In a year when several high-profile equity analysts departed the sector, shipping is clawing one back.

Omar Nokta is returning to head shipping research for Clarksons Platou Securities after working for three years as an investment banker at the firm.

A veteran of previous stints with the former Dahlman Rose, Seaport Global Securities and then Clarksons Platou, Nokta told TradeWinds that he aims to fill a vacuum created by the departures of names like Fotis Giannakoulis, Magnus Fyhr and Michael Webber.