About Deep Blue Shipping
A Deep Dive Into The Blue
Deep Blue was founded by shipping industry veterans with over 50 years of combined experience across commercial tanker and chemical shipping, vessel operations, and maritime technology. We exist to modernize the parts of the shipping process that have been slowest to change, and to do it with the expertise of people who have lived those processes firsthand.
We are a human-led company. That means technology supports our work, it doesn't replace it. Our in-house software team at Deep Blue Labs builds the tools our laytime, commercial, and marine divisions rely on daily, all purpose-built for the operational realities of shipping, not adapted from generic platforms. The result is a team that combines the judgment of experienced shipping professionals with the efficiency of software built specifically for the job.
We have operated through some of the most challenging freight markets in recent memory and some of the most buoyant. What that experience teaches you is that quality matters regardless of market conditions and that companies who get the details right consistently outperform those who don't. That's the standard we hold ourselves to, and the standard we bring to our clients.
Meet the Management Team
Founder and CEO
Raymond Walsh
Ray has spent 20 years on the commercial front lines of chemical and tanker shipping including roles with a prestigious Japanese chemical tanker operator and two of the world's most respected tanker pools. That depth of experience across fixture negotiation, vessel operations, post-fixture management, and counterparty relationships is what shaped Deep Blue's approach from day one.
Ray holds a professional practice BSc in Maritime Business and is the founder of Deep Blue Shipping and co-founder of Deep Blue Laytime Services.
Director of Marine Operations
Capt. Surender Singh
Sunny is a Master Mariner with 28 years of ship and shore-based experience across oil tankers, chemical tankers, bulk carriers, and LPG vessels.
He holds an MSc in Shipping, Trade, and Finance from Cass Business School in London, a combination of operational depth and commercial experience that is rare in the industry.
He leads Deep Blue Marine Services, overseeing vessel inspections, pre-vetting surveys, ISM/ISPS/MLC audits, port captaincy, and P&I investigations across the UK, North America, South America, and Turkey.
Director of Operations
Joshua Prince
Josh has spent over 18 years working in demurrage and post-fixture claims management at some of the industry's largest and most respected companies including an IOC and very respected tanker pools. He has handled tens of thousands of claims across tanker, chemical, and bulk trades giving him an unusually detailed understanding of where claims are won, lost, and left on the table.
As co-founder and Director of Operations at Deep Blue Laytime Services in the US, Josh oversees claims handling, analyst workflows, contract and process improvement, and client reporting.