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Current Marine Asset Pricing Trends, Other than at 'Half-pricing'

Pricing of marine assets in a dislocated market can be challenging. Opportunistic buyers should not set price trends The COVID19 pandemic...

Images of Ingram Barge’s Towboat MV ‘David G Sehrt’ in the Lower Mississippi River

Named after Ingram Barge Co.'s COO Mr David G Sehrt, herebelow images of the Towboat MV 'David G Sehrt' taken in December 2019 in the...

Tanker Finance: Large Operators Are Better Positioned to Secure Future Funding

At Riviera’s Tanker Shipping & Trade, Europe virtual conference session on ESG & finance, held on November 16th, 2020, Karatzas Marine...

COVID-19 and the Maritime Industry

From the Journal of the Equipment Leasing and Financing, Basil Karatzas discusses the COVID-19 pandemic, the marine industry and leasing.

Inland Dry Bulk Barge Market & Barge Rates

Similar to the international shipping market with its freight indices and benchmarks, the inland barge market in the U.S. is equally well...

Navigator Acquisition Corp. to Acquire Brazilian Green Energy Producers Pacto Energia

On January 29, 2020, our blog hosted an interview with the CEO of Navigator Acquisition Corp, Mr Kyle Shostak. The interview as titled...

The Unbearable Boredom of Marine Asset Prices

We would think that the market is bound to move, and rather strongly, in either direction in the near future.