De-risking deals, ensuring execution
Powerline helps commodity traders de-risk physical trade flows and keep cash moving with tailored trade credit, political risk, marine cargo, and related coverage built around the mechanics of each transaction. Our market access and structured approach strengthens bankability, expands trading capacity, and provides the certainty to execute confidently across borders.
Sectors
- Oil
- Natural gas
- LNG
- Refined products
- Chemicals
- Precious metals
- Base metals
- Grains
- Sugar
- Coffee
- Cocoa
- Oilseeds
- Aggregates
- Biofuels
- Environmental credits
Case Studies
Commodities
A panel coverage solution with the right chemistry
Situation
A global commodity trader advanced capital to a North African chemical producer under a pre-export financing agreement, requiring delivery of specified commodities over three years. The upfront funding exposed the trader and its financing partners to significant counterparty credit and non-delivery risk.
Execution
Powerline led the placement of a comprehensive non-delivery insurance solution, structuring coverage to match the producer’s delivery obligations and assembling a panel of A-rated insurers to underwrite the multi-year risk in a volatile geopolitical region. In year two of the transaction, Powerline found additional capacity inline with the growth of the trading relationship.
Result
A robust, cost-effective policy that met the risk requirements of both trader and lender, unlocking capital to move the deal forward and reinforcing Powerline’s role in enabling innovative risk transfer in global trade finance.