as for the fourth year in a row, we […]

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