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Shipping At The Crossroads

Asia’s Largest Ship Finance Conference

19 & 20 September 2017

St. Regis Singapore

Shipping decisions are difficult at all times – involving huge amounts of capital, relying on the performance of counterparties, having multi-year commitments – but the current market is overly challenging. Most sectors have suffered over the past years such that asset prices are attractive but most companies, and their banks, are handling high leverage, low cash and weak cash flow. Treading water is the strategy for many owners and operators and banks are doing their utmost to support. But the opportunity for fleet growth, for positioning for the upturn and for manoeuvring through the available sources of debt and equity from Shanghai to New York, is compelling for some.