Dear friends,
Two years ago today, Maritime Analytica became a company.
It started with a simple belief.
The shipping industry doesn’t need more noise. It needs more clarity.
Today, more than 50,000 of you subscribe to our work across 168 countries.
Another 150,000 follow us on LinkedIn.
And so much of this growth has come from you sharing our work.
All organic. Not a dollar spent on advertising.
Our insights now reach senior leaders at most of the world’s Top 10 container carriers.
And decision-makers across ports, logistics, freight forwarding, cargo owners, finance and technology.
CEOs. Executives. Analysts. People who have spent decades in shipping. And people just beginning their careers.
All part of the same community.
I find that extraordinary.
But here is what matters more to me than any number.
You trust us with your time.
Some of you read us over your morning coffee.
Others bring our intelligence into boardrooms, leadership meetings and important decisions.
Many of you have shared our work, challenged our thinking or simply written to say thank you.
Every one of those moments matters.
Because trust is not something you can buy.
You have to earn it. Again and again.
And that is our responsibility.
To remain independent.
To question the obvious.
To follow the evidence, even when it challenges the prevailing view.
And to make a complicated industry easier to understand.
The world won’t get any less complicated.
Markets will shift. Trade routes will change. New crises will come.
But whatever happens, we’ll be here.
Looking beyond the headlines.
Finding the signals that matter.
And helping you see the bigger picture.
Our ambition is simple.
To become the first name you turn to in container shipping.
Not the loudest voice.
The one you trust when the stakes are high.
We have a long way to go.
And I wouldn’t want to build it with anyone else.
Whether you are a Gold member, an institutional reader or someone who simply opens our free newsletter, thank you.
You are not just watching this story unfold.
You are part of it.
One personal request before I go.
If Maritime Analytica has helped you see something differently, or if there is something you wish we covered better, please reply.
I would genuinely love to hear from you.
And if you know someone who might find our work useful, I’d be grateful if you shared it with them.
Thank you for believing in what we are building.
Two years ago, this was my idea.
Today, it’s something we share.
And I believe the best is still ahead of us.
With gratitude,
Sam
Founder & CEO
Maritime Analytica