Investment decisions are frequently determined on how upbeat or downbeat an investor is, John Maynard Keynes called this “Animal Spirits”. Moore Stephens has tried to capture this by way of a quarterly survey to produce a confidence index. There are numerous such indices produced, but the Moore Stephens Confidence Index has become to be regarded as the industry benchmark. For the only survey of its kind aimed specifically at the next generation, Moore Stephens in conjunction with SPNL, has targeted the future of the shipping industry to hear their views.