The shipping company Ignazio Messina & C. has finalized a $50 million loan with BPER Banca and Banca Popolare di Sondrio dedicated to the needs for the renewal of the fleet of owned ships, as part of an investment plan of the Genoese company focused on full container vessels, with larger capacities and dimensions compared to those of the past. "It is - he said explained Stefano Messina, executive vice president of Ignazio Messina & C. - of a naval financing operation specific to accompany our growth path, already in the markets in which we operate and where we are increasing the our capacity and our integrated service offering. The Renewed confidence in the Italian banking system is a sign that reinforces our desire to travel with determination of the course of commercial and operational development, seizing the opportunities in the moment of our tradition, in which they are looming".

"This operation - commented Marco Mandelli, chief corporate & investment banking officer of BPER Banca under the whose responsibility lies with the Blue Economy desk - has as its us a special significance by virtue of the long relationship which binds BPER Banca and before that Carige to the Messina group and the Ligurian territory, an economic area of strategic interest for the bank. The transaction is also located within the perimeter of Blue Economy, to which the bank pays particular attention, also thanks to the active supervision with specialized resources operating from the Ligurian capital". "For Banca Popolare di Sondrio - added Mario Erba, chief commercial officer of Banca Popolare di Sondrio - this is a concrete confirmation of the importance of attributed to Liguria and the shipping sector".

BPER Corporate & Investment Banking acted as of Organizing Bank and Agent Bank for training and management of the pool, and availed itself of the collaboration of the Watson Farley Williams Law Firm for the improvement of the operation.