Nico Montero

About Me

//NOW//

• running ocean freight procurement at LP Global Asia
• tinkering on SUDX, a shipping AI project
• living and eating dim sum in Hong Kong
• focused on less noise, better decisions

//PREVIOUSLY//

• negotiated ocean contracts at Maersk in Copenhagen
• led trade at Hamburg Süd across Santiago, Miami, and Hong Kong
• completed WSET Level 3, structured education in wine
• finished civil and industrial engineering at UDD
• served a year in the Chilean Army, Compañía Manuel Rodríguez

Writing

• The Coloader Trap January 2026

  Why SME forwarders are trapped between mega-forwarders, carriers, and coloaders, and why procurement centers are the structural answer.

• Red Sea Reopening: The Ocean Gets Shorter December 2025

  How a Suez snap-back can release effective capacity, pressure rates, and create fresh operational bottlenecks in Europe.