I would advise Tradewinds Equity LLC to raise money from long-term infrastructure investors, the kind that look for stable long-term returns from toll roads, airports, terminals and such. The remit would be to invest exclusively in real green deals, which means no vessels using current propulsion fuels, including LNG (for which there is plenty of money available anyway).

The $1bn question

This article is part of a series written by people across shipping in response to this question about how to deploy a hypothetical TradeWinds Sustainable Shipping Fund:

How, where and why would you invest $1bn for the best return in sustainable shipping, as the industry grapples with the need to cut carbon emissions, improve efficiency and keep cargoes moving in a...