On Aug. 7, Seaspan Corporation Pte. Ltd. announced it sold RMB 1.5 billion of three-year notes into China’s domestic bond market on July 15, roughly $210 million, becoming the first international shipowner and operator to issue a Panda bond. Companies: Seaspan Corporation, People’s Bank of China, COSCO, China Shipping , COSCO Shipping, Poseidon Corp., Hengyuan Asset Investment, Ocean Network Express, Fairfax Financial Holdings, International Seaways, Navios Maritime Partners , Scorpio Tankers , Contships Logistics, Daimler, Asian Development Bank, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

“Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes,” American statesman Benjamin Franklin famously wrote in 1789. Companies: Bloomberg, American Petroleum Institute, Cato Institute, American Maritime Partnership, American Waterways Operators, Overseas Shipholding Group

More than twenty years ago, over a long lunch at the long-gone and much-loved Sushiden, ship finance guru
Peter Evensen told me about a dream he had. I had forgotten about it until this week. Companies: JP Morgan, Fearnley Securities, Castor Maritime, Suisse-Atlantique Group, European Maritime Finance, Daehan Shipbuilding, YieldStreet, Okeanis, CrowdStreet, Fundrise, EquityMultiple, Shipfinex, ADI Chain,