Ocean Yield AS To Invest In Four Product Tankers With Inaugural Sustainability-Linked Lease
Ocean Yield AS (“Ocean Yield” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has agreed to purchase four LR1 product tankers to be constructed at Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) in China.
The vessels will be built with a design enabling them to be converted to dual-fuel operation with methanol as fuel. Upon delivery (in 2026 and 2027), the vessels will commence 15-year bareboat charters to guaranteed subsidiaries of Braskem S.A., a leading global petrochemical company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Braskem S.A. currently has credit ratings of BBB- from S&P and Fitch and Ba1 from Moody’s.
The bareboat charter rate will have a variable element linked to the respective vessel’s actual carbon emissions, incentivizing the charterer to keep emissions low. To the Company’s knowledge, this is the first sustainability-linked transaction in the maritime leasing market.
CEO Andreas Røde said in a comment: “Since Ocean Yield was established in 2012, sustainability and responsibility have been integrated parts of our core strategy as we seek to be a facilitator for the decarbonization of the shipping industry.
In Braskem, we have found a partner who shares our values and ambitions. We are excited to build on our relationship with Braskem and introduce the inaugural sustainability-linked lease to the Ocean Yield portfolio”. The transaction will add approximately USD 300 million to the Company’s EBITDA backlog.
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