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Katherine Cote is an expert on marine shipping and shipbuilding at Boston Consulting Group. She is an active member of the shipping core group at the firm, developing internal content and leading the development of internal IP tools, dashboards, and databases for marine shipping, container trade, and sustainability in shipping.

Katherine leads the development of BCG’s container demand and supply forecasting model and co-leads the marine shipping sustainability topic at BCG and supports client cases worldwide on marine shipping and shipbuilding related topics. Before joining BCG, Katherine held several positions as consultant, account executive, and market research analyst at different companies in Colombia, Spain, and the US.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

EDUCATION

  • C&S Stewardship Programme, Cambridge University
  • MBA, University of Applied Sciences, Esslingen
  • DEA, Sociology, Universidad de Salamanca
  • BSc, Industrial Engineering, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • PhD Studies Scholarship for Latin American Professionals, Banco Santander Central Hispano, 2002-2004

Publications and Videos

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Make It, or Break It – Will the IMO Deliver?

Decisions made at the Marine Environment Protection Committee meeting in July 2023 will be crucial for a just and equitable future in the maritime industry.
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Carbon Tax - Shipping’s Trillion-Dollar Opportunity

Revenues from a carbon tax could run into the trillions of dollars by 2050 and unlock real acceleration in the maritime industry transition.
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Shipping Decarbonization: Why Is No One Speaking About Tugs?

Tugboats are an overlooked link in the maritime supply chain when it comes to pressures to decarbonize.
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Shipping: Three Things from COP26 and the Green Path to MEPC 77

COP 26 showed that the shipping industry has taken a strong leadership role, but without policy makers and regulators working in unison, we will not see the unlock that is required.
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Container Volume Swings Wildly With Big GDP Changes

The shipping industry needs a better methodology for handling economic downturns, especially when predicting global shipping volume & forecasting shifts in trade lanes.