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来源：Marine Link 2020-05-13
翻译：国际海事信息网 王雅媛 张运鸿

 

       海运集团法国达飞（CMA CGM）近期获得10.5亿欧元（11亿美元）的贷款，其中法国政府将提供70%的担保。集团借此在冠状病毒大流行期间改善其现金状况。冠状病毒的全球流行已经重创了国际贸易。

 

       总部设于马赛的达飞海运集团周三在一份声明中表示，这笔贷款来自法国巴黎银行（BNP Paribas）、汇丰银行（HSBC）和法国兴业银行（Société Générale）组成的一个银行财团，初始期限为一年，可最多延期五年。

 

       法国政府正为法国企业提供数十亿欧元的贷款担保，帮助它们在新型冠状病毒带来的经济影响下生存下来。

 

       该公司称：“健康危机给全球经济带来不确定性，为应对这种情况，这笔新资金能够进一步增强法国达飞的现金状况。”

 

       由Saade家族私人控股的达飞表示，其2020年上半年的市场规模预计将较上年同期下降10%。

 

       公司发言人补充说，集团的集装箱运量目前正随市场趋势缩减。

 

       集装箱航运市场领头羊马士基（Maersk）周三表示，预计今年该行业的全球需求将收缩，而此前该公司曾预计全球需求将增长1%至3%。马士基还发出警告，称第二季度的货运量可能会下降高达四分之一。

 

       法国达飞曾在3月初表示，随着疫情首次爆发后中国的复工，预计今年冠状病毒对其业务的影响有限。

 

       然而，疫情已经蔓延到世界各地，特别是西欧和美国。  

 

       法国达飞公布去年净亏损后,一直在努力减少其收购瑞士公司基华物流（CEVA Logistics）后的债务负担，旨在扩大其在非海运领域的业务。

 

       该发言人称，CEVA公司服务的许多业务部门正处于低迷时期，不过公司发现口罩等医疗用品的运输存在短期需求，包括中国和法国之间的空运。但他拒绝透露CEVA的经营活动水平。

 

       (1美元 =0.9219 欧元)

 

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CMA CGM Takes $1.1 Bln Loan

 

Shipping group CMA CGM has obtained a 1.05 billion euro ($1.1 billion) loan to be 70% guaranteed by the French government as it seeks to bolster its cash position during the coronavirus pandemic, which has hammered international trade.

 

The loan, secured from a consortium of banks comprising BNP Paribas, HSBC and Société Générale, has an initial one-year maturity and an extension option of up to five years, Marseille-based CMA CGM said in a statement on Wednesday.

 

France is offering guarantees to support billions of euros in loans for French companies to help them survive the economic fallout from the novel coronavirus.

 

"This new funding further strengthens CMA CGM's cash position in order to confront uncertainties in the global economy resulting from the health crisis," the group said.

 

Privately held CMA CGM, which is controlled by the founding Saade family, said it expects a 10% fall in market volumes in the first half of 2020 versus a year earlier.

 

A spokesman added that the group was experiencing a contraction in container shipping volumes in line with this market trend.

 

Container shipping market leader Maersk said on Wednesday it now expected global demand in the sector to contract this year, after previously forecasting 1%-3% growth, and warned volumes in the second quarter could decline by as much as a quarter.

 

CMA CGM had said in early March it expected a limited impact on its operations this year from the coronavirus, as activity resumed in China after an initial outbreak there.

 

The virus has since spread across the world, particularly affecting Western Europe and the United States.

 

CMA CGM posted a net loss last year and has been trying to reduce its debt burden following the takeover of Swiss firm CEVA Logistics, aimed at expanding its presence in non-maritime transport.

 

CEVA was facing a downturn in many business sectors it serves, although it was seeing short-term demand for transporting medical supplies like masks, including through airlifts between China and France, the spokesman said, declining to give an estimate of CEVA's level of activity.

 

($1 =0.9219 euros)