RE: HARL is in good shape to build RN etc & Merchant ships10 Mar 2022 19:55
How does this change the landscape? It’s like me running a business at a loss, then taking out a loan secured on the assets ( Green loan at that ). Unless I do something fundamentally different with that cash instead of still running at a loss and burning through it, all it does is prolong the inevitable. That money needs to go on investing in the yards / systems / etc where they actually create the resource / structure and capacity to do anything other than repairs, if you’ve seen the yards you’ll know that would eat into a huge chunk of that, if it’s even enough. Bottom line is, nothing has changed apart from they have, in business terms operating cash with a negative cash flow. They still have debt to pay off also.
I’m a fan of the shipyards being prosperous and productive however I’m struggling to understand what this brings to the party in terms of leveraging anything apart from keeping the lights on longer . This doesn’t make them ship builders and doesn’t make them more attractive. They’ve got a loan.