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Understand what's moving the global trade.
A podcast for shipping professionals, commodity analysts, chartering teams, market researchers, and anyone watching how cargo, vessels, energy, and demand reshape the world.
Our seasoned shipping professionals and analysts know the dry, tanker and containership markets inside out. Using Signal Ocean's and AXSMarine's proprietary data, they bring context, filter out the noise, and explain what really matters - in language anyone can follow.
Maria is a Senior Market Analyst at Signal Ocean, specializing in tanker markets, commodity trade flows, and geopolitical risk. Her research on sanctions, oil flows, and China's shifting demand is widely published across the maritime press and presented at industry conferences. She is a trusted voice for Bloomberg, Reuters, Lloyd's List, and TradeWinds. Maria is based in Athens.
Hugo Rousse boasts over 15 years of experience in the shipping and commodity market intelligence field. His expertise lies in understanding the intricate dynamics of shipping, global trade and the movement of goods. Hugo holds master’s degrees in international business and European Politics. Hugo is based in Geneva area.
Nikos is a Tanker and Product Analyst at AXSMarine, working across crude and refined-product markets with a focus on vessel valuation, freight rates, and trade-flow analysis across global routes. He is frequently featured in Riviera media, offering perspective on the shifting dynamics of the global tanker and product trades. Nikos is based in Thessaloniki.
Jan is VP Liner Strategy at AXSMarine, having joined Alphaliner in 2007 and led its Hamburg analyst team before taking on liner strategy after the Alphaliner–AXSMarine merger. A fixture at industry conferences including TPM, he is known for sharp analysis of container fleets, orderbooks, and capacity cycles across the global trades. Jan is based in Hamburg.
Stefan is a Senior Shipping Analyst at Alphaliner by AXSMarine and a veteran container-shipping journalist, with more than a decade of prior roles at Flows.be and Port+. A sought-after voice on liner networks, port congestion, and carrier alliances, he speaks regularly at events such as Intermodal Europe and Container Trends. Stefan is based in Antwerp.
Mael is a Shipping Analyst at Alphaliner, covering container-shipping trends, fleet orders, port operations, and trade rerouting, from newbuilding orderbooks to the shifting service patterns of the major carriers. He is regularly cited by international outlets, including Bloomberg and AGBI, for his read on global container networks. Mael is based in Hamburg.
Luke is a Senior Commodity Analyst at Signal Ocean, covering dry bulk alongside critical minerals and base metals, using proprietary data to spot supply and demand signals ahead of conventional indicators. Previously he spent eight-plus years across Wood Mackenzie, S&P Global, Capital Economics, and CRU Group, where he led the global chrome research franchise. Luke is based in London.
Esther is a Senior Dry Bulk Analyst at AXSMarine, bringing over a decade of experience in dry bulk analytics, vessel performance, and fleet supply analysis. She has held a series of analytical roles across major organizations in shipping and commodities, including Oldendorff, Rio Tinto, and DBS Bank. Esther is based in Singapore.
Everyone is watching oil markets and the Strait of Hormuz. But the quieter, and arguably bigger, story is happening in dry bulk.
In this episode, Senior Market Analyst Maria Bertzeletou and Vice President of Data Partnerships Hugo Rousse follow bauxite: the rock that becomes aluminium, and one of the most important commodities at the heart of the energy transition.
Everyone is watching oil markets and the Strait of Hormuz. But the quieter, and arguably bigger, story is happening in dry bulk.
In this episode, Senior Market Analyst Maria Bertzeletou and Vice President of Data Partnerships Hugo Rousse follow bauxite: the rock that becomes aluminium, and one of the most important commodities at the heart of the energy transition.
Global trade does not move in headlines. It moves through commodity demand, vessels, ports, cargoes, contracts, weather windows, and freight decisions. Current Intelligence exists to make those movements understandable.
Track the patterns behind vessel activity, cargo flows, and freight decisions.
Connect maritime data to commodity demand, trade disruption, and macro signals.
Conversations with analysts, technologists, brokers, researchers, and industry leaders.
Backed by deep maritime data expertise from Signal Ocean and AXSMarine, the podcast brings a sharper lens to the movements shaping shipping and commodities.
Vessel activity, routes, ports, fleet behavior, and market movement.
Dry bulk, energy, raw materials, regional demand, and cargo flows.
Data, AI, analytics, emissions, automation, and the future of shipping decisions.
“In shipping, the earliest signal is rarely the loudest one.”
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