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
China ramps up imports of US soyabeans, boosting bulker demand
Who knows how long the trade détente between America and China will last, but for now, it is positive for dry bulk demand, hiking US soyabean cargoes at a time of the year when they’re normally winding down
VLCC spot rates partially recover from Christmastime plunge
VLCC rates are well below 2025’s six-figure highs, but the market still has legs. Spot indexes have already recouped a portion of the losses suffered during the holiday period
Pre-Chinese New Year demand propels container spot rates higher
The year has begun for container lines where 2025 left off: with positive momentum and rising spot rates. Seasonality should provide a few more weeks of support
Canal transits rise, with all quiet on the (Panamanian) geopolitical front
Despite the geopolitical chaos in the Western Hemisphere, it is still business as usual at the Panama Canal. Traffic was up in December in both locks systems
Venezuela supply effect lagged due to pre-blockade cargo and ships running gauntlet
The effect of the US-Venezuela crisis on crude supply will be delayed due to cargoes that were previously en route, as well as those leaving now despite the blockade