Katherine Cote focuses on 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 and container trade.

Katherine leads the development of BCG’s container demand and supply forecasting model and supports client cases worldwide on marine shipping and shipbuilding related topics. Before joining BCG, Katherine was an account executive in market research at NDP Group, Spain.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Container shipping
  • Marine ports and terminals
  • Tanker and bulker shipping
  • Shipbuilding
  • Machinery and components
  • Material handling and elevator

EDUCATION

  • MBA, University of Applied Sciences, Esslingen
  • DEA, sociology, Universidad of Salamanca
  • BSc, 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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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.