The company said the new facility is worth theequivalent of EUR 178m, which is $245.65m at today’s exchange rate.

In tandem with this it has reduced theexisting euro loan for the third vessel in the series to EUR 714m from EUR892m.

Both are 100% guaranteed by COFACE, theexport credit agency of France.

The new US dollar facility matures over 12years following delivery from STX France in the second quarter of 2016.

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