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Michelle Wiese Bockmann

Principal Analyst, Lloyd's List Intelligence

London
Michelle Wiese Bockmann is a London-based energy commodities and shipping editor/analyst employed as a Senior Analyst, Lloyd's List Intelligence & Markets Editor at Lloyd’s List. She has more than 20 years’ experience across three continents covering the global maritime and oil and gas sectors. She provides editorial analysis of the energy commodities and shipping markets for Lloyd’s List and Lloyd’s List Intelligence. As well as writing for specialist maritime news providers, she has led shipping coverage at Bloomberg News, worked as an analyst and editor for oil price reporting agency OPIS, and provided maritime intelligence as senior analyst for New York-based data analytics firm, ClipperData. Before moving to England from Australia, Michelle was a political writer for The Australian, the country’s national newspaper and the Americas Editor for global shipping magazine, Fairplay. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of South Australia. Michelle is the Lloyd’s List staff representative on the Editorial Board.

Latest From Michelle Wiese Bockmann

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Increased shipments suggest biggest tankers are emerging from post-summer slump for fourth-quarter peak season surge

Tankers and Gas Market Insight

Norway’s Ro Marine investigates ‘dark trading’ of newly insured Iran-linked LPG carriers

Ro Marine said it is sending inspectors to each vessel to check logbooks and talk to crew after it was revealed the ships were formerly part of a fleet linked to transporting hundreds of millions of dollars of propane and butane, while engaged in deceptive shipping practices

Sanctions Risk and Compliance

Pelagic Partners revives Oaktree strategy to launch capital fund

Although the Pelagic fund has no target, ‘you need to be a billion [dollars] plus to be meaningful in this market,’ says Tobias Backer, former Fleetscape founder and the fund’s executive director

Tankers and Gas LPG

Bauxite boom underpinning capesize rates seen easing for 2025

UAE-backed Guinea Alumina Corporation says it is pushing ahead with plans to build an alumina refinery as the West African government signals it wants to refine more bauxite rather than exporting the raw material

Dry Bulk Capes

UK contributed to ‘shadow fleet’ evolution as sanctions side effect, says Sovcomflot

On Wednesday, the UK sanctioned a further 10 tankers owned by Sovcomflot for breaching the oil price cap imposed on Russian oil and shipping. The company decries such sanctions as being completely counter-productive, arguing that trying to outlaw some ships has merely hot-housed the growth of a so-called ‘shadow fleet’ of tankers

Sanctions Tankers and Gas

Dark fleet tanker Mando One seen at anchor off Italy

Elderly ship is one of 30 linked to Radiating World Shipping Services and Star Voyage Shipping Services, listed by the UK government last December. Seven of the 30 tankers have been directly sanctioned this year

Sanctions Risk and Compliance
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