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Shipping M&A has been relatively subdued in 2025 compared to previous years, but is still rather active when looked at on a greater scale. Companies: CoolCo , Eastern Pacific Shipping, ZIM, Golar LNG , Gram Car Carriers, Evercore, Latham & Watkins , Crédit Agricole , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom , Clarksons Research,

If the recent legacy of large-scale institutional capital (such as private equity firms) investing into shipping markets is one of short-term union, then there is no better contrast to these firms than family businesses. Companies: Altera Infrastructure, Teekay Offshore, Brookfield, Altera Shuttle Tankers, Angelicoussis Group, Maersk Tankers , A.P. Moller Holdings, Penfield Marine, Saltchuk, Overseas Shipholding Group , MSC, Gram Car Carriers , Fairfield Maxwell, Fairfield Chemical Tankers , MOL, Louis Dreyfus Armateurs, InfraVia Capital Partners.

No one can stay away from the Nordic bond markets this year. Between first-time issuers and stand-out margins, the deck is stacked with accomplishments, and adding to them is now International Seaways with an extremely strong inaugural issuance. Companies: International Seaways , DNB Carnegie, Nordea, Arctic Securities, SEB, Crédit Agricole, Clarksons Securities, Fearnley Securities , K-SURE, SFL, Ocean Yield

LNG has been a hot topic for discussion this year, whether through various bilateral trade deals, or strategic investments involving both new and old companies in the shipping sector. Companies: Wärtsilä, DHT, International Seaways’ , MSC, Hapag-Lloyd , DNV, MAN Energy Solutions, S&P Global , TOTE Maritime, Galveston Port LNG Project, Pilot LNG, Seapath Group, Libra Group

It is no secret that take-private transactions, and M&A in general, have been one of our hottest topics over the past few years. Companies: OSG, Gram Car Carriers , MSC, Zim, Ocean Network Express

Recently we have observed a wave of transactions in the gas sector, more specifically numerous new M&A transactions all involving pools of capital like private equity. Companies: Altera Infrastructure, Brookfield, Angelicoussis Group , Carlyle, Akin, Kirkland & Ellis , Apollo, Hav Energy, KKR/Ocean Yield , CapeOmega, Energos

Over the course of the summer season, as tariff delays and exemptions approached their August 1st deadline, the U.S. began a spree of bilateral trade deals, many of which included or targeted the U.S. shipping and shipbuilding industry. Companies: Ocean Network Express, Japanese Bank for International Cooperation, Nippon Export and Investment Insurance, Cerberus Capital Management, HD Hyundai, Cerberus Maritime, Korea Development Bank, MSIP/Crowley, Hanwha, Philadelphia Shipyard , Hanwha Shipping

One of the dominant themes in the maritime industry this year is the increased attention on U.S. shipbuilding, and shipping industries. Companies: Hanwha , Philly Shipyard , HD Hyundai, HD Hyundai Mipo, Cerberus, Huntington Ingalls Industries

Recently, many of the new public listings in shipping have been spin-offs as IPOs and have struggled to gain a lot of traction in recent years – at least in those markets like the U.S. and Norway. Companies: Asyad Shipping, Bruton Limited, Andes Tankers II , Magni Partners, 2020 Bulkers, Himalaya Shipping, Ardmore

The story over the past decade and a half in shipping loan portfolios has been more about retraction of traditional lenders than it has been new entrants. Company: Macquarie

Following Ocean Yield’s end-of-summer bond issuance, the Nordic fixed-income market appears to be heating back up with a flood of new and contemplated issuances across shipping and offshore. Companies: Ocean Yield’s , Navios South American Logistics’ , Contships, Performance Shipping, Arctic Securities, Fearnley Securities, Tidewater, DOF Group ASA , DNB Carnegie, Pareto Securities, Clarksons Securities, Danske Bank.