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Wednesday, Oct 04, 2023
MARC Ratings has affirmed its AAIS rating on Northport (Malaysia) Bhd’s RM1.5 billion Sukuk Musharakah Programme with a stable outlook. Northport’s well-established operational track record as a key port operator in Port Klang, healthy cash flow generation and strong balance sheet profile remain key rating drivers. The rating is mainly moderated by the susceptibility of its handling volum...

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Wednesday, Oct 19, 2022
Posted Date: October 19, 2022MARC Ratings has upgraded Northport (Malaysia) Bhd’s RM1.5 billion Sukuk Musharakah programme rating to AAIS from AA-IS. Concurrently, the rating agency has revised the rating outlook to stable from positive.The rating upgrade is premised on Northport’s sustained strong profitability metrics, resulting in strong cash flow from operations (CFO) interest and debt cov...

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Wednesday, Nov 24, 2021
MARC has affirmed its MARC-1IS and AA-IS ratings on Northport (Malaysia) Bhd’s (Northport) Islamic Commercial Papers (ICP) Programme and Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) Programme. The ratings outlook has been revised to positive. The outlook revision incorporates the continued improvement in Northport’s credit metrics on the back of substantial growth in its throughput volume. Its stable...

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Friday, Dec 11, 2020
MARC has affirmed its MARC-1IS  and AA-IS ratings on Northport (Malaysia) Bhd’s (Northport) Islamic Commercial Papers (ICP) Programme and Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) Programme. The ratings outlook is stable. The ratings affirmation is mainly driven by Northport’s established position in providing container and conventional cargo handling services through North Port and Southpoin...

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Friday, Feb 14, 2020
MARC has affirmed its MARC-1IS and AA-IS ratings on Northport (Malaysia) Bhd’s (Northport) Islamic Commercial Papers (ICP) Programme and Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) Programme. The ratings outlook is stable.Northport operates North Port (main port) and Southpoint (focuses on short-sea trades) in Port Klang under long-term concessions expiring in November 2043. The ratings affirmation continu...

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Tuesday, Apr 09, 2019
MARC has affirmed its MARC-1IS and AA-IS ratings on Northport (Malaysia) Bhd’s (Northport) Islamic Commercial Papers (ICP) Programme and Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) Programme. The outlook on the ratings is stable. The rated programmes have a combined limit of RM1.5 billion and the outstanding under the programmes was RM450 million as at end-January 2019. Northport is a port operator o...

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Friday, Jan 19, 2018
MARC has affirmed its MARC-1IS and AA-IS ratings on Northport (Malaysia) Bhd’s (Northport) Islamic Commercial Papers (ICP) Programme and Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) Programme respectively. The outlook on the ratings is stable. The ratings affect the outstanding amount of RM450 million as at December 31, 2017 under the rated programmes which have a combined limit of RM1.5 billion. Nort...

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Tuesday, Jan 10, 2017
MARC has affirmed its MARC-1IS and AA-IS ratings on Northport (Malaysia) Bhd’s (Northport) Islamic Commercial Papers (ICP) Programme and Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) Programme respectively (collectively Sukuk Musharakah Programmes). The outlook on the ratings is stable. The ratings affect the outstanding amount of RM350 million as at December 31, 2016 under the rated programmes which have a...

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Friday, Jan 22, 2016
MARC has affirmed its ratings of MARC-1IS and AA-IS on concessionaire Northport (Malaysia) Bhd’s (NMB) Islamic Commercial Papers (ICP) Programme and Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) Programme respectively (collectively known as Sukuk Musharakah Programmes). The outlook on the ratings is stable. The affirmed ratings incorporate NMB’s operating track record stemming from its location on a ...

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Tuesday, Dec 02, 2014
MARC has assigned final ratings of MARC-1IS/AA-IS to Northport (Malaysia) Bhd’s (NMB) Islamic Commercial Papers Programme and Islamic Medium-Term Notes Programme respectively (collectively known as Sukuk Musharakah Programmes) with a joint limit of up to RM1.5 billion. The outlook on the ratings is stable.Upon review of the final documentation of the forthcoming issuance, MARC is satisfied ...

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