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Every year, Marine Money Week is a bit different. This year, 900 delegates joined us at the Pierre Hotel alongside our partner, Jefferies, and capital sponsor, EnTrust Global, for a great week of discussions and dealmaking on the heels of a historic win for the city of New York—and the World Cup!

Marine Money Week is only a few days away, and the agenda is packed with great discussions all around, from the intersection of infrastructure and shipping to technology, how owners are choosing to invest (or divest) in current markets, and, of course, capitalizing on a bull market. Companies: Okeanis, Bruton , Capital Tankers , Scorpio, International Seaways , Navios Maritime Partners

One area where Nordic bond markets have remained particularly active is in the offshore sector. Companies: Borr Drilling, Clarksons Securities, Fearnley Securities, DNB Carnegie

If you have checked out our recent Deals of the Year issue, you probably recognized the 007 cover image and the title “Bonds.” Copmpanies: Contships, International Seaways, Empresa Naviera Elcano (ENE), Eurofin Group, Fearnley Securities, Arctic Securities

This week, Scorpio may not be the only major tanker owner looking to capitalize on its shares. International Seaways filed a Form S-3, enabling the company to potentially sell up to $200 million in new shares with BTIG, B. Riley Securities, Clarksons Securities, and Fearnley Securities as sales agents.

It’s not often that we discuss a Middle Eastern offshore support vessel owner issuing bonds into the Nordic markets. Companies: HEA Energy, Magellan Capital, DNB Carnegie, Fearnley Securities, and Pareto Securities, ZMI, ADNOC L&S, Paratus Energy,

The crude tanker segment, and particularly VLCCs, have seen a market this year that has gone from strength to strength. Companies: Frontline Ltd. , Hemen Holdings, DNB Carnegie , Crédit Agricole, Standard Chartered, ING, Bank of China Hong Kong, China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation, DNB

Over the course of this current decade, in the realm of U.S. politics, the state of the country’s shipbuilding and shipping industries — for both commercial and naval purposes — has been a prominent example of bipartisan agreement. Company: TMV

At the upcoming Marine Money Week, we have a session entitled “A World of Alternatives for Ship Finance,” offering yet another illustration of just how many funding sources are available to CFOs. Companies: Arkas Holding, World Bank Group, International Finance Corporation, Marport Liman, Emirates NBD , ILX Fund, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (DEG).

In the world of public shipping companies, cornerstone investors, or those with significant holdings in the company, are rather commonplace—and the desire to realize these positions often leads to some notable M&A transactions. Companies: Geveran Trading, EPS Ventures, Wilhelmsen New Energy, Electric AS, Edda Wind , Norwind Offshore, North Star Shipping, Partners Group, Navigare Capital, Danske Bank

With 48 LNG carriers, 38 shuttle tankers, and six bunkering vessels, Knutsen Group is the largest operator of modern LNG carriers and shuttle tankers globally, and the powerhouse behind numerous owner/operator joint-venture partnerships like KNOT Offshore Partners (with NYK) or Hav Energy (which Apollo Global acquired a 50% stake last year). Companies: Knutsen Group, KNOT Offshore Partners, NYK, Hav Energy, Apollo Global , TS Shipping Invest — Seglem, Pareto Securities , Thommessen, Clarksons, DNB, DNB Carnegie

Whether it is the Nordic, U.S., or another bond market, a significant amount of new bond issuance activity has come out of the offshore sector. Companies: Noble Corporation, Diamond Foreign Asset Company, Diamond Finance, Wells Fargo Securities, HSBC, Barclays, Citi, DNB, J.P. Morgan, Santander, Morgan Stanley, SpareBank 1 Markets, Texas Capital Bank , Clarksons, Fearnley, Touhy, CoBank

While Nordic bonds remain a popular financing mechanism for shipowners, the rate of new issuances has not been quite as significant as the year prior. Companies: Navios Maritime Partners, Arctic Securities, Fearnley Securities, SEB, Crédit Agricole, S. Goldman Advisors

As we have previously discussed, not many shipping companies can better represent the story of deleveraging in recent years than Scorpio Tankers. Companies: Scorpio Tankers, Bank of America

Okeanis Eco Tankers has been a recurring name in maritime finance headlines over the past year. Companies: Okeanis Eco Tankers, National Bank of Greece, Alpha Bank, Daehan Shipbuilding Co. , E.Sun Commercial Bank

Following last week’s discussion of Frontline’s financing for its acquisitions of VLCCs from Fredriksen’s Hemen Holdings, another big name pure-play VLCC owner has secured new vessels and financing. Companies: Frontline, Hemen Holdings, DHT Holdings , Nordea Bank , ING, DNB Bank, ABN AMRO, Credit Agricole, Danish Ship Finance, SEB, Nordea, K-SURE, Dorian, Hanwha Ocean

Just three weeks until Marine Money Week and we are excited!

A recurring theme in recent months has been equity capital raising, which has seen one of the busiest periods in the past five years. Companies: Pelagic Credit, Okeanis Eco Tankers’, International Seaways, Clarksons Research, Genco, Bruton, Capital Tankers

Despite favorable issuing conditions for most shipowners, Nordic bond activity has lagged comparatively to prior years—at least amongst core shipping sectors. Companies: Paratus Energy , Arctic Securities, DNB Carnegie, Pareto Securities, ABG Sundal Collier, Fearnley Securities, Fontis Finance, Seagems, Petrobas

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