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Clarksons is at the heart of global shipping and is shaping its future

Through our market-leading position and breadth of services we work in partnership with our clients to help them stay ahead of emerging challenges and execute opportunities as they arise across an unrivalled and extraordinary reach of markets. Across broking, finance, research and port service, Clarksons enables clients to keep global trade moving.

85%

Of global trade carried on ships

1.5

Tonnes of seaborne trade per capita in 2024

~2%

Shipping's share of global greenhouse gas emissions

Enabling clients to act with confidence

Broking

Partnering with clients to advise, design and execute broking transactions across all sectors and markets, regardless of disruption or complexity. Clients benefit from our multi-discipline and cross border advice, giving them the bespoke solutions they need to navigate complexity and stay ahead of disruption. We cover broking in shipping and offshore, ship sale & purchase transactions and a broad range of derivative products.

Our broking services

Partnering with clients to advise, design and execute broking transactions across all sectors and markets, regardless of disruption or complexity. Clients benefit from our multi-discipline and cross border advice, giving them the bespoke solutions they need to navigate complexity and stay ahead of disruption. We cover broking in shipping and offshore, ship sale & purchase transactions and a broad range of derivative products.

Our broking services
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MARKET TRENDS

Disruption events are increasingly changing the course of international trade

Understand how we manage trade complexity

Divisions

Desks

Chartering Deep Sea Tankers | Dry Cargo | Gases | Containers | Specialised Products | Towage & Salvage | Car Carriers | US Government Cargos | Offshore - Oil & Gas | Offshore - Renewables
Sale & Purchase New Building | Secondhand | Recycling | Projects
Derivatives Dry FFA | Wet FFA | Iron Ore Swaps | Gas FFA / LNG JKM | Fuel Oil | Battery Metals | Carbon EUAs | Container FFA | Biofuels | Renewables

Unlocking capital to enable progress

Financial

With a strong presence in New York, Houston, Oslo, and London, our financial division provide full investment banking services, project finance and bespoke asset finance solutions for the sector. We help our clients arrange funding for transactions and conclude deals in a complex ship finance landscape. At a time of increasing investment needs, particularly around the green transition, Clarksons helps make access to capital achievable. This means projects can move forward, returns can be recognised and growth can be achieved.

Our financial services

With a strong presence in New York, Houston, Oslo, and London, our financial division provide full investment banking services, project finance and bespoke asset finance solutions for the sector. We help our clients arrange funding for transactions and conclude deals in a complex ship finance landscape. At a time of increasing investment needs, particularly around the green transition, Clarksons helps make access to capital achievable. This means projects can move forward, returns can be recognised and growth can be achieved.

Our financial services

MARKET TRENDS

The ship finance landscape remains complex - increased investment will fund the industry's green transition

Division

Desk

Securities

Investment Banking
Sales & Trading
Equity & Credit Research
Shipping Project Finance

Structured Asset Finance Vessel Financing Projects
Consulting & Evaluation
Project Finance

Real Estate Project Finance
Fund Management

Keeping supply chains moving

Port Services

Keeping cargo moving relies on strong supply chains. Port operations are varied, complex, time-sensitive, and tailored to cargo and sector. Our cross-sector expertise and strategic presence at Ports across UK, Europe, Egypt and with a growing presence in the US and Asia, enables an agile end-to-end offering. Our experts collaborate to deliver seamless turnkey solutions, anticipating needs with safety as a priority. Our clients benefit from a single strategic and operational partner to handle in-port requirements efficiently and safely — keeping crew, cargo and vessels on track.

Our support services

Keeping cargo moving relies on strong supply chains. Port operations are varied, complex, time-sensitive, and tailored to cargo and sector. Our cross-sector expertise and strategic presence at Ports across UK, Europe, Egypt and with a growing presence in the US and Asia, enables an agile end-to-end offering. Our experts collaborate to deliver seamless turnkey solutions, anticipating needs with safety as a priority. Our clients benefit from a single strategic and operational partner to handle in-port requirements efficiently and safely — keeping crew, cargo and vessels on track.

Our support services
container and bulk cargo terminal

Strategically located

We provide coverage in ports across the UK, mainland Europe and Egypt

Underpinning smarter, more informed decisions

Research

Disruptive weather patterns, conflict in the Middle East, moving sanctions, fuel transitions and shipyard capacities. As markets become more complex, the supply of data becomes increasingly key to decision-making. Our Research division processes millions of data points to provide uniquely powerful data, including tracking over 150,000 ships and 1.6m vessel positions. Information informs decisions and unlocks opportunity. Armed with expert analysis, clients can see further, faster and confidently put into play their strategies.

Our research services

Disruptive weather patterns, conflict in the Middle East, moving sanctions, fuel transitions and shipyard capacities. As markets become more complex, the supply of data becomes increasingly key to decision-making. Our Research division processes millions of data points to provide uniquely powerful data, including tracking over 150,000 ships and 1.6m vessel positions. Information informs decisions and unlocks opportunity. Armed with expert analysis, clients can see further, faster and confidently put into play their strategies.

Our research services

MARKET TRENDS

Shipping is at the “front line” of global events and of underlying global macro change.

Read more on market trends

Divisions

     
Shipping & Trade Offshore & Energy Energy Transition Valuations
Contacts