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
Tanker boom of 2026, now second-best in history, shows no signs of abating
Today’s tanker market doesn’t yet deserve the ‘best ever’ moniker but it’s making a run for it. The 2000s supercycle, the best ever, was a demand-driven boom that lasted for years. This time it’s a vessel supply-driven boom caused by geopolitical disruptions
Black Sea spot rates spike as Ukrainian attacks squeeze crude exports
Black Sea spot rates are nearing the all-time highs seen early in the Hormuz crisis. Many owners are in wait-and-see mode after Ukrainian attacks, and AWRP insurance cover is restricted or ‘economically unviable’, says Argus
Tanker execs cite ‘unprecedented’ disruptions, rising complexity and safety risks
Tanker earnings season has begun and, unsurprisingly, the effects of geopolitical disruptions on freight markets are taking centre stage on conference calls
Tanker stocks up double digits during a month of geopolitical chaos
Tanker stocks are proving to be a worthy hedge for investors. Geopolitical unrest has been a headwind for the broader market, but it is the gift that keeps on giving for tanker equities
3D chess: The interwoven tanker effects of Iranian, Houthi and Ukrainian attacks
Crude tanker freight markets are now a game of three-dimensional geopolitical chess involving the Hormuz crisis, how Houthi attacks in the Red Sea impact VLCCs and suezmaxes, and how Red Sea flows effect suezmax rates in Europe, which are spiking due to by the Russia-Ukraine war
Next chapter in Trump tariff saga: new levies with more to come
The Trump administration has put a more legally defensible tariff baseline in place. The next step is to layer on more levies. By 2027, tariffs could be back to where they were before the US Supreme Court ruled against the initial version