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
Next US tariff plan takes shape as CBP updates on refunds
On one hand, US importers are in line to receive hundreds of billions in tariff refunds. On the other, importers will face new tariffs that could be just as costly and changeable as the levies the Supreme Court rejected
Fears mount on ship fuel availability as Hormuz closure drags on
Bunker prices are already near the extreme highs seen after Russia invaded Ukraine, and if crude keeps rising, this is not the peak. The industry concern is not just about surging operating costs. It’s that vessels may not be able to get the fuel where they need it the next time they run dry
Middle East VLCC indexes are still near peak but Atlantic rates are sinking
As VLCC owners secure exceptionally high rates loading crude in the Red Sea and Oman, freight pricing is coming down for fixtures in the Atlantic basin, as expected.
Fallout will ripple across globe amid Strait of Hormuz ‘doomsday scenario’
When the US and Israel attacked Iran, they opened up a Pandora’s box of unintended consequences for the global economy. Shipping executives and analysts outline the potential knock-on effects
Customs ordered to refund $166bn in tariffs but it can’t comply (yet)
The landmark ruling against IEEPA tariffs has been followed by a flurry of legal action: importers are moving to get IEEPA refunds, US states are fighting against the new Section 122 tariffs, and an appeal against adjustments to Section 301 tariffs is seeking a SCOTUS hearing
They all said Hormuz closure would be brief. What if they were wrong?
On day six of the Middle East war, hope of a swift reopening of the Strait of Hormuz is fading. There does not seem to be a quick fix. A material return of transits in the future will require shipowners to be convinced that the route is safe for their crew and vessel assets