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Hanjin Shipping gets $54mn loan to unload stranded cargo

Bloomberg Korea Development Bank, the main lender to Hanjin Shipping Co., offered a conditional credit line of 50 billion won ($45 million) to help ease supply-chain disruptions caused by the collapse of the nation’s biggest container mover. The state-owned bank will extend the loan only if the funds pledged by Korean Air Lines Co., the largest shareholder, Chairman Cho Yang ...

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India to add UAE, Saudi oil for strategic reserve

  Reuters India is talking to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia to fill half of the 1.5 million tonnes (mt) of the Mangalore strategic storage, along with Iranian crude, its oil minister said on Wednesday. Dharmendra Pradhan told a news conference India is exploring two to three other models for sourcing oil to fill the remainder of ...

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Indonesia bank cut rates to boost growth

  AFP Indonesia’s central bank cut its benchmark interest rate on Thursday in a bid to boost sagging growth, given space to act thanks to the Fed’s decision not to raise the cost of borrowing. Bank Indonesia slashed the rate by 25 basis points to five percent, as expected. The bank shifted to using the current, more short-term focused benchmark ...

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