Karina Albers has extensive experience in the charter market, commodity & derivative markets for shipping, fertiliser and in energy. Before establishing her own consulting business, Ms Albers spent three years heading the ship broking devision of the German shipowner Ernst Russ GmbH & Co KG in Hamburg. Prior to that, she spent three years in Brussels with Yara Belgium S.A. setting up its fertiliser derivative trading operation, as well as being in charge of their fleet of LPG carriers.

Karina is an accredited Expert at the Federal Court of New York and has acted as an expert in leading cases in London, New York and Singapore. She is also a Member of the Baltic Exchange, the GMAA and the Expert Witness Institute.