One private equity investor to enter the shipping industry recently is Brookfield, a New York-listed and Toronto-based investment management company with AUM of around $900 billion. Companies: Teekay, Teekay Offshore Partners, Teekay Shuttle Tankers, Altera Infrastructure Holdings, Altera Shuttle Tankers, Evercore, Altera Shuttle Tankers, SEACOR, Maistros Shiptrade, Angelicoussis Group, Jefferies, Rystad Energy , Kirkland & Ellis and Schjødt, PwC, Knutsen NYK Offshore

The maritime industry is increasingly turning to technology to address challenges around efficiency, decarbonization, and regulatory compliance. Companies: Marine Money, MOL, Stolt

As shipping companies and investors approach new deals vigilantly, those lenders which support them are left waiting with undeployed capital as well. Comapnies: Magellan Group, Danish Ship Finance, Hamburg Commercial Bank , NIBC, DNB, Carnegie Holding AB, Altor

There are many reasons that make shipping unique, and we could probably fill hundreds of pages of reasons pertaining to the business and finance world. Companies: Pangaea Logistics Solutions , M.T Maritime Management , Torm/Sinokor, BW/Avance, Quartet Merger Corp

Marine Money’s 25th annual Ship Finance Forum in New York City on November 21 will feature an exciting and animated panel titled: “Finance and Investment Opportunities in the Entrepreneurial Cruise Sector.”

Last week, we discussed the various sectors in which M&A is presenting itself more frequently, such as shipyards/shipbuilding, and even between financial institutions. Companies: Poten & Partners, BGC, Sage Environmental Partners, OTC Global Holdings, Jefferies, Braemar, Clarksons, SSY, F3 Offshore, Oliver Wyman, Scorpio, DHT

The basic overview of a shipping cycle is a well-known process. Figuring out where you are in it, exactly and in the moment, is a much harder thing to know, especially when the cycle is driven by “non-recurring” or “black swan” events with little to no information to forecast. Companies: Wilson Sons , Gram Car Carriers, Daehan Shipbuilding, Korea Stock Exchange, KB Securities, NH Investment & Securities, Shinyoung Securities, Hengli Heavy Industry , Hong Kong Exchange , Guangdong Songfa Ceramics Co.

“Shipping Funds,” or pools of assets deployed with shipping investments in mind, have become much more popular lately, as we have discussed in previous issues of Freshly Minted. Companies: NRP, Pelagic Partners, Stena, Protrans or European Maritime Finance, Alphard Maritime, Oil and Natural Gas Corp, PwC

Marine Money’s 3rd Annual Marine Finance Forum in New Orleans will take place on November 14th, so we thought it would be fun to zoom in the U.S. vessel financing markets this week.

We enjoyed hosting our 26th Marine Money Greek Ship Finance Forum on 15th October 2024 at the Eugenides Foundation. It was a full room with over 300 delegates and speakers with about one quarter travelling in from 23 countries. Company: Navios Maritime Partners L.P.

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As we said, the forecast for banks looks fantastic as we blast through the final quarter of 2024—AKA the “Bonus Maker.” Companies: DNB Markets, Avance Gas, BW LPG, Ventura, Petroserv