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£603.8m

Revenue

(2021: £443.3m)

£100.9m

Underlying profit before taxation

(2021: £69.4m)

93p

Dividend per share

(2021: 84p)

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ANNUAL REPORT 2022

Chair's review

2022 was a remarkable year for the shipping industry, and indeed for Clarksons. At the end of his first year as Chair of the Board, Laurence Hollingworth reflects on what makes Clarksons such an exceptional business: from the quality, energy and focus of our employees, the strength of our culture and values, and the commitment to ongoing investment in the future of the business to deliver value.

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2022 was a remarkable year for the shipping industry, and indeed for Clarksons. At the end of his first year as Chair of the Board, Laurence Hollingworth reflects on what makes Clarksons such an exceptional business: from the quality, energy and focus of our employees, the strength of our culture and values, and the commitment to ongoing investment in the future of the business to deliver value.

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CEO's review

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Financial review

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Annual Report 2022

Clarksons continues to drive smarter, cleaner global trade - that's our purpose

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Seaborne trade accounts for 85% of global trade. Whilst shipping is the most emissions efficient mode of transport, there is an increasing force towards decarbonisation. Against this backdrop, Clarksons continues to drive smarter, cleaner global trade - that's our purpose.

MAJOR TREND

Green transition

The need to transition to a green and sustainable economy is an urgent priority for society and the shipping industry must play its role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions whilst managing the complex but essential global trade matrix.

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MAJOR TRENDS

Trade complexity

Global economic and geo-political developments have driven increasing complexity as well as volume of seaborne trade. Facilitating global trade is central to our strategy.

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MAJOR TRENDS

Energy transition

As pressures build globally to find solutions to moderate climate change, the energy transition will cause fundamental change to shipping, trade, offshore and energy.

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Short-term measures

A growing impact

In 2023, both CII and EEXI will provide some of the clarity that ship owners have needed to help lower their emissions. CII will have a growing impact in terms of dictating vessel speeds to improve energy efficiency whilst other emission-reduction solutions are deployed.

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The SCALE OF THE CHALLENGE

The necessity for change

The scale of the challenge to decarbonise shipping is unprecedented. And the shipping industry must meet this challenge while continuing to facilitate essential global trade that is increasing in complexity and volume. Accelerating regulation, policy, technology and innovation will all be vital in driving the green transition for shipping.

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CREATING VALUE

Levelling the playing field for long-term success

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CREATING VALUE

Leveraging our data for stronger client service

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GLOBAL DEMAND

Expected increase in length of haul for oil products in 2023 due to redistribution of flows post the onset of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

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GLOBAL DEMAND

38% - Peak containership congestion as measured by the share of the global fleet in port.

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GLOBAL DEMAND

24% of all global imports are into China.

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ANTICIPATING CHANGE

Our resilience, innovation and forward planning ensures we can navigate change successfully and sustainably.

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GLOBAL DEMAND

85%

of global trade is carried on ships.

GLOBAL DEMAND

12bn

tonnes of global seaborne trade.

GLOBAL DEMAND

1.5

tonnes of Seaborne trade per capita.

FUELLING TRANSITION

Newbuild trends have started to shift

At the heart of reducing shipping’s 2.3% contribution to global CO2 emissions will be a fuelling transition. We’re already seeing this materialise through the profile of newbuilding orders.

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2022 ANNUAL REPORT | KEY SECTION DOWNLOADS

Focus on key sections of the 2022 Annual Report using the PDFs available here.

Business review Download
Climate-related Financial Disclosure 2022 (TCFD) Download
Our impact Download
Corporate governance report Download
Financial statements Download

2022 Reports and Results

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Interim Results

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ANNUAL REPORT 2022

Our impact

As an enabler of global trade, we work closely with our clients to lead and facilitate positive environmental change in shipping. As a business, we are committed to monitoring and minimising our carbon footprint in the nearer term and achieving net zero by 2050 in line with current UK government targets.

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Stakeholder engagement

Understand more about our stakeholders and the actions and outcomes in 2022.

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Engagement with employees

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Engagement with employees

Stories

Q&A with Heike Truol

The Board is committed to employees having the opportunity for their views to be heard.

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