Michelle Wiese Bockmann
Markets Editor
London
Michelle Wiese Bockmann is a London-based energy commodities and shipping editor/analyst employed as 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
Convention breaches placing seafarers’ lives at risk, says IMO
IMO stops short of naming countries placing seafarers’ lives at risk by refusing permission to disembark for medical care
IMO ‘defrauded’ by North Korea vessel identity laundering scheme
The UN agency is reviewing claims that IMO numbers are being issued for ships that don’t exist
Bulker congestion off China boosts dry bulk rates
About 5.5% of the dry bulk fleet, or 1 in 17 vessels, is caught up in congestion off China, Lloyd's List Intelligence data shows
Leasing houses ‘on the hook’ for EU shipping carbon bill
Lessors with a $66bn portfolio in China alone that funds hundreds of new ships count as beneficial owners who must buy carbon allowances under EU proposal that begins in 2023
Imports of LNG down 75% as UK energy crisis deepens
Most Middle East Gulf and US cargoes are sailing for Asia as gas prices hit fresh highs
Pizza ovens and gyms for crew on Eastern Pacific fleet
Perks include access to mental health professionals, upgraded accommodation and fitness programmes