Historically, the most common way of financing ships has been through debt and equity.

"The COVID-19 pandemic brought various shipping processes to a force majeure situation, and global travel restrictions required the industry to consider remote survey options", Mr Vasilis Kamitsis underlined in his interesting interview in NAFS magazine which follows:

"A testament of our efforts is our growing remote survey record, right now 1 in 3 of the 30,000+ surveys each year are performed without physical attendance, supported by our Remote Survey Champions positioned in key marine hubs around the world, including Greece", Mr Theodosis Stamatellos underlined in his interesting interview in NAFS magazine which follows:

A black flag showing a skull and crossbones automatically flashes through our minds each time we read or hear the word ‘piracy’ – I suspect that there must be a neurolinguistic programming into our minds since we were in
our youth.

The shipping industry is considered the forefront of the supply chain, transporting 90% of the world’s trade.