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Lloyd's List

Trade-focused, UK-based business press (shipping industry)

Owned byOwned by Maritime Insights & Intelligence Ltd (the former Informa Maritime Intelligence business), which private-equity firm Montagu bought from Informa PLC in 2022. The same group runs Lloyd's List Intelligence, the data arm.
FundingMainly paid subscriptions and data and intelligence products sold to shippers, insurers, banks and traders. It also earns from events and some advertising or sponsorship. It has no state funding. Its private-equity owner expects a return on investment.
On the administrationmostly neutral

Background

Lloyd's List traces its origins to 1734 and is often described as one of the world's oldest continuously running newspapers. It began as a list of ship movements and shipping intelligence connected to the Lloyd's coffee house, which later became the Lloyd's of London insurance market. It was later published under the Lloyd's of London Press imprint and became part of the Informa group. It moved from print to digital-only publication in the 2010s. In August 2022, Informa sold its Maritime Intelligence unit, which includes Lloyd's List and Lloyd's List Intelligence, to Montagu Private Equity for about £385 million. The business was then reorganised as Maritime Insights & Intelligence. Lloyd's List Intelligence has continued to expand, for example by buying counterparty-risk provider Infospectrum in January 2025 and taking on the Lloyd's Agency Network in 2026. Its editorial perspective is commercial and pro-trade. Its reporting is concerned with freight rates, sanctions compliance, regulation and trade flows rather than partisan politics. Its coverage of the second Trump administration has focused on how tariffs, the Supreme Court ruling against the IEEPA tariffs, replacement Section 122 and 301 tariffs, and proposed US port fees affect shipping. It has framed these mostly as sources of uncertainty and cost for the industry, without taking an overtly political line. Its data business ties it to sanctions and risk work, and some of its news coverage draws on that data.

Sources

  1. Lloyd's List (Wikipedia)
  2. Lloyd's List Intelligence (Wikipedia)
  3. Montagu acquires Maritime Intelligence from Informa Plc
  4. World famous Lloyd's List sold by Informa as part of £385 million deal
  5. Trump's Maritime Action Plan seeks to resurrect US port fees (Lloyd's List)
  6. Trump swiftly replaces lost IEEPA tariffs but new levies are far less flexible (Lloyd's List)

Profile compiled 2026-10-17; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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