Urs has been involved with the maritime industry for 18 years. Prior to Clarksons, Urs has been a shipbroker at Seabrokers, associate commercial ship manager of ULCCs, container leasing logistics manager at TAL, editor and publisher of Marine Money, lender to the space at DVB Bank and an equity analyst at Lazard Capital Markets covering shipping and logistics.

He received a BA from the University of Colorado in 1993 and a MS in Economics/Marine Policy from the London School of Economics in 1995.