Shipping is decidedly not a VC (as oppossed to MBA) driven hyper growth sector. It is rather directly linked to global economic growth, with only very limited means to influence demand in general.
They have enough people with MBA on the management board.
Usually the only companies that have empathy for their employees, management started on the bottom, instead out of management school with their beloved MBA degrees.
Having been in a couple of similar situations, the only loyalty worth having is with the team.