Media Kit

Partner with Shipping International (aajs.com)

Reach over 90,000 monthly maritime decision-makers who utilize our platform as their daily operational dashboard.

Media Kit & Partnership Overview

Overview
Founded in Houston in 1996 and operating with a Scandinavian perspective, Shipping International (aajs.com) is an independent digital intelligence hub for the global maritime industry. We provide breaking shipping news, technical reporting, and live operational data—including global FX rates, Brent/WTI crude pricing, VLSFO/MGO bunker pricing across five major global hubs, live AIS tracking, benchmark freight indices (BDI, BCI, BPI, SCFI, and WCI), and an interactive Voyage Fuel Planner.

Audience Demographics & Traffic Metrics
Our platform serves verified maritime professionals, shipowners, bunker buyers, port authorities, logistics directors, and commodity traders.

Unlike standard trade publications that rely on passive search engine traffic, our users actively bookmark and return to Shipping International every morning as a functional workplace terminal.

  • Monthly Volume: 90,000+ Verified Hits (and growing steadily)
  • Audience Retention: 82%+ Direct Browser Bookmarks
  • User Environment: Zero programmatic ad clutter and ultra-fast load times (99/100 Performance Score), ensuring maximum brand visibility.
Commercial Advertising Rate Card

Position 1A: Flagship Full-Width Header Banner (Top Right)

  • Placement: Exclusive, maximum-width placement in the top-right header next to the main masthead across the entire platform.
  • Size: 468 × 60 px
  • Standard Rate: $950 USD / month (3-month minimum commitment).
  • 6-Month Partner Rate: $850 USD / month (6-month commitment).
  • Included Bonus: 1 monthly featured press release or news mention across our platform.

Position 1B: Standard Header Banner (Top Right)

  • Placement: Exclusive compact placement in the top-right header next to the main masthead across the entire platform.
  • Size: 300 × 60 px
  • Standard Rate: $650 USD / month (3-month minimum commitment).
  • 6-Month Partner Rate: $575 USD / month (6-month commitment).
  • Included Bonus: 1 monthly featured press release or news mention across our platform.

Position 2A: Full-Width Sidebar Banner (Top of Right Widget Bar)

  • Placement: Prominent full-width banner positioned directly above the Live Market Data widget across all pages.
  • Size: 300 × 60 px
  • Standard Rate: $550 USD / month (3-month minimum commitment).
  • 6-Month Partner Rate: $475 USD / month (6-month commitment).

Position 2B: Standard Sidebar Partner Grid (Top of Right Widget Bar)

  • Placement: Side-by-side partner grid positioned directly above the Live Market Data widget across all pages (maximum 2 logos per row).
  • Size: 150 × 60 px horizontal logo block.
  • Standard Rate: $350 USD / month (3-month minimum commitment).
  • 6-Month Partner Rate: $300 USD / month (6-month commitment).

Position 3: Sponsored Industry Insight (News Feed)

  • Placement: Embedded naturally within our daily maritime news feed with permanent archive visibility.
  • Size: Editorial feature or press release with direct corporate backlinks.
  • Rate Per Insertion: $200 USD per article

Non-Monetary Media Partnerships

We offer select barter partnerships to recognized maritime coalitions, safety organizations, NGOs, and environmental councils.

  • What We Provide: Standard logo placement (150 × 60 px max) in our Sponsors sidebar and syndication of official industry announcements.
  • What We Request: Reciprocal logo placement and an authoritative backlink in your official digital partner directory.
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Limited Sponsorship Inventory: To preserve our ad-free, high-speed reading environment, we strictly limit header and sidebar placements. Use the Contact link in the menu to check availability for Q1/Q2 2027.