据哈特能源8月23日消息，总部位于日内瓦的前线贸易公司已同意以现金加股票的方式，从托克集团(Trafigura)手中购买10艘苏伊士型油轮，交易金额最高可达6.75亿美元，这将使该公司成为托克的大股东。

托克8月23日表示，根据交易条款，该公司将持有前线8.5%的股份，价值1.28亿美元，并将获得5.38亿至5.47亿美元的现金支付。

本月早些时候，前线和托克，以及干散货航运公司金海洋航运公司，宣布了一项海上燃料合作计划，将对船舶使用的清洁燃料进行监管改革。

前线首席执行官Robert Hvide Macleod在一份声明中表示:“在我们预计运费将大幅上涨之际，这笔交易的结构对我们的收益产生了直接影响。”

前线在收购完成之前，将从托克包租所有10艘今年建造并配备尾气净化系统的油轮。

程张翔 编译自 哈特能源

原文如下：

Trafigura Takes Stake In Frontline In $675 Million Tanker Deal

Frontline has agreed to buy 10 Suezmax oil tankers from Trafigura in a cash and share deal worth up to $675 million which will make the Geneva-based trading firm a large shareholder in the shipping group.

Under the terms of the deal Trafigura will take an 8.5% stake in Frontline, valued at $128 million, and will receive a cash payment of between $538 million and $547 million, the companies said on Aug. 23.

Frontline and Trafigura, together with dry bulk shipping firm Golden Ocean, announced a marine fuel partnership earlier this month ahead of a shake-up in regulation that will enforce cleaner fuels for ships.

“The structure of the transaction creates an immediate impact to our earnings at a time when we expect freight rates to increase significantly,” Frontline CEO Robert Hvide Macleod said in a statement.

Frontline has already agreed to time-charter all 10 vessels, which were built this year and fitted with exhaust gas cleaning systems, from Trafigura until the acquisition is closed.