Ship finance

If you are looking to acquire new or used shipping assets our specialist Ship Finance team can guide you through a wide range of tailor-made finance deals to find the right one for your needs.

Our solutions include:

• Traditional ship mortgage finance.
• More innovative financing methods such as tax-based leasing, securitisation, mezzanine, finance and government-backed ship finance schemes.
• Club or syndicated lending, through our Capital Markets team.
• Structures where we assume Residual Value risk positions in assets.

We have 25 years’ experience of financing for this specialist sector. Our team of 20 industry professionals offers a broad knowledge of the global shipping market and offshore equipment.

Our credentials speak for themselves. We benefit from a portfolio of shipping assets worth more than US$8.5bn, enjoy an extensive, long-term client base in the major shipping centres in Scandinavia, Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Middle East and are the UK’s leader in the ship leasing market.

Via a single point of contact we can offer a proactive and innovative response to your requirements giving you access to both our in-house specialists and industry expertise to provide the solutions you need.

For further information about how we can help you, contact:

Bart Veldhuizen
Managing Director and Global Head of Ship Finance 
bart.veldhuizen@lloydsbanking.com 

Russell Parker
Senior Director - Scandinavia and Russia, UK, Europe and the Middle East
russell_parker@bankofscotland.co.uk 

Douglas Newton
Director - The Americas and Far East
douglas_newton@bankofscotland.co.uk 

Paul Stevens
Director - Greece and Turkey
paul.stevens@lloydsbanking.com 

Richard Williams
Director - Scandinavia and Russia
richard.williams@lloydsbanking.com 

John Lowe
Director - UK, Europe and the Middle East
john_lowe@bankofscotland.co.uk

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