WHY I BELIEVE NEW YORK WILL RE-EMERGE AS A PROMINENT SHIPPING CAPITAL

     IS NEW York a great place to be a shipowner? What are some of the benefits and drawbacks of living in the Big Apple and running a shipping company, whether privately held or publicly traded? These were the main topics of a spirited panel discussion at the annual shipping conference hosted jointly by the Norwegian-American and Hellenic-American chambers of commerce.
The panel included shipowners Robert Burke of Ridgebury Tankers, Philip Shapiro of Liberty Maritime, and Robert Shaw of Sea Trade Holdings; shipbroker Robert Pierot of Jacq. Pierot and Sons; and yours truly. 

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