Greg Miller
Senior Maritime Reporter
Greg Miller is a senior maritime reporter for Lloyd’s List, based in New York. He is an award-winning journalist who has covered ocean shipping for the past two decades – five years for FreightWaves and American Shipper, and 15 years for Fairplay. He has extensive knowledge of container, crude, products, dry bulk, LNG and LPG markets, as well as shipping finance, regulation and technology.
Prior to his work for Fairplay, he served as senior editor of Cruise Industry News in New York for seven years, and editor in chief of the Virgin Islands Business Journal in St. Thomas for five years. He is a graduate of Cornell University, where he was a columnist for the Cornell Daily Sun.
Latest From Greg Miller
Supreme Court ruling could make it harder for FMC to fine carriers in future
The Supreme Court recently ruled that the Securities & Exchange Commission cannot sidestep a trial by jury in federal court when seeking civil penalties. Could this ruling someday apply to the Federal Maritime Commission, hampering its power to enforce the Shipping Act?
CMA CGM results dip in second quarter vs first quarter despite spot-rate rise
Second-quarter results of CMA CGM highlight how changes in spot-rate indexes do not necessarily translate into carrier average rates and profits. The substantial increase in spot index levels in 2Q24 compared to 1Q24 is not apparent in CMA CGM’s results
SFL follows Dorian’s lead and sells shares. Are more offerings around the corner?
Follow-on offerings by larger shipowners were a mainstay of US public markets in earlier eras. After a long drought, offerings by SFL and Dorian hint at a potential re-emergence of capital raising on Wall Street
Red Sea attacks set to boost liner profits in second and third quarters
Diversions around the Cape of Good Hope caused spot container freight rates to spike. While most of the carriers’ volume is on contract, not spot, financial data confirm that carriers are indeed capturing the upside
Box rates still historically high, but more ‘cracks’ and peak signals emerge
Is this the top for container shipping spot rates? On one hand, supply and demand fundamentals argue it is. On the other, there are potential non-fundamental factors that could hypothetically push rates higher
Trump, Iran and Russia: The hypothetical geopolitical puzzle for tankers
With a second Trump term on the cards, a crackdown on Iranian exports could increase demand for VLCCs loading crude in other countries. Elsewhere in a Trump 2.0 landscape, any winding down of the Russia-Ukraine situation could be either positive or negative for tanker rates, says Jefferies analyst Omar Nokta