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May 2008
Financing for Babcock & Brown's £3.5 billion acquisition of Angel Trains is expected to sign in the next week, moving onto the syndications market before the end of the second quarter.
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ABN Amro, IFC, Societe Generale and Standard Bank will next week launch general syndication on a Eu395.2 million project loan to TAV Tunisie.
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Brisconnections, the winning bidder for the Brisbane Airport Link and associated projects, has put together a group of 10 banks to raise
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The Colombian government hopes to launch a request for qualifications for the $2.5 billion Ruta del Sol
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The Abertis and Citi Infrastructure Investors consortium has raised $8.5 billion in short-term bank debt commitments to back its winning bid of $12.8 billion for a potential lease of the Pennsylvania turnpike.
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The first drawdown of the $205 million debt financing for the Hajj Terminal at the King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah is scheduled for Wednesday 21 May.
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A consortium of Abertis (50%), Citi Infrastructure Investors (41%) and La Caixa's holding company Criteria (9%) has submitted the high bid for a 75-year lease of the Pennsylvania turnpike.
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Citi Alternative Investments' new fund, Citi Infrastructure Investors (CII) is to buy a 50% stake in YVR Airport Services (YVRAS) from the Vancouver Airport Authority, forming a partnership with the Authority
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The Port of Oakland has issued a request for qualifications for a concession to develop and operate its Outer Harbor container terminal
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The Cintra/Macquarie consortium has withdrawn from the bidding process for the Pennsylvania Turnpike concession. The assumed remaining two bidders are an Abertis-led consortium and Goldman Sachs with Transurban.
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Lanco Infratech, Lanco Amarkantak Power and Pembinaan Redzai have won the BOT tender to develop the $2 billion, 6.5 million TEU Vizhinjam International Container Port in Kerala
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Five bidders have been shortlisted for the Nadzemny light rail PPP concession in St Petersburg.
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The Romanian National Company for Highways (CNADNER) is set to launch its Ploiesti-Brasov toll road PPP project in June 2008.
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Changjiang Shipping Group Phoenix has signed a $115 milliom 10 year ship financing via bookrunner BNP Paribas
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The Connect Plus consortium - comprising Balfour Beatty, Skanska, WS Atkins and Egis Projects - has been awarded the £5 billion ($9.8 billion) 30-year M25 expansion
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The USDOT/TIFIA Joint Program Office has appointed
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The sponsors and bond guarantor of the Lane Cove Tunnel financing have begun talks on a possible recapitalisation
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Syndication of the £2.19 billion ($4.4 billion) 25 year loan backing AirTanker's Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA) RAF refuelling plane PFI contract
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The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has issued a request for qualifications for a proposed PPP concession of Alligator Alley.
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Iridium Concesiones closed the Eu110 million ($165 million) refinancing of the Vinedos 2 shadow toll road in Spain on 31 March 2008. The refinancing uses FSA to provide a AAA wrap of a bank loan from Dexia Sabadell, the instance of a wrapped bank loan of the credit crunch. Several peculiarities of t...
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FDoT has put selection of a shortlist for the $1.8 billion Jacksonville Outer Beltway (also known as First Coast Outer Beltway) concession on hold until
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Syndication of the £2.19 billion ($4.4 billion) 25 year loan backing AirTanker's Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA) RAF refuelling plane PFI contract (worth £13.5 billion over the whole life of the concession) launched at end of April and is scheduled to complete on 28 May.
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After a series of false starts, Portugal has re-opened the taps on its infrastructure and PPP dealflow. But have the issues that have dogged the market – SCUT payments, clinicco template, long BAFOs – really been fixed? By Paul Smith
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Amendments to French PPP law are expected to add further impetus to a market that already features the most risk-free social infrastructure PPP system in Europe. By Michael Marray.
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Miami Access Tunnel hopes to achieve financial close on the Port of Miami Tunnel project by September 2008.
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OHL has been awarded the Eu680 million ($1.05 billion) concession for a two-tier motorway between Mexico City and Queretaro.
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Pennsylvania's Governor Edward Rendell has extended the deadline for bids for the turnpike concession until 9 May 2008
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The Port of Oakland is due to issue a request for qualifications for its expansion, and the construction of a marine terminal.
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Turkey has kick-started its privatization programme again after postponement last election year. But will it get the asset pricing it is hoping for? By Ty Turner.
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The Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority (PRHTA) and the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico (GDB) have issued a request for qualifications for a concession of the PR22
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Six consortia have tendered for prequalification on the $1.26 billion Nadzemny Express (Nadex) rapid light rail PPP in St Petersburg
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FDOT issues Alligator Alley RFQ