Lloyd's List

What Lloyd's List does

Lloyd's List is a maritime intelligence publisher that delivers validated news, market analysis, and structured data products to global shipping professionals. Operating under Maritime Insights & Intelligence Limited (an Informa subsidiary registered in England and Wales as company number 13831625), it serves executives, brokers, traders, insurers, lawyers, and regulatory professionals across container, dry bulk, tanker, gas, ports, and logistics segments. Its editorial franchise, dating to 1734 and operating under the Lloyd's trademark, includes the Lloyd's List news service, the Daily Briefing, Special Reports, the Lloyd's List Podcast, the One Hundred People rankings, and One Hundred Container Ports.

The product portfolio blends subscription editorial with proprietary data tools. Structured products include Seasearcher (vessel tracking, ownership data, fleet information, casualty records, regulatory compliance), i-Law (maritime legal research), Insurance Day (insurance-market publication), Markets Data (shipping rate indices, freight benchmarks), Containers Data Hub, Casualties tracking, and Directories. Distribution is digital-first via the lloydslist.com platform with Salesforce-based OAuth authentication, supplemented by email newsletters, podcasts, and sponsored editorial. Marketing Solutions (advertising, sponsored content, webinars, classifieds) adds an advertiser-funded revenue layer.

The business model is a sales-led, subscription-based B2B intelligence service with annual billing cadence and quote-based enterprise pricing (not publicly disclosed). Revenue streams are concentrated in subscription revenue, supplemented by advertising and sponsored content via Marketing Solutions. Geographic reach covers the United Kingdom (London headquarters at 10 St Bride Street), Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, China, India, the United States, and Greece, supported by UK and APAC support hubs.

Name

Lloyd's List

Legal name

Maritime Insights & Intelligence Limited

Website

https://lloydslist.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1734

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Lloyd's List is a maritime intelligence publisher delivering subscription-based news, market analysis, and proprietary data tools to global shipping professionals across containers, dry bulk, tankers, gas, ports, insurance, and legal segments. Operated by Maritime Insights & Intelligence Limited, an Informa subsidiary, under the historic Lloyd's trademark.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Maritime Intelligence

NAICS

Directory and Mailing List Publishers (51314), Information (51)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro primary industry

Cargo Visibility, Track & Trace & Port Analytics (ETA/ETD, Dwell, Predictive) (TLAHAOAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Logistics Analytics & BI Dashboards (TLAEAKAB)

Keywords

• Maritime intelligence
• Shipping news
• Vessel tracking data
• Freight rate analysis
• Maritime market intelligence

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Subscription Revenue: Paid subscription model providing access to full maritime intelligence service including daily headlines, analysis, special reports, and data tools delivered via digital platform and email.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Lloyd's List provides subscription-based maritime intelligence, delivering curated news, daily headlines, market analysis, and specialized data tools for global shipping professionals. Its portfolio encompasses the core Lloyd's List news service alongside data platforms including Seasearcher (vessel and company intelligence), i-Law (maritime legal research), Markets Data, Containers Data Hub, Casualties tracking, and industry directories. Content is delivered through its digital platform, email newsletters, podcasts, and special reports covering containers, dry bulk, tankers, gas, ports, and logistics sectors.

Product overview

Lloyd's List is a maritime intelligence platform operated by Maritime Insights & Intelligence Limited, offering a portfolio of news, data, and analytical products. The core offering is Lloyd's List Intelligence, which encompasses the subscription-based Lloyd's List news service delivering daily headlines, market analysis, and special reports covering global shipping markets including tankers, dry bulk, containers, and gas carriers. Supporting this are data tools including Seasearcher (vessel and company intelligence), i-Law (legal research), Insurance Day (insurance market publication), Markets Data, Containers Data Hub, Casualties tracking, and industry Directories. The portfolio also includes multimedia content formats such as the Lloyd's List Podcast, editorial series like One Hundred People and One Hundred Container Ports, Daily Briefing newsletters, Special Reports, and The Week in Charts. Marketing Solutions services are offered for industry advertisers. The company is part of Informa's maritime intelligence division.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Lloyd's List Intelligence Core maritime intelligence platform providing shipping news, analysis, data tools, casualty tracking, and market insights for maritime industry professionals through a subscription model.
• Lloyd's List
• Seasearcher
• i-Law
• Insurance Day
• Markets Data
• Containers Data Hub
• Casualties
• Directories
• One Hundred People
• One Hundred Container Ports
• Marketing Solutions

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• TradeWinds: Long-established maritime and shipping news publication covering shipowning, finance, and freight markets. Direct competitor to Lloyd's List in the subscription maritime news category, serving overlapping audiences of shipowners, financiers, and industry professionals.
• gCaptain: Online maritime industry news and community platform covering shipping operations, regulation, and seafarer issues. Competitor for maritime professionals' attention and a similar advertising/sponsorship revenue model anchored on the same shipowner and operator audience.
• Splash247: Daily maritime news site covering shipping business, finance, and technology, with a strong online and newsletter presence. Competes for the same shipping executive subscriber base and ranks for overlapping SEO keywords around container, tanker, and dry bulk markets.
• FreightWaves: Freight market data, news, and analytics platform covering trucking, ocean, and intermodal markets, with Sonar rate indices and SONAR data feeds. Direct peer in maritime-tracked freight intelligence, particularly on container rate reporting, where prior Lloyd's List senior reporter Greg Miller previously worked.
• American Shipper: Long-running publication covering global ocean shipping, ports, and intermodal logistics, integrated within FreightWaves. Competes with Lloyd's List for ocean shipping news readership and the same shipper/carrier/professional services audience.
• Ship & Bunker: Specialist publication and data provider for the marine bunker fuels market, with Bunker Price Index and port pricing. Comparable to Lloyd's List in the niche news-plus-data model, particularly relevant where Lloyd's List covers Tankers & Gas and fuel-related regulatory shifts.

Broad incumbents

• Clarkson Research: Shipping intelligence and research arm of Clarkson PLC providing shipbuilding, secondhand, and freight rate databases (e.g., Sea/net). Overlaps with Lloyd's List in market analytics and seaborne trade data, though positioned as a broader commercial shipbroking incumbent.
• S&P Global Commodity Insights (formerly Platts): Major commodities intelligence and benchmark pricing provider covering oil, gas, petrochemicals, and shipping freight. Overlaps with Lloyd's List's Tanker & Gas coverage and competes for budget of shipping finance, trading, and insurance customers.

Emerging players

• MarineTraffic: Vessel-tracking and maritime data platform providing AIS-based ship positions, port calls, and fleet analytics. Competes with Lloyd's List Seasearcher in vessel and ownership intelligence, but serves a broader cross-segment audience from enthusiasts to enterprise shipping teams.
• VesselsValue: Data platform providing vessel valuations, freight indices, and transaction analytics across tankers, bulkers, containers, and offshore. Overlaps with Lloyd's List Markets Data and Casualties modules for shipowner and financier decision-making.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LloydsList
• YouTubeyoutube.com/lloydslist
• Facebookfacebook.com/LloydsList
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lloyds-list
• Instagraminstagram.com/lloydslistintelligence

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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