So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

Where will shipping finance come from in the coming years? Which ship-owning business models would secure better access to capital?

Capital has always been critical to the shipping industry. Over the past few years many shipowners have felt excluded from the sources of capital available; and for shipowners with access to capital, terms have been stricter and costs are higher.

Shipping is an industry of doers. It’s an industry of flexible and adaptable shipowners and managers who have proven, time and again, their agility to master changing market dynamics and complicated new variables in technology, regulation and, let’s face it, politics.

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