There are over 100 Banks and Institutions around the globe currently active within the ship finance market, all have specific and inflexible lending criteria offering very different products.

Typical Finance Structures Include:

• Syndicated ship finance
• Club lending ship finance
• Traditional ship finance - Ship mortgage
• Tax based ship finance lending
• Mezzanine ship finance
• Government backed ship finance schemes
• Structured ship funding 

Current Market

First quarter of 2008: The current shipping sector still appears to be very strong. The boom is still being fuelled by the huge demand driven by the unstopable growth from India and China.

The Baltic Freight index is hitting all time highs. The waiting list for new builds still continues to grow longer with the appetite for used ships out stripping demand.