Tune in to watch Marsoft's Arlie Sterling, Kevin Hazel and Aditya Trivedi present their thoughts on what to expect fromthe Oil & Tanker Market over the coming months. This presentation is staged against the backdrop of the synchronized, global market shaking forces of COVID-19 coinciding with...

It can come as no surprise that, as a result of COVID-19, the airlines are in dire trouble and this has had a ripple effect on the industry's supply chain including manufacturing, maintenance, fuel, catering, and many other businesses too numerous to mention. Then, of course, there are the industry's financiers.

There is a lot of bad news around, and the below lockdown reflections describe some of the news we are hearing in conversation with our community. Despite all this, the world will go on, the shipping industry goes on, and thousands of vessels and offices across the globe and millions of people involved in the industry are...

These days everyone talks about strengthening the balance sheet and deleveraging. Teekay takes it to heart. The Q1 2020 Earnings Presentation for Teekay Tankers is a case study demonstrating the successful implementation of its strategy while making the most of the recent tanker boom.

In this webinar, the experts behind the report ESG in the Ocean Industries and ESG advisors to leading shipping investors and companies, tell shipping players what they need to know including key considerations, factors and how to access funding sources through ESG.
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The fact that public shipowners were surprised yesterday that, despite record earnings, their share prices declined substantially was strange and surely taken out of historic context. It would be fair to say that the number of investors who have lost money far outnumber those that made profits on their shipping investments over the last 10 years, if not longer.

Pacific Basin Shipping Limited announced on Monday an agreement to acquire four dry bulk vessels (see chart below) for a total price of $73.84 million to be partially funded by equity.

All things considered this cannot be a great time to arrange financing for LNG carriers. Freight rates are adversely affected by COVID-19, and cargoes are being cancelled due to a lack of demand. But this is John Fredriksen's backed Flex LNG led by a team that loves a challenge.

COVID-19 has not slowed down Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. After extending the maturity of two loans totaling $30.6 million in early March, Seanergy executed, with the assistance of the Maxim Group, four public offerings in quick succession, raising approximately $25m in total gross proceeds.

The economic impact of the coronavirus continues to grow and while politicians are parsing their words saying the impact will be clearer in three to four weeks, one does not have to wait that long to understand the impending affect. The agnostic flow of trade and shipping datacan already tell you...

On Wednesday, Frontline Ltd. announced it had entered into an Equity Distribution Agreement dated June 3, 2020, with Morgan Stanley, as its sales agent, for the offer and sale of up to $100.0 million of its common shares.

In its latest 10-K report, Star Bulk Carriers disclosed that it has eight lease and ten separate bank facilities, which finance its fleet of 116 vessels. In these difficult times, one's debt is an asset if carefully managed.