Public or Private? That is a Question!

Our survey is distributed to a broad community of lending banks, but also to banks that make most their money providing capital markets services. Thus it may not come as any surprise when we report that in 2010, public shipping companies enjoy a preferential edge among financiers over their private peers. Their information is far more transparent, audited and of course they deliver fees. In 2010, 65% of the respondents indicated that they would prefer to finance public companies.

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