Finance


Wednesday, May 14, 2014
torm
Finance

Depressed Tanker Rates Spell More Trouble for Torm

COPENHAGEN, May 14 (Reuters) – Debt-stricken Danish shipping company Torm said it would not be able to comply with its financial covenants on minimum

May 14, 2014
Total Views: 44

Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Transocean marianas deepwater drilling rig
Finance

North Sea Tax Change To End Offshore Drillers’ 20-Year Tax Holiday [UPDATE]

By Tom Bergin LONDON, May 13 (Reuters) – A planned change in the way Britain taxes North Sea drillers exposes the loophole in a system that allowed an

May 13, 2014
Total Views: 24

dorian lpg nyse opening bell
Finance

Dorian LPG Debuts on the NYSE

LPG shipping firm Dorian LPG listed on the New York Stock Exchange last week. Since Dorian CEO John Hadjipateras rang the opening bell on Friday morning

May 13, 2014
Total Views: 207

Friday, May 9, 2014
money
Finance

Private Equity May Destroy the Shipping Sector

The shipping industry faces a looming capacity glut as billions of dollars pumped into it by private equity have stoked a vessel-buying spree, threatening its

May 9, 2014
Total Views: 1159

Tuesday, May 6, 2014
handing money lending loan finance
Finance

StanChart Plans to Increase Lending to Maritime and Offshore Sector

May 6 (Bloomberg) — Standard Chartered Plc, the British bank that earns most of its profit from Asia, expects to increase its $5.5 billion of loans to

May 6, 2014
Total Views: 43

Thursday, May 1, 2014
oaktree capital
Finance

Oaktree Beats First-Quarter Estimates on Sales of Holdings

May 1 (Bloomberg) — Oaktree Capital Group LLC, the world’s largest distressed-debt investor, posted first-quarter profit that beat analyst estimates

May 1, 2014
Total Views: 26

Friday, April 25, 2014
dp world
Finance

DP World In Talks With Banks For $3 Billion Loan – Sources

DUBAI, April 24 (Reuters) – Dubai-owned port operator DP World is in talks with lenders to triple the size of an existing $1 billion loan, as well as

April 25, 2014
Total Views: 34

Tuesday, April 22, 2014
nakilat mozah q-max lng carrier
Finance

Nakilat Expands Fleet of LNG Carriers

Nakilat, the Qatari LNG shipping firm, announced today the closing of $807.4 million in refinancing allowing the firm to add three new LNG carriers to Maran

April 22, 2014
Total Views: 73

Monday, April 21, 2014
Genco Tiberius shipping capesize
Finance

Genco Shipping Files for Bankruptcy

By Dawn McCarty April 21 (Bloomberg) — Peter Georgiopoulos’s Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd., an operator of dry-bulk cargo ships, filed for

April 21, 2014
Total Views: 225

Thursday, April 17, 2014
wall street finance new york stock exchange
Finance

Shipping Firms Turn To Equity Markets As Sector Eyes Recovery

By Jonathan Saul and Freya Berry LONDON, April 17 (Reuters) – Shipping companies are turning to equity markets to fill a growing funding gap, betting

April 17, 2014
Total Views: 1149

posh fleet
Finance

Offshore Marine Firm POSH Raises $311 Million In Singapore IPO

By Elzio Barreto and Rujun Shen HONG KONG/SINGAPORE,April 17 (Reuters) – PACC Offshore Services Holdings (POSH) could raise at least S$388.27 million

April 17, 2014
Total Views: 130

Monday, April 14, 2014
Hoegh LNG FSRU
Finance

Höegh Gains More Financing for Newbuild FSRUs

Höegh LNG announced today they have received an upsized agreement with a number of banks to finance the final two FSRUs under construction at Hyundai Heavy

April 14, 2014
Total Views: 14

Thursday, April 10, 2014
keppel corporation
Finance

Keppel Shares Rise on News of Chinese Venture

SINGAPORE, April 10 (Reuters) – Singapore shares weakened slightly on Thursday, trailing behind other markets in Asia that were boosted by the latest

April 10, 2014
Total Views: 42

Wednesday, April 9, 2014
princimar joy
Finance

Principal Maritime Tankers Files for IPO

April 9 (Reuters) – Principal Maritime Tankers Corp, which is backed by Apollo Global Management LLC, filed with U.S. regulators to raise up to $100

April 9, 2014
Total Views: 61

Monday, April 7, 2014
port hole ship
Finance

A Porthole of an Exit Window for Shipping Investments?

After a year where large vessels such as capesize bulkers and supertankers were barely earning break-even day rates, momentum has since picked up in the

April 7, 2014
Total Views: 50

osg
Finance

Overseas Shipholding Approved to Sign $300 Million Equity Deal

Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. won court permission to sign a deal with its lenders that would raise $300 million from a share sale as part of the company’s

April 7, 2014
Total Views: 1229

Wednesday, April 2, 2014
evercore partners
Finance

Ex-Evercore Banker Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading

April 2 (Bloomberg) — Former Evercore Group LLC investment banker Frank Perkins Hixon Jr. pleaded guilty to insider trading in a scheme that the U.S.

April 2, 2014
Total Views: 54

Tuesday, April 1, 2014
hsh nordbank
Finance

HSH Nordbank Cuts Bad Ship Loans

FRANKFURT, April 1 (Reuters) – Ailing German public-sector lender HSH has cut its exposure to bad shipping loans by striking a debt restructuring deal

April 1, 2014
Total Views: 36

Monday, March 31, 2014
rongsheng heavy industries
Finance

Rongsheng Heavy in the Spotlight After Reporting Massive Loss

By Yimou Lee and Umesh Desai HONG KONG, March 31 (Reuters) – China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group has agreed with banks to extend loans and other

March 31, 2014
Total Views: 31

Friday, March 28, 2014
ow bunker ship fueling
Finance

OW Bunker Surges on IPO

March 28 (Bloomberg) — OW Bunker A/S shares surged as much as 19 percent on its first day of trading in Copenhagen after the marine fuel provider was

March 28, 2014
Total Views: 59