Bahri Secures $133m Funding for Five Ships

National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) said on Sunday that a subsidiary had secured $133.2 million in Islamic financing to purchase five chemical tankers.

The funding will be provided to National Chemical Carriers by Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation and BNP Paribas in the form of a murabaha facility for a 10-year period, it said in a bourse statement.

A murabaha is a cost-plus-profit arrangement which complies with Islamic finance standards.

(Reporting by Mariam Abu Bakr; writing by Tom Arnold; editing by Jason Neely)