As we approach the holidays, and the year nears its close, dealmaking activity has slowed. Companies: BW Energy , Minsheng Financial Leasing, Golden Energy Offshore , Neptune Maritime Leasing, Clear Ocean Partners, Pelagic Partners , Pareto Securities AS , Advokatfirmaet Thommessen

LNG shipping has been a much talked about sector for us this year, across its many sub-categories. Companies: Golar LNG, Kinetics LNG, DNV, Fearnley LNG, Stolt-Nielsen Limited, Stolt-Nielsen Gas, Avenir LNG , Aequitas, Fearnley Securities

“Go Big or Go Home,” was the theme of this year’s shipping M&A update by Senior Managing Director at Evercore, Mark Friedman. Companies: Evercore, EnTrust, Belships, CMB.TECH , Golden Ocean, Eastern Pacific Shipping/CoolCo, TORM, Hafnia, Oaktree, Pangaea, MTM , ZIM, Diana Shipping, Genco Shipping & Trading, Jefferies Research, Nordea, DNB

One result of subdued equity markets activity in shipping is that almost every new deal involving the usage of shares seems to become standout—regardless of the specific details and merits of that deal (for better or worse). Companies: Bruton, Okeanis Eco Tankers, Jefferies, Fearnley Securities , Clarksons Securities, Daehan Shipbuilding

It is hard to believe that Marine Money New Orleans is only on its 4th year – the event was attended by around 400 delegates who joined us at the spectacular Four Seasons Hotel, alongside our Partner Sponsor, Wintrust Commercial Finance, for a day of learning and dealmaking!

This year, over 300 delegates joined us, alongside our partner sponsor DNB, at Convene in NYC for an eventful day of dealmaking and discussions before the Holidays!

If you have attended our Marine Money conferences, or stayed current with headlines over the past couple of years, then you will probably recognize that VLCCs have been a recurring theme in where to deploy capital. Companies: Hunter Group, DHT, Bruton, Scorpio, to Intermodal Research, Macquarie Bank, Frontline, Hengli , Hanwha Ocean

On 12th November 2025 we were in Shanghai for our Marine Money China conference. Our 15th year! The event was held two weeks after a twelve-month suspension on USTR and a moderating of tariffs from the U.S. on Chinese goods, but after 10 months of worry and concern.

In an interesting twist, recent dealmaking activity has seemingly accelerated in the shipping decarbonization space. Companies: Fund for Energy Efficient Technologies, Union Maritime , Bound4Blue, OCTAVE Capital, Motion Ventures, Odfjell Family Office, ReOcean Fund, Shift4Good, GTT Strategic Ventures, KAI Capital, CDTI, Maersk Tankers, Eastern Pacific Shipping, Odfjell, Klaveness Combination Carriers, BW Epic Kosan, Tufton, Anemoi, DNV, Union Maritime, International Seaways

The path to cleaner, greener shipping has been long and complicated, between various passed fuel regulations and discussions around carbon tax systems like the EU ETS or the now postponed Net-Zero Framework by the IMO. Companies: Ardmore Shipping , Dorian LPG, AIM Horizon Investments, the Development Bank of Japan, ING, DBS Bank, Global Center for Maritime Decarbonization, Fund for Energy Efficiency Technologies

In a debt-heavy and capital-intensive business, like shipping, it is amazing to think about how many financing options are available today. Companies: Arkas Holding, World Bank Group, International Finance Corporation, Emirates NBD , ILX Fund, Seapeak, SMBC Group , FPG, FPG AIM , Norton Rose Fulbright , Ocean Network

Whether it is banks, credit funds, or lessors, a common theme this year has been diversification. Companies: Beal Bank, CSG Investments, Eldorado Drilling, Centerline, Candies LLC, Piper Sandler , Harvey Gulf