Rhetoric vs reality: Shipping finance approaches an inflection point
Availability of financing is about to become a defining issue of an industry that is already fragmenting into tiered markets defined by scale, efficiency and climate ambition
Shipping finance is grappling with the big question of what is pragmatic and achievable as opposed to idealistic but over-ambitious when it comes to climate goals. Those at the top are struggling to maintain a vision, while the squeezed middle is happy to pay for availability and focus on the immediate markets