Rahul Kapoor

S&P Global

Vice President, Head of Shipping Analytics & Research

Rahul is the Global Lead, Shipping Analytics & Research at Fuels, Chemicals, and Resource Solutions (FCRS) for S&P Global Commodity Insights. Based in Singapore, he heads an integrated shipping analytics research and data science teams. As a business lead, he is responsible for growth of analytics products in Cargo & Vessel Intelligence and Freight Market Analytics.  A subject matter expert in the maritime industry and financial markets, Rahul is a thought leader with proven credentials in market analysis forecasting, shipping economics and commodity market developments. He is a regular speaker at major conferences and client events globally, and is frequently interviewed by both print and visual media. Most recently, he was at Bloomberg Intelligence and earlier headed Drewry Financial Research Services Ltd. He has also worked as senior equities analyst at RS Platou Markets and Nomura. Rahul holds a Bachelor of Science in Marine Engineering from BITS, Pilani and a Postgraduate in Management from IMI, New Delhi, India.

Sessions With Rahul Kapoor

Wednesday, 8 March

  • 11:30am - 12:00pm (CST) / 08/mar/2023 05:30 pm - 08/mar/2023 06:00 pm

    Decarbonization: Learnings from the shipping industry
    The global shipping industry is pursuing ambitious net-zero goals, led by the International Maritime Organization (IMO). A switch to carbon neutral fuels is a major part of this. What will be the winning solutions—biofuels, e-fuels, ammonia, hydrogen, wind or fossil fuels with CCS? What range of primary energy sources will the shipping industry depend on to meet its net-zero goals? What scope is there for new innovations?