Q&A: Shipfinex CEO shares his thoughts on widening access to vessel investment

Capt. Vikas Pandey, Founder and CEO of Shipfinex, shares his thoughts on widening access to vessel investment, new funding opportunities for shipowners and the risks investors should understand in this Q&A. How traditional ship ownership is changing, and what the market could look like once a much wider pool of investors can gain exposure to the ships moving global trade. For most of shipping’s history, ownership sat with families, a handful of funds and banks. A vessel was a single, indivisible asset worth tens of millions, so the investor pool was naturally small.