Florida and Miami — or at least shipbroking, former shipowning and prospective mega-cruise liner project executives based there — take a fair deal of the spotlight in this issue of TW+.

Robert “Bob” Pierot reveals why he moved to Miami last year to pursue ship finance structuring deals, with cargo-owning clients as well as owners, that are an increasingly necessary adjunct to the New York-based family firm’s traditional expertise in S&P shipbroking, where it has been a force for 125 years.