A focused ship-finance firm holding vessel equity and structuring secured private credit — underwriting from inside the asset.
SAI Trans is a focused ship-finance firm. We hold vested equity in maritime tonnage and structure private-credit transactions secured against real, cash-generating vessels. We are part of a broader maritime group, which gives us something most financiers lack: genuine operational proximity to the assets we finance.
That proximity is the point. As equity holder and bareboat charterer of M.V. SAI Fortune, we sit inside the economics of the vessel — informing how we underwrite, structure, and manage risk across every transaction.
Maritime asset finance — vessel equity and secured private credit, nothing diluted by unrelated activity.
Capital preservation first; structures built with security and clear downside protection.
We invest our own equity alongside the structures we arrange — interests aligned, not advisory-only.
Most ship finance is done at arm's length — a lender looking at a vessel from the outside. SAI Trans underwrites from within: we know the charter, the operating costs, and the cash flows because we live inside them on our own asset.
Deep familiarity with vessels, charters and shipping cash flows.
Secured private-credit structures tailored to each asset.
Downside protection embedded from the outset.
Demonstrated ability to close with sophisticated capital.