For partners and investors
Marine Trade Finance originates short-tenor receivables in the maritime sector. We work with debt funds and credit facilities looking for collateralised, self-liquidating trade finance assets with identifiable underlying buyers.
MTF finances physical fuel suppliers, ship agents, ship chandlers and port service providers against invoices issued to shipowners, operators and charterers. Tenors run 30 to 90 days. Debtors are operating companies in the commercial shipping sector with verifiable revenue and trading history. The receivable is born at the moment of delivery — bunkers loaded, services rendered, port costs incurred — and extinguished when the debtor pays.
The global bunker market moves approximately $150 billion per year. Physical suppliers typically receive payment in 7 to 15 days because they lack the balance sheet to extend terms. Shipowners and operators routinely request 60 to 90 days because fuel is their largest single operating cost. That gap — structural, persistent, and ignored by banks below a certain ticket size — is the market MTF addresses.
MTF acts as originator and servicer. Financing is provided by third-party debt facilities. Each transaction is matched to the funding partner best suited to the debtor profile, the tenor and the jurisdiction. We do not take balance sheet risk on the underlying receivables; we originate, structure and service the deal flow.
Every facility MTF originates sits against a defined underlying transaction: fuel delivered, port costs incurred, agency services rendered. The debtor is an identified commercial shipping company. The tenor is fixed at origination. The receivable extinguishes itself when the debtor pays — there is no residual, no renewal risk, and no dependency on the supplier's continued trading.
| Asset type | Short-tenor trade receivables — maritime sector |
| Underlying debtors | Shipowners, operators and charterers — worldwide |
| Tenor | 30 to 90 days |
| Origination basis | Delivery confirmed, invoice issued, debtor identified |
| Structure | Factoring (with or without notification) or confirmed payables |
| Recourse | Non-recourse structures available against creditworthy debtors |
We are in conversation with debt funds and credit facilities interested in maritime receivables as an asset class. If you manage a trade finance or specialty finance book and want to understand the deal flow and underwriting process, write to us.
investors@marinetradefinance.com