Confessions of a Maritime Mingler

by Matt McCleery

New York’s maritime minglers filtered into the University Club yesterday to attend Nedship Bank’s “Spotlight Luncheon” on the dry bulk market. This inaugural event, which the bank hopes to sponsor quarterly, had the eerie combination of grief and jocularity otherwise reserved for Irish wakes. Anyone who dares to question the Dutch bank’s cautious style should take note that the event was held on the first floor of the austere establishment, no doubt so that if any of the deeply depressed guests decided to hurl themselves out the window, litigation would be kept to a minimum.

The luncheon was hosted by Tony Guernee and featured a diverse panel of speakers consisting of Ellen Groeneveld, a shipping industry analyst from Nedship Bank, Photkion Potamianos, a shipping equity analyst from DLJ, Sean Day, president of Navios and Paul Sa, CEO of Stanships.

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