Shipping, Tankers & LNG
Karen Anderson
Shipping & LNG Correspondent
Karen Anderson follows the barrel once it leaves the terminal: onto VLCCs, product tankers, and LNG carriers, and through the freight rates and chartering deals that move it. Over 16 years on the maritime energy beat she has learned to trace ownership through shell companies and flags of convenience and to read AIS data to find ships that would rather not be found. Her coverage ties freight economics back to the crude and gas markets they serve.
Contact: karen.anderson@theoilslick.com
Career
- Shipping & LNG Correspondent, The Oil Slick (2020-present)Leads tanker, freight, and LNG shipping coverage from London.
- Senior Reporter, TradeWinds (2012-2020)Covered the tanker markets, shipowners, and vessel ownership structures.
- LNG & Gas Shipping Reporter, S&P Global Platts (2008-2012)Assessed LNG freight and covered the growing seaborne gas trade.
- Maritime Reporter, Lloyd's List (2006-2008)Wet and dry freight markets and maritime regulation.
Notable coverage
- Broke an investigation into the sanctions-evading shadow fleet of aging tankers, mapping opaque ownership and ship-to-ship transfers used to move restricted crude.
- Reported the LNG freight spikes during the European gas crisis and how carrier availability became its own bottleneck.
- Tracked the Red Sea diversions around the Cape of Good Hope, quantifying the added tonne-miles and their effect on rates.
Education
M.A., Maritime Economics, University of Antwerp. B.A., Geography, University of Southampton.
Awards & recognition
Seahorse Club Journalist of the Year, shortlist (2019)Lloyd's List Maritime Media Award for Investigative Journalism (2021)
Recent articles
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