Susan Oatway is a highly experienced analyst who joined the Journal of Commerce by S&P Global in January 2023 as a senior research analyst for multipurpose and project shipping. Her focus is on the multipurpose, breakbulk, project cargo, and related shipping markets, including roll-on, roll-off and refrigerated shipping. In September 2025 she became the Chair of the Journal of Commerce Breakbulk and Project Cargo Conference, held annually in New Orleans. Susan is fully conversant with all aspects of the multipurpose and dry bulk shipping market. Prior to joining S&P Global, she was the principal author of Drewry’s Multipurpose and Heavy Lift publications for nearly 20 years. She has extensive consulting experience working for carriers/shipping lines, financial intermediaries and other key industry stakeholders. She is regularly asked to share her market knowledge and insights at leading industry conferences and lectures on dry bulk chartering for the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (ICS). She was the first female International Chair at the ICS from 2019 to 2021 and remains a Fellow of the Institute. She is also a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights.