The maritime sector offers institutional investors a distinct risk-return profile: hard assets with long economic lives, global demand drivers, and income streams that are largely uncorrelated to equity markets. However, direct access to quality maritime assets requires deep sector expertise and established relationships with operators and yards.
allswiss structures maritime transactions as capital market instruments — asset-backed securities, loan participations, and structured notes — making the sector accessible to qualified institutional investors without the operational complexity of direct vessel ownership. Our structures are designed for pension funds, insurers, and family offices that require institutional-grade documentation and reporting.
The allswiss management team brings 17 years of experience evaluating hard asset transactions, including extensive exposure to shipping finance across dry bulk, tanker, container, and specialty vessel segments. We work with reputable ship managers, classification societies, and maritime law firms to ensure every transaction meets institutional underwriting standards.
Key Facts
- Asset classes
- Dry bulk, tanker, container, specialty
- Structure
- ABS, loan participation, structured notes
- Jurisdiction
- Marshall Islands, Malta, Cyprus, Liberia
- Typical LTV
- Up to 65% of vessel value
- Tenor
- 3 – 7 years
- Investor type
- Qualified institutional only
Why allswiss
Our edge in this segment
Hard Asset Security
Every maritime transaction is secured by a first-priority mortgage over the vessel — a tangible, insurable, and internationally tradeable asset. Security enforceability is verified by maritime law counsel in the flag state.
Vessel Valuation
Independent desktop and physical valuations from internationally recognised maritime appraisers (e.g. VesselsValue, Braemar, Arrow) before closing and at defined intervals during the tenor.
Income Visibility
Long-term time charters or bareboat agreements with creditworthy charterers provide income certainty. allswiss only structures transactions with contracted revenue coverage.
Operator Due Diligence
Ship managers and operators are subject to full KYC and technical vetting — port state control records, classification society status, P&I club standing, and financial resilience of the operating entity.
Institutional Documentation
English-law loan agreements, ISDA-aligned documentation where applicable, and security packages governed by established maritime jurisdictions. Legal opinions provided at closing.
Ongoing Monitoring
Quarterly vessel condition reports, charter hire payment tracking, and LTV re-testing against updated valuations. Covenant breach notifications issued within 48 hours of trigger event.