Shipyard cornerstone equity investment

The company was evaluating an investment in a private shipyard in China. The investment was for a minority stake in the shipyard that was expected to go for an IPO. The main tasks involved dynamics and outlook of the global shipbuilding industry, assessing the outlook for the vessel types built by the yard and likely future newbuilding demand, providing the forward outlook for the balance of newbuilding demand and capacity, describing the current and future competitive environment within which the yard would operate, assessing the capacity and competitiveness of the target yard and developing a valuation model.