The new facility, maturing in five years, was arrangedby the Danish oil and shipping giant itself and refinances a $6.75bn facility maturingin 2015.
Maersk says it proactively addressed its upcomingrefinancing to take advantage of current favourable conditions in the globalbank loan market and reduce its financial costs.
"We have received strong support from our globalrelationship banks who all participate in the transaction.
