Examining the recent trend of the increasing number of shipping companies opting to raise funds through public share issues. The report puts these current developments in historical context and looks at the reasons for shipping companies going to the capital markets for investment.

Investigating the number and types of companies that have gone down this route, the structures and markets they have used, market capitalisation of public shipping companies and the funds they have raised in addition to their performance.

The special report includes concise analysis and authoritative data on:

• The IPO global capital markets trend
• The alternative methods to ship finance
• Shipping and capital markets
• The process of going public
• The advantages and disadvantages of going public
• Factors that influence an IPO timing
• The choice of stock markets analysing the US, UK, Norway and Singapore
• The direct and indirect costs of going public
• IPO costs per stock exchange
• Success factors of an IPO
• The pricing and performance of IPO’s

Enhance your understanding of the financial future of international shipping.

The Shipping IPO’s Special Report is available in either PDF or hardcopy.