Lloyd's List - Finance

Commentary

Wanted: shipping experience
Private equity firms and banks need enterprising young professionals
Tough times mean drastic measures for Frontline
Market backs tanker giant restructuring but can other companies follow suit?
Where the sea promises gain as well as pain
For Greeks, shipping remains an oasis for investment, compared with a worsening economic wasteland at home
Banks should back steel, not paper
World trade will not flow on a conveyer belt of derivative banking
Asia seeks loans from Europe’s banks
Reports of the death of European ship-finance lending are greatly exaggerated
The future isn’t what it used to be
Forecasters have been predicting a gloomy outlook for the industry
Better than nothing
Tonnage tax may be low compared with corporation tax, but it still has its benefits
Telling it like it is
Shipowners must improve their disclosure to stakeholders
Will fortune favour the brave?
Jones Act line Matson Navigation braves stormy waters to seek New York listing
Can one man change the habits of centuries?
Wilbur Ross hopes for smooth landing as he invests in shipping ventures
No turkey for shipping stocks
A week is a long time in politics and two weeks is an eternity in shipping, with the recent pain for US listed shipping companies looks set to continue
Christmas lights fail to dispel shipping’s gloom
At the Lloyd’s List London Ship Finance and Investment Conference, speaker after speaker recounts tales of desperation
Filling the gap
Europe’s banks have been undermined by the eurozone crisis, but China’s major commercial banks are ready for a more prominent place
Terrible results herald painful future
The reporting season for the publicly listed shipping companies offers a catalogue of woe that can only mean more gloom is on the way
Be prepared
Chapter 11 candidates need to go to court with a plan to appease creditors