Interest in London initial public offerings is growing, but it remains to be seen whether shipping companies will join the queue in the UK capital.
Over the past decade or more, only Tufton Oceanic Assets and Taylor Maritime Investments (TMI) have pulled off the trick among shipowners.
Axel Kalinowski, London Stock Exchange (LSE)'s head of central and southern Europe, believes London is a global financial centre with an "incredible" amount of capital waiting to be deployed.