The gas shipping advisory team provides strategic, commercial and technical advisory services to industry players and investors. Our approach is to provide a bespoke package to each client, working to ensure that each project focuses on achieving its core objectives and that the analysis we prepare answers the client’s fundamental project questions. These questions range from whether it is the right time to invest in the sector to how to manage seafreight to ensure corporate competitiveness.

In all our projects, our starting point is an in-depth understanding of the characteristics and dynamics of the global gas shipping market and a clear view of the outlook for the sector’s earnings and asset values. The advisory team works closely with Drewry’s LNG and LPG Shipping Research team, who provide up to date analysis on LNG and LPG trade, market rates and asset values, the newbuild orderbook and other key industry trends.

This understanding of the market underpins our work in market analysis, commercial due diligence, valuation and investment appraisal. We prepare earnings and asset value projections under a variety of scenarios and combine this with financial modelling and analysis to allow clients to see the likely outcomes of planned investment. The outlook for the market and understanding of the gas shipping operations is used by our advisors in providing seafreight strategy formulation and freight benchmarking to industry users.

Drewry’s in-house technical experts are able to offer a full range of technical services including desktop technical due diligence, health and safety due diligence, operating cost benchmarking and physical inspection of vessels.

The combination of commercial, financial and technical expertise means that Drewry has the complete set of capabilities required to service all stakeholders within the LNG and LPG shipping market.

Commercial and market assessment

• LNG/LPG shipping market outlook
• Projections of earnings and asset values
• Vessel valuation (Charter free, Charter attached)
• Residual Value assessment
• Investment due diligence of target company
• IPO/Private placement support
• Seafreight strategy development for industrial users
• Freight rate benchmarking
• Counterparty due diligence and credit analysis
• Strategic planning and investment
• Mergers and Acquisition assistance
• Market entry and exit

Technical due diligence of vessels (to assess seaworthiness of vessels)

• Desktop technical due diligence
• Health, Safety and Environment due diligence
• Oversight supervision of vessels under construction
• Operating cost benchmarking
• Physical inspection of vessels

Financial assessment

• Financial modelling
• Earnings benchmarking