Taiwanese container line Evergreen Marine has clinched $77.1m of financing for new boxships under construction at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard.

Law firm Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) said it had advised the Spanish lender Banco Santander on the deal, as well as export credit agency Korea Trade Insurance Corporation (K-Sure).

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This is Evergreen's first K-Sure backed financing.