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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · International Seaways (INSW)

International Seaways secures $239.7 million term loan for six LR1 tanker newbuildings

Neutral Impact 3 of 5 financing Written later

International Seaways and subsidiaries entered into an ECA credit facility with DNB Bank ASA on August 20, 2025, offering a 12-year term loan of up to $239.7 million and a revolving credit facility of up to $91.9 million. The facilities will partly finance six LR1 tanker newbuildings under construction at K Shipbuilding in Korea, and no amounts are currently drawn, with the first vessel expected to deliver later in the third quarter of 2025.

Key points

  • Term loan of up to $239.7 million over 12 years; revolving facility of up to $91.9 million
  • Portion of term loans insured by Korea Trade Insurance Corporation (K-Sure), up to $239.7 million, repaid in 24 semi-annual instalments
  • Interest at Term SOFR plus a 1.10% margin on K-SURE tranches and 1.45% on the commercial tranche
  • Covenants require minimum liquidity of the greater of $50 million and 5% of Consolidated Indebtedness, and a Maximum Leverage Ratio of no more than 0.65 to 1.00

The filing

CompanyInternational Seaways (INSW)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECAug 26, 2025, 4:15 PM ET
Accession number0001104659-25-083086

Items reported: 1.01 Material Definitive Agreement2.03 New Direct Financial Obligation

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:05 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on August 26, 2025.

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