GasLog Partners To Buy Three Vessels
GasLog Partners LP and GasLog Ltd. announced today the closing of the Partnership’s acquisition from GasLog of 100% of the ownership interests in the entities that own and charter the liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) carriers the Methane Alison Victoria, the Methane Shirley Elisabeth and the Methane Heather Sally. GasLog’s fully-owned fleet consists of 19 LNG carriers (including 11 ships in operation and 8 LNG carriers on order), and GasLog has four LNG carriers operating under its technical management for third parties.GasLog Partners LP’s fleet consists of eight LNG carriers with an average carrying capacity of 148,750 cbm, each of which has a multi-year time charter.
GasLog Partners in $ 483 mi Acquisition Deal
GasLog Partners LP and GasLog Ltd. announced today that they have entered into an agreement for the Partnership to purchase from GasLog, the sole member of the Partnership’s general partner, 100% of the shares in the entities that own and charter the Methane Alison Victoria, Methane Shirley Elisabeth and Methane Heather Sally, for an aggregate purchase price of $483 million (the “Acquisition”), which includes $3 million for positive net working capital balances to be transferred with the vessels. The three vessels subject to the Acquisition are modern liquefied natural gas carriers built in 2007, each with a capacity of 145,000 cubic meters.
GasLog Completes Acquisition of 3 LNG Carriers from BG Group
GasLog Ltd. announced that it successfully completed the acquisition of three LNG carriers from an affiliate of BG Group plc (“BG”), which was previously announced on April 10, 2014. This completes the second acquisition of ships from BG by GasLog in 2014. The acquisition of the first three vessels was announced in January and completed in April. The three ships subject to today’s announcement will be chartered back to BG for six-year initial terms on average. The time charters for the three vessels are staggered with one for 5.5 years, one for 6 years and one for 6.5 years, so that the three vessels will not redeliver at the same time. BG has options to extend the term of the time charters for two of the ships for a period of either three or five years at its election.
