Ehime Bank and JFC Provide Joint Support for Coastal Tanker　愛媛銀行・日本政策金融公庫、内航タンカーに協調支援

Equity-Based Loan to Back Ootaka Kaiun’s Island Logistics and Seafarer Retention

大鷹海運向け、資本性ローンで離島物流と船員確保を後押し

Ehime Bank and the Matsuyama branch of the Japan Finance Corporation (JFC) announced on 2 October that they had executed a syndicated loan to support the purchase of a second-hand white oil tanker (749GT) by coastal shipping company Ootaka Kaiun (based in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture; President Nobutaka Oouchi).

Key Points of the Article

→ Although the loan amount has not been disclosed, the “Private Sector Collaboration Support-Type Equity Loan” utilised by Ootaka Kaiun features a subordinated structure that allows repayment to be deferred, enabling it to be recognised as the shipowner’s equity capital.

→ With growing concerns over the declining number of operators responsible for petroleum transport to remote islands due to the ageing of seafarers and a shortage of successors, the initiative is attracting attention as a notable example of regional finance and public institutions working in unison.

“You can read the rest of the article in both English and Japanese.”（続きは英語と日本語で書かれた本文でお読みください）

愛媛銀行・日本政策金融公庫、内航タンカーに協調支援

大鷹海運向け、資本性ローンで離島物流と船員確保を後押し

愛媛銀行と日本政策金融公庫（Japan Finance Corporation, JFC）松山支店は10月2日、内航海運業の大鷹海運（Ootaka Kaiun, 愛媛県松山市、大内伸隆/Nobutaka Oouchi社長）による中古白油タンカー（749総トン）購入に対し協調融資を実行した。

この記事のポイント

→融資額は非公表だが、今回、大鷹海運が活用した「民間協調支援型資本性ローン」は、返済順位を後回しにできる劣後ローンの仕組みを持ち、船主の自己資本として評価されるのが特徴だ。

→船員の高齢化と後継者不足により、離島向け石油輸送の担い手が失われる懸念が高まるなか、地域金融と公的機関が一体で支えた好例として注目される。

“You can read the rest of the article in both English and Japanese.”（続きは英語と日本語で書かれた本文でお読みください）