Evergreen Holding Group May Miss Bond Payment
Evergreen Holding Group, an unlisted company that specialises in building boats, issued a warning on Friday that it may have trouble making coupon and interest payments on a bond maturing on May 15. The company said in a statement on the website of the China interbank market operator that it was unsure if it would be able to make payment in regard to a 0.4 billion yuan ($61.6 million) short-term commercial debt due on May 15. The announcement follows a series of bond default warnings and cancelled issuances in China as pressure on the bond market rises. Reporting by Shanghai Newsroom
JACCAR Holdings Sells Shares of Chinese Shipyard
JACCAR Holdings has helped to build Sinopacific Offshore and Engineering (SOE) into one of China’s leading providers of LPG/LEG vessels, offshore cranes, and offshore production, through its 25% share in the company. JACCAR Holdings has sold its shares to Pearlfine Ocean Worldwide, who joins Evergreen Holding Group and Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group in the new shareholding structure. Since 2009 JACCAR Holdings has ordered six LPG Tiger 5000cbm, (first vessel to be delivered at the end of May 2012) and 8 LEG Tiger 12 000cbm (delivery as from 2013) from SOE. This investment, coupled with close cooperation between SOE and JACCAR Holdings have positioned SOE as a strong, innovative and unique player in the LPG/LEG field worldwide.