ECAs propel cruise-ship market boom
Last week, MSC Cruises signed a letter of intent with STX France for the construction of four LNG-powered ships with France's ECA, Coface, backing the $4.5 billion...
Last week, MSC Cruises signed a letter of intent with STX France for the construction of four LNG-powered ships with France's ECA, Coface, backing the $4.5 billion...
At the end of last month, JBIC signed a $63.75 million loan agreement with JSAT as part of $255 million facility with three Japanese banks for the financing of the...
At the end of last month, MIGA announced its backing of €698.9 million in loans from two international banks to develop Eskom's power transmission infrastructure in South...
Earlier this month, Bangladesh sealed a $2 billion credit line from the Export-Import Bank of India for power development in a deal indicative of an exciting new trend...
After two years of delays resulting from the war with Isis, French export credit agency (ECA) Coface last month provided its first ever guarantee in Iraqi Kurdistan to...
US shale producers have maxed out their reserve-based loans in a sign of impending bankruptcies, but lenders can expect good recoveries from these, while some frackers...
Despite the fall in crude oil prices having taken its toll on demand for offshore vessels over the past year, DOF Brasil recently signed a loan agreement with Norway’s...
Canada's export credit agency, Export Development Canada (EDC), recently announced it will provide its global mentoring services to the 50 winners of Deloitte Canada's...
Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic) has closed the $3.8 billion project financing facility for its approximate $6.5 billion Liwa Plastics...
Kazakhstan’s state-owned KazMunaiGas is closing a $3 billion prepayment deal with commodities trader Vitol for crude shipments, in an effort to increase liquidity in...
The Export-Import Bank of India (India Exim) last month signed a $150 million line of credit with Iran's Bank of Industry and Mine to finance rail upgrades in Iran. The...
In a sign that Russia’s Metalloinvest is finally feeling the chill of the current frosty steel market, the iron ore and metals company last week signed a new $400 million...
ADB has earmarked $10 billion for Indonesia over the next five years in a bid to support the government's development priorities. TXF speaks with ADB's Steven Tabor to...
Coface, the French export credit agency (ECA), was the single most active ECA in 2015 for medium and long-term debt supporting a total of $7.73 billion worth of...
HSBC was the biggest lender of export credit agency (ECA) debt in 2015, according to TXF Data's Export Finance report, signing a total of $4.54 billion of ECA-supported...
The global volume of export credit agency (ECA) deals has fallen by nearly a third compared to 2014, according to TXF Data's 2015 Export Finance Report.
Low oil prices prompted BNP Paribas last week to “halt” any new US reserve-based lending (RBL) from its Houston office. Sources state other lenders will continue to offer...
Equant Analytics has calculated that global trade is $2.1 trillion higher than the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) official figures. TXF speaks with Equant's co-founders...
Japan has become the world's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) importer as it diversifies away from nuclear power. A recent deal between Japanese export credit agency...
Vietnam's state-owned National Power Transmission Corporation (NPT) has signed a $200 million loan facility for a coal-fired power plant, backed by Japanese export credit...