Susan Oatway

Drewry

Senior Analyst, Multipurpose & Breakbulk Shipping

Susan is a highly experienced consultant, for more than 15 years she has been the principal author of Drewry’s Multipurpose and Heavy Lift publications and is co-Editor of the Reefer Shipping report.

Susan Oatway is a highly experienced consultant who is fully conversant with all aspects of the multipurpose and dry bulk shipping market. She has extensive project experience working for carriers/shipping lines financial intermediaries and other key industry stakeholders. Her advisory expertise is considerable and includes market studies, valuations, and strategic planning.

She is regularly asked to share her market knowledge and insights at leading industry conferences and lectures on dry bulk chartering for a number of institutions including the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (ICS).

She was the first female International Chairman at the ICS from 2019 to 2021 (the first woman to hold this position in the Institute’s over 100-year history) and currently holds the post of Immediate Past Chairman on the Executive Council.