To use Bob Dylan’s immortal line, “the times they are a-changin’” in Greek shipping as everywhere else.

Companies are listing on the stock exchange, owners are finding new methods of financing, more corporate structures are being put into place, a younger fleet of more sophisticated ships is taking to the sea and new areas of activity are being explored.

For almost a decade now, Greek companies have been going to the public markets, whether through regular initial public offerings (IPOs) or special acquisition vehicles (Spacs), or, more recently, through master limited partnerships (MLPs).