Global Ship Lease secures $1 billion syndicated loan facility
Global Ship Lease agreed a seven-year $1 billion loan facility at SOFR plus 1.5% to fund the delivery of 15 new containerships from 2028 to 2030.
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what happened
Global Ship Lease has agreed a $1 billion syndicated loan facility with a seven-year tenor and interest set at SOFR plus 1.5%, GlobeNewswire reported. The oversubscribed financing was arranged by a group of eight banks.
The company plans to draw the facility in tranches tied to the delivery of 15 newbuildings ordered in June. Deliveries are scheduled from late 2028 through 2030, and each vessel is contracted to begin time-charter employment shortly after delivery.
The syndicate includes Bank of America, Bank of China (Hong Kong), KfW IPEX, ABN-AMRO, CTBC, CaixaBank, BOCOM (HK) and First Citizens Bank. Global Ship Lease CFO Tassos Psaropoulos said the structure reduces the risk of the newbuilding program and provides a margin 550 basis points below the level available to the company five years ago.
why it matters
The facility aligns debt drawdowns with vessel deliveries and the start of multi-year charters. Global Ship Lease said its fleet stood at 71 containerships on June 30, 2026, while contracted revenue was $3.2 billion on a TEU-weighted basis, including options under the company’s control.
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- Global Ship Lease Announces Syndicated Loan Facility — globenewswire.com, 12 October 2026 at 20:15 UTC
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