Ship Finance Solutions

What Ship Finance Solutions does

Ship Finance Solutions (SFS) is a boutique financial consulting firm founded in 2017 and headquartered in Cyprus, specializing in ship-finance related services for the maritime sector. The firm was established by co-founders Dimitri G. Vassilacos (a corporate financier since 1996) and Jason Dallas (with more than 20 years of experience in shipping finance), with Dinos Milios joining as Partner and Head for Cyprus in 2024 and Evrydiki Evagorou serving as Head of Operations.

SFS targets three primary client segments — ship-owners, financiers (banks, Chinese leasing houses, credit funds), and institutional investors — and generates revenue through professional services fees on a per-engagement basis. Its service portfolio includes debt raising from banks and non-bank capital providers, business development and credit assessment of shipping loan portfolios, capital structure optimization through refinancing, restructuring, or capital rebalancing, and new finance project development (including co-developing business plans and drafting procedures). A secondary, ad-hoc offering covers specialized financing for yachts, private jets, and corporate jets.

The firm operates a relationship-driven, partner-led go-to-market model, leveraging the founders' decades-long personal networks and industry reputation rather than a proprietary technology platform. SFS does not develop or market any software products; it explicitly disclaims providing financial advice or regulated activity. Distribution is conducted globally through direct consulting engagements, with the company website (shipfinancesolutions.com) serving as the primary digital presence and direct outreach via email for both client and recruiting contact.

Name

Ship Finance Solutions

Legal name

Ship Finance Solutions

Website

https://www.ShipFinanceSolutions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Ship Finance Solutions is a Cyprus-based boutique financial consulting firm founded in 2017 that provides ship-finance advisory services — debt raising, credit assessment, capital restructuring, and new finance project development — to ship-owners, financiers, and institutional investors in the maritime sector.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Nicosia

HQ country

Cyprus

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Financial Consulting Services: SFS generates revenue through consulting fees for financial advisory services in the shipping sector. Services include raising debt from capital providers, credit assessment of shipping loan portfolios, capital structure optimization, refinancing and restructuring, and developing new finance projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Ship Finance Solutions is a boutique financial consulting firm specializing in the shipping sector. The firm assists ship-owners, financiers, and institutional investors with raising debt from banks, Chinese leasing houses, credit funds, and institutional investors; credit assessing shipping loan portfolios; optimising capital structures through refinancing, restructuring, or capital rebalancing; and developing new finance projects including co-developing business plans, drafting procedures and processes. The firm also arranges specialised financing for yachts, private and corporate jets.

Product overview

Ship Finance Solutions is a boutique financial consulting firm that provides ship-finance related services to ship-owners, financiers, and institutional investors. Their service offerings include debt raising from banks, Chinese leasing houses, credit funds and institutional investors; business development and credit assessment of shipping loan portfolios; capital structure optimisation through refinancing, restructuring and capital rebalancing; and new finance project development including yacht, private and corporate jets, and ad-hoc specialised financing. The firm does not offer a distinct software product but rather provides consulting services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Debt Raising Services

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Clarksons: Global shipbroking and shipping services group with a research, finance, and advisory practice that connects ship-owners with capital providers; larger and broader than SFS but overlapping in ship-finance intermediation.
• HSBC Shipping: Global bank's shipping finance division originating and underwriting ship loans for owners and operators; larger, regulated alternative to SFS's advisory model for clients seeking bank-led execution.

Direct peers

• Braemar (Braemar ACM): London-based shipping services group whose Braemar ACM sub-brand provides ship finance advisory, sale and purchase, and restructuring services to ship-owners and lenders, directly competing with SFS on maritime finance mandates.
• SSY (Simpson Spence Young): Independent global shipbroking and shipping advisory firm with ship finance and project finance capabilities serving ship-owners and financiers; comparable in scale and relationship-driven model to SFS.
• Affinity Shipbrokers: Boutique shipbroking and ship finance advisory firm providing sale and purchase, newbuilding, and financing services to ship-owners, closely matching SFS's boutique, partner-led advisory model.
• Fearnleys: Norwegian shipbroking and shipping advisory firm with ship finance, sale and purchase, and research services, operating a similar partner-led boutique model from a competing maritime finance hub.
• Poten & Partners: New York-based shipbroking and shipping consulting firm with ship finance, chartering, and LNG practice; comparable boutique competitor serving ship-owners and financiers on capital-related mandates.
• Barry Rogliano Salles (BRS): Independent shipbroking and shipping advisory firm offering ship finance, sale and purchase, and newbuilding services, overlapping directly with SFS on ship-finance advisory mandates.
• Howe Robinson Partners: London-based independent shipbroking and shipping services firm with ship finance advisory capabilities, serving a similar client base of ship-owners, banks, and investors as SFS.
• Tufton Oceanic Finance Group: Maritime-focused alternative asset manager and ship finance advisor that arranges debt and equity capital for ship-owners, competing with SFS on the capital-raising and restructuring side of mandates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ship-finance-solutions

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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