Mandarin Shipping Limited (MSL) is a Hong Kong based shipping company providing investors with an opportunity to directly invest in the ownership of high quality shipping assets. Managed by a team of shipping professionals with many years of experience in the Asian shipping industry and backed by a group of leading shipping investors, MSL provides investors with a direct, transparent investment model to benefit from the continued growth in Asian maritime transport.

Mandarin Shipping also provides a broad range of management and advisory services to the shipping industry, our principal activities being:

• Commercial Ship Management: MSL undertakes commercial management for selected third party clients. The company’s extensive experience in all aspects of vessel chartering and operations, together with a global network of charterers and correspondents, allows MSL to provide a highly competitive and comprehensive service that maximizes earnings for clients’ vessels. Furthermore, a dedicated operations desk ensures that all post fixture matters are dealt with to the highest standards.
  
  
• Ship Owning: Through a strategy of investing in modern, quality ships and generating revenues through medium to long term charters prior to disposal at the right time in the shipping cycle, MSL aims to provide investors with a direct investment in global trade growth. MSL raises equity from investors in the form of pledges which are invested as and when appropriate projects materialize. Bank finance is secured through MSL’s established banking contacts with surplus revenue generated from operations used to pay down debt in order to provide maximum returns upon disposal.
  
  
• Consultancy: MSL’s directors have extensive experience in the shipping industry and have provided a broad range of consultancy services to a number of leading shipping companies. To date, MSL has provided consultancy services to companies across a broad range of areas including preparing a company for marketing an IPO and providing industry knowledge to the finance sector on the management of shipping assets.
  
  
• Ship Broking: With several decades of experience in both sale and purchase and chartering broking, MSL is ideally positioned to offer a bespoke service in this specialist field. The company does not aim to compete with large broking houses, but can provide a comprehensive, tailored service to clients seeking both confidentiality and quality of service.
  
  
• Ship Appraisals: MSL is regularly appointed to carry out ship appraisals by leading ship finance institutions, law firms, shipowners and other parties needing impartial, expert opinion on ship valuations.
  
  
• Expert Opinions: MSL’s experienced staff are able to utilize their industry knowledge to provide written opinions for disputes or arbitrations. Opinions given include mitigation of losses in charter hire disputes as well as appearing as expert witnesses in arbitration hearings.