A leading container shipping analyst is jumping ship. Veteran boxship guru Neil Dekker has left UK shipping consultancy Drewry after more than a decade to develop container research with a company better known for research in the tanker markets.

He has joined ClipperData, a New York-based company that has secured a reputation for tracking movements in crude oil and petrochemical markets.

The US operation is understood to have recruited Dekker to its growing London operation in order to cover a wider range of markets, including container shipping and ports.

Dekker, a regular speaker and panellist at container shipping conferences, was director of container research at Drewry, which he joined in 2006.