Shipping financing

Crédit Agricole CIB is one of the world's leading banks in structured shipping finance. For over 40 years, we have been offering tailor-made financing solutions and expertise to international shipowners in the freight and passenger transport sectors.

We finance a wide variety of new and second-hand vessels, including:

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

4 Marine Money Deal of the year 2020 Awards
3 Marine Money Deal of the year 2022 Awards

Our added value in theShipping sector

We support our clients in the implementation of asset financing and financial strategy advice, including:

Financial advisory
Medium- to long-term mortgage loans with pre-financing during construction
Export loans (BPI, KEXIM, KSURE, SACE, Eksfin, etc.) and financial loans
Tax lease financing (French tax lease, JOLCO)
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)

Financing of "Intermodal" containers

In addition to shipping financing, Crédit Agricole CIB also offers financing solutions for containers. This business activity is in direct synergy with our expertise in the shipping and rail sectors.

Financial advisory
Mergers and acquisitions
Medium and long term mortgages
Structured credit leasing (tax credit leasing, JOLCO)
Structuring and placement of securitisation programmes for leasing companies (warehouse facilities and ABS programmes)
Export credits
Interest rate and currency hedging
High grade and high yield bond issues
Private placements: equity (fundraising) and debt (EuroPP, USPP, etc.)
Equity markets: IPOs, capital increases, convertible bonds, equity component transactions.

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Client successes
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