The shipowner ordered the 164,700-cbm vessel in April against acharter deal with utility Chubu Electric Power to ship its volumes from the WheatstoneLNG project in Australia.
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) isleading a syndicate of banks fronting a total of JPY 12.2bn ($122m) for thevessel.
JBIC will lend $85m of the total with Mizuho Bank andSumitomo Bank to provide the balance, a statement says.
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