March 20th, 20190Singapore-based shipping advisor Vijay Kamath has a fix for the Lion Republic’s ship finance shortcomings. The development of Singapore as an international...
March 18th, 20190Navig8 Chemical Tankers has entered into sale and leaseback agreements with China's ICBC Financial Leasing for four of the company’s 37,000 dwt product tankers. The...
March 15th, 20193Norway’s Belships, which merged with Lighthouse Group late last year, has secured a $140m loan facility. Belships says that $110m will be used to replace an...
March 15th, 20190Monaco-headquartered Scorpio Bulkers has agreed a deal for the sale and leaseback of seven vessels. Scorpio is selling three ultramaxes (SBI Pegasus, SBI Subaru and...
March 14th, 20190Brookfield Asset Management has moved to buy a controlling 62% stake in major American shipping investor, Oaktree Capital Management, in a deal worth approximately...
March 13th, 20190Standard Chartered Bank has appointed Abhishek Pandey as its new global head of shipping finance. Pandey commenced the role this week, replacing Hong Kong-based ship...
March 12th, 20190When Diamond S shares begin trading later this month, it will mark the largest shipping debut on Wall Street since Gener8 Maritime’s IPO in June 2015. It will also put...
March 6th, 20190Chinese ship financing, especially leasing, has increasingly become an important financing source for Greek shipowners, which are known for their great skills in asset...
March 5th, 20190The managing partner of Berenberg, Germany’s oldest bank, is under investigation over an insider-trading scandal that allegedly yielded more than €3m for two...
March 1st, 20190Brussels might have been in the firing line last week for its perceived move to stymie the use of open-loop scrubbers, yet it is actively helping finance the...
February 27th, 20191The budget from the government in Hong Kong today renewed the city’s bid to be a marine insurance powerhouse. While the Chinese city has lost out to many regional...
February 25th, 20190Monaco-headquartered Scorpio Bulkers has entered into a financing transaction to sell one of its kamsarmax bulkers and lease it back for a five-year period. Scorpio...
February 21st, 20190Pillarstone has revealed to Splash that it has just purchased from Intesa Sanpaolo and Unicredit several non-performing loans related to five shipping companies in...
February 14th, 20190Siaci Saint Honore, one of the leading providers of insurance brokerage and consulting services headquartered in France and Italian broker for marine insurance Cambiaso...
February 13th, 20190Nordic American Tankers (NAT) has entered into a five-year $306m senior secured credit agreement arranged by CSG Investments, and funded by Beal Bank of Dallas. The...
February 8th, 20190Greek dry bulk owner Castor Maritime has been granted approval to have its common shares listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Castor will begin trading on Monday...
February 7th, 20191Splash understands a vehicle connected to private equity fund Reuben Brothers has made an offer to buy out bust Italian shipping line RBD Armatori. As a result a planned...
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