10.4.6.4Vertical
Tanker & Bulk Carrier Leasing
Companies owning crude tanker, product tanker, and dry bulk carrier fleets for time-charter.
Market snapshot
These figures describe Ship Leasing & Maritime Finance (10.4.6), the segment that Tanker & Bulk Carrier Leasing sits within — not Tanker & Bulk Carrier Leasing on its own.
FragmentationConsolidatingEstimate
Ship leasing and maritime finance are specialized financial activities largely outside U.S. Census scope (and overlapping financial services), so the segment is not separately sized here.
Business model & economics
Revenue model
Lease/charter income and net interest on ship finance
Key economics
- Recurring revenue
- High
- EBITDA margin
- Spread- and asset-value-driven
- Capex intensity
- High
recurring lease and finance income
Characteristics
- Finances and leases enormously expensive vessels.
- Ship leasing (esp. Chinese lessors) growing.
- Decarbonization financing an emerging driver.
M&A deal context
Deal activityModerate
Who’s acquiring
- Ship lessors & leasing houses
- Maritime banks & alternative capital
- Infrastructure & specialty investors
What’s driving deals
- Ship-leasing growth and bank retreat.
- Decarbonization and newbuild financing.
- Shipping-cycle asset values.
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