Managing Risk

Master limited partnerships are designed to be a haven in a storm, offering fixed long-term secure cash flows and a certain return. Shipping companies were formed based upon this model, but unfortunately, with the exception of the LNG sector, contracts cannot be considered “long-term” in the same fashion, as, for example, a pipeline. Today’s volatile markets are an anathema to a shipping master limited partnership, as ships come off charter and become exposed to the spot market.

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