Mr Richard Clayton
Chief Correspondent,
IHS Maritime and Trade, UK
Richard joined Fairplay Publications, publisher of Fairplay shipping weekly magazine, in August 1984 as
markets editor and spent a decade researching and writing on the dry bulk and tanker markets, while
travelling globally to write country reports. In 1995 he launched Fairplay Daily News, a bulletin emailed
to the magazine’s subscribers at a time when this was cutting-edge; it gave him a decade of breaking
the major news stories, meeting the personalities, and driving the news agenda. He stepped up to
editing the flagship Fairplay magazine in 2007, led a rejuvenation of the publication two years later, and
shifted Fairplay from an emphasis on ships to an understanding of the Business of Shipping. During this
time, Fairplay Publications was acquired by IHS, a Denver, Colorado-headquartered data and analytics
business; Fairplay became IHS Maritime and Trade. After taking responsibility for 350 Fairplay issues, in
2013 he joined IHS’s Research and Analytics team, working with analysts to improve accessibility to
research. In his two years with this team, he wrote and edited several special supplements and
customer-focused publications, spoke at conferences around the world, presented maritime videos, led
and contributed to webinars, and generated thought leadership articles both for the in-house IHS
Quarterly and for industry publications. Now back in the editorial/insight team as Chief correspondent,
Richard is a recognised thought leader in the global maritime industry.
“Big data, small data, and the issue of security: Shipping has come late
to the Internet of Things party, but it’s catching up fast.
What’s the latest? How should shipping prepare?”
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