RS Platou Finance has since it was established in 2004 become one of the world’s major finance companies that specialize on shipping and offshore related financial schemes in the interest of both ship-owners and financial investors.

The main objective is to identify attractive investment opportunities, which involve the purchase of shipping and offshore related assets along with secured employment, as well as present asset play cases when the timing is at optimum.

The strength of RS Platou Finance lies not only with the highly qualified staff, but also with the vast shipping related resources available within the RS Platou Group.

RS Platou Finance is an independent company within the Platou Group utilising the full potential of having close contact with shipbrokers, ship-owners, ship managers, bankers, lawyers and consultants worldwide.

In 2009 RS Platou Real Estate was established. The company will work with structuring and facilitation of commercial property including, traditional syndication, corporate finance, arbitration, project finance, development and restructuring of business premises - with a particular focus on Norway and Scandinavia.

Core Activities:

• Identify attractive financial shipping opportunities.
• Execute and syndicate shipping and real estate projects.
• Placement of debt.
• Corporate Management.
• Establish an active second hand market on limited shares.