TradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news show

In this week's episode:

TradeWinds' Eric Priante Martin assesses the impact of the US mid term elections on US maritime policies

Read more: Six ways the 'blue wave' that rocked Washington could affect shipping

Read more: Will US ‘blue tsunami’ dampen tanker market boom?

We also hear form Pacific Environment policy director Davina Hurt on how the green lobby group thinks IMO delegates should use the mid term results at the next decarbonisation meetings later this month

Jotaro Tamura, chief executive of Mitsui OSK Line about the groups deepening involvement with LNG

Read more: MOL breaks new ground with first solo FSRU conversion

Read more: MOL doubles profit outlook as shipping markets run hot

This clip is an excerpt from a full interview that can be found on Wavelength Plus

and recorded at the recent TradeWInds Tokyo Shipowner Forum

Tradewinds' Asia correspondent reports from Marine Money events in China and South Korea where he heard about warnings thatthe good times might not roll on forever.

Read more: Chinese ship financiers question old valuation rules as fuel uncertainty deepens

Read more: Chinese ship lessors emerge stronger from US trade pressure test

Additional reporting: Eric Priante Martin, Huaqing Ma, Yannick Guerry

Producer and host: Craig Eason

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In this week’s episode of Wavelength:

Craig Eason reports from our TradeWinds Global Shipbuilding Forum this week in Busan, South Korea. Cargo owners feel like they have little choice but to buy ships rather than charter them as rates rise. Meanwhile, shipyards could be entitled to claim bonuses for delivering vessels ahead of schedule.

Read more:Back to 2007? Lawyer warns on newbuild boom

Shipping’s investment boom faces reckoning as financiers warn of market risks

Korean shipbuilders’ overseas ambitions put state financiers in a bind

Paul Peachey has been out and about and is here with an update on autonomous shipping, after visiting Ocean Infinity, a company that is already remotely controlling a fleet of offshore vessels.

Read more:Between a ROC and a hard place: the evolution of crewless ships

US investigators sound alert on lookouts for autonomous vessels

And we have another clip from our special series on the role of venture capital in maritime tech.

Direct link to full episode (Spotify).

Host and producer: Holly Birkett.

Additional reporting or research: Craig Eason, Paul Peachey and Yannick Guerry.

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In this week's episode of the Wavelength podcast:

TradeWinds' China correspondentHuaqing Mabrings back all the hottest talking points from Pudong Maritime Week in Shanghai. Turns out super-strong markets are raising 'red flags' for financiers and concerns over how much longer the good times can last.

Read more: Chinese ship financiers flush with deals as threats lurk on the horizon

Read more:‘New price paradigm’: Cheap newbuildings may never return, shipowner warns

Read more: ‘We can’t just switch overnight’: IMO chief makes case for LNG

Tanker rates appear to have become unsustainably high. Matt Coyne is here to talk about what might realistically bring them down – and what probably won’t.

Read more:Crude reality: moving barrel of oil now costs more than hauling tonne of iron ore

Read more:Chinese oil buyers tipped to be cautious amid high costs and freight

Read more:Trump sanctions plan sends ‘wrong signal’ to mainstream tanker owners, says Intertanko

Read more:BRS and Clarksons join doubts over US tanker waiver

Japan usually takes a progressive stance at the International Maritime Organization, but a green legal firm has slammed Japan’s latest proposal for an alternative net-zero framework for decarbonising shipping. Opportunity Green has published a critique.

Read more:Japan’s new net-zero proposal slammed as a compromise too far

And we have a clip from this week’s episode of Wavelength Plus, in which Craig Easonlooks at the role of venture capital in maritime tech. This is also the first-ever video episode of Wavelength Plus, linked below. (The audio version is available as usual on all good podcast platforms.)

Read more:Lifting the lid on the world of maritime venture capital

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In this week's episode:

The potential impact of US easing sanctions on tanker rates is under scrutiny.

Kpler tanker analyst Matt Wright is in the Wavelength studio to assess the impact of the Trump administration's latest move to get Russian diesel, whether it is a domestic ploy ahead of mid-term elections, and whether it will impact Gulf tanker rates.

Read more: Dark fleet hurdles cloud Trump’s plan to ease tanker sanctions

Read more: Red-hot crude rates will not become new normal, says Kpler

One company benefiting from positive markets is BlueYield, a Stockholm-listed investment house focused on stakes in vessel-focused Special Purpose Vehicles.

BlueYield chief executive Jonas Kamstedt talks to host Craig Eason about the investment strategy, timing, markets, and which segment may be the next big one.

Read more: Swedish shipping investor proposes extraordinary dividend as strategy pays off

Read more: Shipping investor bets on offshore and multipurpose vessels

Four former MOL gas carriers that changed hands to a Novatek-linked firm and are heading into the Russian Arctic.

TradeWinds's LNG correspondent Lucy Hine has been tracking the vessels, and digging into the owner and potential sanctions risks of a growing ice-class LNG carrier fleet, with some vessels still at the newbuilding yard.

Read more: Prices paid by Russia’s Novatek for MOL’s LNG quartet emerge as ships head for Arctic

The European Union is set to reveal its revamp of the bloc's emissions trading system in the coming months, and shipping is in the mix.

While the update is one of a regular set of updates Brussels carries out to keep the ETS relevant and in line with its green strategies, it will include proposals to help shipowners use green fuels.

The problem, according to European Shipowners secretary-general Sotiris Raptis, is that the proposal does not send positive change signals to shipowners.

Read more: EU proposals on ETS amendments fail to send right signals to European shipowners

Read more: ETS revamp could see millions pumped into European shipping

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In this week’s Wavelength.

TradeWinds correspondent Paul Peachey has been uncovering what happened on the tanker Settebello before and after it was attacked by US forces in the Middle East in the summer.

This is the story of the families of three crew members who were killed struggling to get answers and get the compensation they say they deserve.

The story comes in a week of an unprecedented number of attacks on ships and crews in the Black Sea and Middle East.

Read more: Final mobile messages reveal fears of seafarers killed in US missile attack

Read more: Bulgaria stops search for missing seafarers after Russia strikes four Turkish ships

Read more:Greek tanker ablaze off Russia in Ukrainian sea drone strike

Matt Coyne and Irene Ang discuss events in the car carrier market as key carmakers in China order their own ships again and Norway’s Wallenius Wilhelmsen raises cash to fund another fleet expansion programme.

Read more: Chinese auto giants line up $2.5bn haul to drive car carrier orders to new record

Read more: Wallenius Wilhelmsen completes $300m share sale amid talk for up to 12 newbuildings

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In this week’s episode:

TradeWinds’ tanker correspondent, Matt Coyne, is in the studio to unravel yet more superlatives about the crude markets as geopolitics and turmoil feed into rocketing rates.

Read more: Oslo-listed VLCC giants sitting on $2bn in paper profit on newbuildings

Read more: ‘Extraordinary’ tanker boom could last through next year, says Clarksons

Was it hacked or is there a disinformation campaign? We look at new cyber rules, an attempt to exaggerate a cyber hack on a ship and just how difficult it is in the cyber resilience market.

Read more: Is there a cyber disinformation campaign targeting shipping?

Holly Birkett is in the studio with the monthly edition of Granular, our regular look at a key area in the dry bulk market.

Read more: Fertiliser will lose out to copper industry as sulphur shortage shifts trade flows

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In this week’s podcast:

Trafigura is bringing its VLCC tanker division, now called Volare Shipping, to the Oslo Stock Exchange with a planned IPO.

Lucy Hine joins host Craig Eason to talk through the listing and how the tanker market has reacted.

Read more: Trafigura launches $500m Oslo IPO for new VLCC spin-off Volare Shipping

Read more: Volare Shipping sells $500m new shares boosting value to $1.2bn ahead of IPO

Read more: Trafigura banks $38m profit on sale of product tanker pair

The International Union of Marine Insurance held its annual gathering in Rotterdam this week. TradeWinds risk correspondent Paul Peachey talks to new IUMI president Sean Dalton and discusses key issues around the state of the insurance markets, war, chokepoints and the risks of car batteries.

Read more: The open-and-shut Hormuz case gives war risk insurers the jitters

Read more: Hull underwriters hit by rising costs and war losses

Read more: Idle ships in Gulf pose threat for maritime insurers when they start moving

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In this week's Wavelength podcast.

The spoils of war are revealed as listed shipping companies announce profits and dividends as charter rates continue to climb skywards.

Any Pierce talks to host Craig Eason about the trends and how it could scare some investors off.

Read more:War drives shipping’s biggest ever bull run as rates smash records

Read more:Public shipowners shower $3.24bn in dividends on investors in peak quarter

Read more:Record tanker markets scare off shipping investors

The Houthis have made ground in broadening their reach and posing even more of a threat to Red Sea merchant traffic. Eric Priante Martin has been looking at the impact of the 'merchants of chaos'.

Read more:‘Merchants of chaos’: Experts say Houthis not likely to limit targets to Saudi ships after land grab

Read more:US officials reportedly met with Houthis after advance to Bab el-Mandeb Strait

And TradeWinds gas correspondent Lucy Hine has spent the week at Gastech in Bangkok getting a feel for the latest mood in the markets.

Read more:LNG supply unlikely to catch up with sector’s fleet growth until late 2028, Vortexa says

Read more:Exmar stays hungry for FSRU business as company builds on its specialisms

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This week's podcast comes from Oslo OCean Days where regional and international shipowners convened to talk about the Gulf situation, market disruption and optimism about international talks to find a climate deal for shipping.

We hear from Alexander Saverys, chief executive, CMB.Tech, Andreas Enger, boss of Hoegh Autoliners and Hing Chao, chairman, Wah Kong.

Read more:Economic cracks showing as Strait of Hormuz chaos sends oil price soaring

Read more:Shipowners philosophically against chokepoint tolls will pay them anyway

Read more:‘In a falling tide, you see who has been swimming naked.’ Major shipowners ready for downturn

Sveinung Oftedal, chair of the closed door IMO climate talks explains hy he is optimisitic that all sides of the net zero impasse will agree on a new deal

And we have a snippet from the closing speech of Leif Hoegh, chairman of Hoegh Autoliners and board member Hoegh Evi with some philosophical thoughts as his family business closes in on its centenary

Read and listen more:Leif Hoegh: ‘If you do not take any risks, you do not learn anything’

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In this episode:

Hard talk from Arsenio Dominguez as 6,000 seafarers remain trapped in the Gulf as resolutions over Hormuz wanes.

The conversation was part of the recent TradeWinds Shipowner Forum Hamburg during SMM. 

Listen to more on the Wavelength Plus podcast

China's shipbuilders seek closer relationship with European owners as country urges green transition.

Read more:CSSC chairman courts European shipowners as Chinese shipyard giant pushes green agenda

Meanwhile India shipbuilder Chowgule wins order for ultra green emissions free bulkers as its growing orders for hybrid and green ships grows.

Read more:Indian yard scores big wins in small ship deals

And Everllence boss Dr Uwe Lauber opens up about the future of shipping's biggest engine maker now it has US private equity giant Bain as major owner.

Read more:Volkswagen sells ship engine business to private equity firm in $8.4bn deal

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In this week's episode:

As the shipping industry descends on Hamburg for the week, Ian Lewis discusses the shape of Germany's shipowning community and what lessons it has learned.

Read more: Can Hapag-Lloyd win Israel’s blessing for $4.2bn Zim takeover?

Höegh Autoliners has ordered a further 12, with options, car carriers but has shied away from going all out on ammonia-dual fuel as it did with the latter vessels of its previous batch. 

Car carrier boss Andreas Enger is in the studio to defend its decision and explain why.

Read more:Hoegh Autoliners returns to China for six new car carriers

Oman has been in the news as geopolitical tensions and shipping attacks in the Strait of Hormuz make our headlines. TradeWinds correspondent Huaqing Ma talked with Oman Maritime Association chairman Khalil Al Hooti about how Oman is adapting and the big question about a Strait of Hormuz toll.

Read more: How the Hormuz crisis is exposing Oman’s wider role in maritime trades

And Holly Birkett's Granular looks at the growing issues around maritime choke points.

Read more: Godzilla El Nino will bite grain yields and Panama Canal water levels

Producer and host: Craig Eason

Additional reporting: Holly Birkett, Ian Lewis, Huaqing Ma and Yannick Guerry

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In this week's podcast:

The number of fatalities and injuries in attacks on shipping increases as warring factions ignore calls to stop attacks on innocent seafarers.

Fears lead captain and crew on one vessel to mutiny against calls to leave port and head through the Strait of Hormuz.

Gary Dixon looks at the latest events.

Read more: 'Strait of death’ voyage order sparks seafarer revolt

Read more:‘My leg was hanging on by the skin’: Russian captain tells of 24-hour ordeal after Houthi ship strike

It's all change at the Baltic Exchange as its long-standing chief executive Mark Jackson announces his retirement and his successor is announced.

Holly Birkett looks at the latest developments at the Baltic Exchange and whether it is keeping pace with change

Read more:Trial and transition as the Baltic Exchange tussles with tradition

And we reveal our 7th Guiding Star Evangelos Efstathiou, owner at Marsoft, as we continue to reveal a total of 10 finalists before a final winner is revealed at the end of the year

Read more:He bought his old boss’ company. Now Evangelos Efstathiou is betting on AI

Host and producer: Craig Eason

Additional reporting: Gary Dixon, Holly Birkett, Yannick Guerry

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In this episode:

Maersk and Hapag Lloyd published bumper second quarter results over the last week. 

But the news focused on whether liner trades are facing a structural shift due to non-shipping related constraints and the additional cargo types in boxes.

Read more: Vincent Clerc: This structural shift will shape container shipping

Read more: Seasonality or structural shift? Hapag-Lloyd CEO on latest sharp swing in liner profit

Read more: Maersk adds $2.5bn to profit forecast as disruption drives demand

Read more: A licence to print money’: How much longer can container shipping get away with it?

As shipping hears more and more about artifical intelligence, one digital outfit has launched an overarching agentic Ai tool over its digital modules. 

Maersk and Cargill-owned Zero North got a new boss four months ago and Soren Andersen is seeking to expand its business and that means giving customers more reasons to go digital.

Read more: ZeroNorth embraces speedboat strategy for AI roll-out

Brunei Darussalam held a maritime event recently and invited TradeWInds to attend. 

It is not your normal shipping hub attracting shipping's attention but claims it has some key offerings for shipping to take note.

TradeWinds Huaqing Ma was there and filed this report.

Read more: Why Brunei does not need to become another Singapore 

Read more:Can Brunei become industry’s next ship-to-ship transfer hub?

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Additional reporting: Ian Lewis and Huaqing Ma

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In this week’s episode:

Shipowner groups implore the United Nations and the International Maritime Organization to stop Iran from imposing a toll on vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz and point to the fear of the practice spreading. But will it and what would it cost? 

Read more:Shipowners unite against domino effect of Strait of Hormuz tolls

Read more:Iran and Oman agree transport plan for Strait of Hormuz

China has brought its Arctic information services into one portal for its shipping community. It includes route services through the Northern Sea Route and how to liaise with Russia on transits.

What does this mean and will it have an impact on Arctic policy in other countries and on other trade routes?

Read more:China quietly strengthens its Arctic shipping toolkit

Read more:Russian tankers dodge multiple flash points as they head for Northern Sea Route

Producer and host: Craig Eason

Additional reporting: Paul Peachey, Huaqing Ma and Yannick Guerry

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In this week’s episode:

Adnoc Logistics & Services has been buying VLCCs as it seeks to control its supply chain out of the Middle East Gulf.

Read more:Adnoc L&S linked to six-strong VLCC raid as UAE battles to keep oil flowing

Read more:Adnoc L&S splashing out over $500m on gas carriers to safeguard LPG contracts

Luke Wickenden from Finland’s Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air joins the podcast to discuss the impact of Europe’s focus on detaining sanctioned vessels and whether it is reducing the number of flag-hopping vessels, or if they are joining the Russian flag.

Read more:  Has Europe’s ‘whack-a-mole’ approach to detaining sanctioned tonnage worked?

Read more:Europe’s $150m shadow fleet headache: Seized ships, stalled cases and no clear endgame

Read more:  EU sanctions create ‘new power’ to sell oil cargoes from detained shadow tankers

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In this week's episode:

Shipping is beset with growing risks as Houthis intensify maritime risks in the Red Sea as July because one of the most intensive months for attacks. To dissect what's been happening risk assessment experts Nick Maddalena and Rob Peters at Ambrey join podcast host Craig Eason in the studio.

Read more:Owners who pay Iran’s Strait of Hormuz toll face losing insurance

Read more:Iran ‘seizes’ damaged Dynacom tanker hit by fire in Strait of Hormuz

Read more:Saudi tanker on fire after being hit by projectile as Houthis strike in Red Sea

Read more:Seafarer killed and tanker on fire as Ukraine bombs two ships

And shipping is facing a revamp of the European emission trading system. However this time there's a lot for owners and operators to be happy about. Craig talks to Sotiris Raptis, secretary general at European Shipowners, ECSA, about the carrots being offered and how there could be much more cash now for decarbonisation, though not enough for energy efficiency.

And what about the alignment of Europe with the IMO?

There's also the toothless legal clause in the ETS directive about sharing the costs between owners and charterers that legal researchers say needs to be addressed.

Read more:ETS revamp could see millions pumped into European shipping

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The ceasefire in the Middle East Gulf is over and Iranian forces appear to be attacking merchant vessels even further afield than previously. TradeWinds reporter Matt Coyne tells us how vessel traffic is responding.

Read more:US boards VLCC as fighting reignites in Gulf

Middle East Gulf tanker shuttle service slows as Iran-US trade blows

Three-quarters of ships in Strait of Hormuz go dark as missiles rain down

The master of a dark fleet tanker is being criminally prosecuted in London for breaching UK sanctions on Russia – the first case of its kind. TradeWinds' Paul Peachey is back from the courtroom with this report.

Read more:Master of tanker accused of sanctions busting has trial date set for December

Captain of shadow fleet tanker seized in the Mediterranean released by France

All the cool stuff comes out of Copenhagen these days – including maritime finance. TradeWinds' Nordic finance lead Jonas Walgardis back from Denmark to tell us how the sector is evolving, with remarks from Danish Ship Finance CEO Kristian Skovmand.

Read more:Danske Bank’s shipping book expands as it takes ‘larger bite out of the market’ finance

Zeaside Capital targets bigger tankers as platform strategy takes shape

Newbuildings and new customers to drive ‘solid growth’, says Nordea global shipping boss

And MPC Container Ships is getting into bigger boxships. Ian Lewis speaks to CEO Constantin Baack about what that means for the firm. 

Read more:MPC Container is following the market, not changing course, says Constantin Baack

Production and host: Holly Birkett.

Additional reporting: Matt Coyne, Paul Peachey, Jonas Walsgard, Ian Lewis and Yannick Guerry.

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Not even a month after the Strait of Hormuz "re-opened", President Trump has said he considers the ceasefire with Iran to be "OVER!" in the Middle East Gulf.

Vessel traffic in the Gulf has responded to the more risky environment. TradeWinds reporter Matt Coyne is here to round up what has been happening.

Read more:Ships steer clear of Omani route through Strait of Hormuz as US-Iran deal collapses

Trump says US has agreed to talks with Iran — but ceasefire still ‘OVER!

Meanwhile, the northern hemisphere is HOT. El Nino has arrived, according to US authorities, and water levels are falling in major shipping waterways around the world. All eyes are, of course, on the Panama Canal.Ian Lewisjoins us to talk about how container lines are passing extra costs on to customers and what we might see next.

Read more:

How low-water surcharges are becoming the new normal for container shipping

Panama Canal braced for El Nino impact as vital waterway cuts lock draught limits

Why China’s coal surge matters for panamax bulker owners

TradeWinds' gas expert Lucy Hine has spoken to top management at shipowner BW LNG about a new vessel design that could make shipping gas even more efficient. She is here with a snippet from this week's long-form Wavelength Plus podcast.

Read more:LNG carriers: Four tanks good, three tanks — even better, BW LNG says

And finally, why does shipping — a 'people business' — enjoy a challenge so much? TradeWinds' editor-in-chief Julian Bray tells us about his trip to Barcelona for le grand départof the Tour de France, and whether the power of 'alternative networking' is behind the rise of shipping businesses sponsoring sports teams and sometimes even buying them. But will shipping ever kick the booze?

Read more:Tour de France reveals how cycling truly is ‘the new golf’

Shipping teams take on 24 Peaks Challenge for The Seafarers’ Charity

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Additional reporting: Matt Coyne, Ian Lewis, Lucy Hine, Julian Bray and Yannick Guerry.

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In this week’s episode: 

TradeWinds has reported on sanctioned tankers often flying false flags, but perhaps none so brazenly as those pretending to fly under the Norwegian International Register. TradeWinds’ Matt Coyne looks at what this means and why it is happening.

Read more: Sanctioned tanker tycoon turns to false Norwegian flag

Shipping is now included in the UK’s emission trading scheme and and any vessel over 5,000 gt is included. TradeWinds talks to Lloyd’s Register and the UK Chamber of Shipping about the impact. 

Read more: Any large ship calling at a UK port set to fall into new emissions trading scheme

Shipping researchers at UCL have devised a unique tool to help create a future risk score for tonnage to give financiers and charterers a better understanding of shipowners tonnage. UCL’s Professor Tristan Smith offers the insights. 

Read more:Climate researchers roll out risk scorecard tool for commercial ship finance

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In this weeks episode:

The situation with the Strait of Hormuz remains as confusing as ever, yet despite talks of evacuation corridors and new attacks vessels have been transiting

Read more:After the attack: How shipping is navigating fragile Strait of Hormuz

Read more:Day of violence and threats in Strait of Hormuz as Iran turns back five tankers

The day of the seafarer is a day of celebration of an important role, but with so much to point to how seafarers get treated there is more that needs to be done.

Sascha Meijer, new secretary general at seafarer union Nautilus International has a few ideas.

We also have an audio postcard from one seafarer to show it is not all bad news.

Read more:Stop reinventing the wheel: Union chief on seafarer crises

Read more:Try accused crews in their home countries, union and lawyer urge

US gears up to make its shipbuilding and shipping industry great (again)

Read more:More Senate Republicans join team behind Ships for America Act

Read more:Trump’s maritime bill revealed: Much-anticipated legislative proposal handed to US Congress

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It's what shipping has been waiting for since early March: the Strait of Hormuz is re-opening to vessel traffic, following a temporary peace deal signed between the US and Iran this week.

The reporters who have been leading TradeWinds' coverage of the conflict — Harry Papachristou, Matt Coyneand Paul Peachey— are here to round up what it will mean for traffic, trade and safety going forward.

Read more:

Mine spotted in Strait of Hormuz as ship traffic climbs

Chubb turns to London after failure of $40bn Strait of Hormuz insurance project

US fully lifts Iran blockade, as Tehran promises swift Hormuz transit handling

TradeWinds' gas expert Lucy Hineis here to talk to us about how Russia is growing its shadow fleet of LNG Carriers and why now.

Read more:

Russia adds sixth LNG carrier buy of 2026 to its burgeoning shadow fleet

Russia poised to deliver second home-grown Arc7 LNG carrier newbuilding

And after pounding the pavement in New York this week, TradeWinds' finance chief Joe Brady is here to tell us what we can expect after another failed move by Diana Shipping to take over Genco Shipping. Plot twist: could Diana become the acquisition target?

Read more:

Genco Shipping repels Diana advances in clean-sweep shareholders vote

Production and host: Holly Birkett.

Additional reporting: Harry Papachristou, Matt Coyne, Paul Peachey, Lucy Hine, Joe Brady and Yannick Guerry.

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In this episode of TradeWinds’ Wavelength podcast, we look at the spate of attacks by US forces on merchant vessels in the Middle East Gulf region in recent days, including missile strikes which have led to the deaths of seafarers.

The attacks have come from all sides as Iran, the US, Russia and Ukraine target shipping, adding heightened risks, but for some hefty rewards.

TradeWinds risk correspondent Paul Peachey and reporter Gary Dixon look at the latest attacks and what they mean for shipping.

Read more:

Ship hit in Strait of Hormuz as Trump talks up peace prospects

US confirms strike on third Indian-linked tanker off Oman

Onassis VLCC sailed for four days with Iranian missile lodged in fuel tank

Container shipping is having a bumper second quarter. We hear from Hapag-Lloyd chief executive Rolf Haben Jansen on how and why, and TradeWinds’ Ian Lewis looks to the near future with a warning.

Read more: 

Hapag-Lloyd chief: Strong demand driving tight container shipping market

The Sea Cargo Charter signatories published their annual emissions reduction report, benchmarking against the International Maritime’s net-zero trajectory. The gap has not got much smaller.

Read more:

 Sea Cargo Charter emissions reduction stagnates under pressure of global frictions

Norwegian owner Eitzen consolidates tech subsidiary Zen and orders the first fully electric shortsea container vessels.

Read more:

Eitzen orders electric powered boxship pair

Production and host: Craig Eason

Additional reporting: Paul Peachey, Gary Dixon, Ian Lewis, Matt Coyne and Yannick Guerry

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In this week's episode of TradeWinds Wavelength podcast

Can Greece get what it wants from the IMO when it comes to changing the Net-Zero framework? 

We heard from George Procopiou, Maria Angelicousis, IMO secretary General Arsenio Dominguez and Bo Cerup-Simonsen, head of the Maersk-McKinney Moller Centre for Zero Carbon Shipping:

Read more:

Big name shipowning trio turn guns on ‘asinine’ Net-Zero Framework

‘Unbroken optimism’: IMO boss defies ‘negativity’ to green plan

Is shipping living in the shadow of another 2008 market crash? To get an angle on that, we hear from Harry Vafias, CEO, The Vafias Group, Polys Hajioannou, Chairman & CEO, Safe Bulkers, Takeshi Hashimoto, Chairman of the Board, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and Andrian Dacy, CEO & CIO, J.P. Morgan Asset Management's Global Transportation Group

Read more:

‘Euphoria time’: Echoes of 2008 and the canary in the coal mine

More cash in shipping than ever before, says Clarksons Research chief

And in Singapore, a big defence summit took place recently: The Shangri-La Dialogue. Our Correspondent Huaqing Ma went to see what it is alloa bout and found shipping came up in many different contexts-

Read more:

The shipping stories hidden inside the Shangri-La Dialogue

‘Shadow fleet is becoming a weapon,’ Australian official tells Shangri-La defence summit

And in the US, Trump offered a waiver of its Jones Act where US vessels would be used to ship cargoes between US ports. It is the longest waiver of the law in history

A review us under way with the Federal Maritime Commission and the US Maritime Administration asked to give evidence

Read more

‘It’s a horrible policy’: Lawmakers take aim at Trump’s historically long Jones Act waiver

Audio taken from the TradeWinds Shipowner Forum which took place in Athens during Posidonia. Details of the Forums and how you can be involved can be found here.

Host and producer: Craig Eason

Additional reporting: Eric Priante Martin, Yannick Guerry, Huaqing Ma, Julian Bray

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In this week's Wavelength episode:

Hafnia offloads vessels and kills two of its tanker pools

Read more: Hafnia to wind down two tanker pools in strategy shift

Read more: Hafnia up another $118m on Torm investment with M&A still on the table

Britannia Club, the world’s oldest protection and indemnity club has appointed a woman as chief underwriting officer for the first time in the industry’s 171-year history.

Read more: Britannia appoints first female chief underwriter in industry’s 171-year history

Capsize rates rise as bauxite, coal and iron ore volumes increase

Read more:Capesize bulker rates soar to highest level since 2023 as futures curve also rises

India Register Shipping boss wants class to re-engage with sanctioned tonnage to help keep them safe

Read more: Indian Register boss wants dark fleet ships allowed into class

And from the Wavelength plus podcast, how Anglo-Eastern has responded to crews and ships being stuck on the Gulf

Read and listen: Podcast: Hormuz crisis reshaping ship management, Anglo-Eastern warns

Producer and host: Craig Eason

Additional reporting: Gary Dixon, Paul Peachey, Huaqing Ma and Yannick Guerry

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In this episode:

How two ships ended up having their IDs stolen, including fake websites for insurance and class certification.

Read more: UAE seizes tankers after phantom insurance network revealed

How suppliers and tech firms are collaborating to make hydrogen more enticing and available for shipping.

Read more: Tech firms come together to unify hydrogen supply for shipping

And why maritime needs women more than ever.

Read more: Shipping firms must plan for when women at sea have children

Producer and host: Craig Eason

Additional editorial input from: Holly Birkett, Paul Peachey and Yannick Guerry

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In this week's episode of Wavelength:

Donald Trump and ChIna's Xi Jinping meet and talk trade and Iran. Is there any impact for shipping?

Read more: China presses for Strait of Hormuz reopening as Trump and Xi meet

Read more: China opposes toll and ‘militarised’ Strait of Hormuz, US officials say

Read more: Xi-Trump summit heralds tariff easing plan

Danish Ship Finance warns shipping not to under estimate CHina's ambitions to wean itself off global commodity imports

Read more: Chinese energy plans to shake up shipping, warns Danish Ship Finance

Read more: Beijing elevates shipping, ports and maritime logistics in new five-year plan

Wallenius Line and Alfa Laval joint venture is soon to get wings and fly to China. It also wants to see wind become the ne engine of the ship

Read more: How new Oceanbird boss wants to see wind become shipping’s primary power source

Read more: Wallenius and Alfa Laval’s windtech solution Oceanbird rises

Production and host: Craig Eason

Additional editorial reporting: Yannick Guerry, Huaqing Ma, Paul Peachey

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In this week’s Wavelength:

Paul Peachey, TradeWinds risk correspondent, joins Craig Eason to assess the latest events in the Gulf as US and Iranian blockades continue, as do attacks and talks of a ceasefire. 

Read more: ‘Just a love tap’: US hits Iranian ports after destroyers face sustained Hormuz attack

Read more: Consensus building that Strait of Hormuz reopening impact will trickle down to shipping

Read more: US Strait of Hormuz insurance scheme still closed for business

In the US, experts continue to support proposals to back up a national shipbuilding programme, but where is the demand?

Read more: Trump administration looks to nuclear propulsion to revitalise US maritime sector

Read more: ‘We can act’: Trump’s FMC chair threatens to create penalties for Net-Zero Framework tax

And why the new chair of the US Federal Maritime Commission went to the IMO to push against the net-zero fund.

Read more: ‘We can act’: Trump’s FMC chair threatens to create penalties for Net-Zero Framework tax

Listen to the whole interview on Wavelength Plus.

Production and host: Craig Eason

Additional editorial input: Paul Peachey, Eric Priante Martin, Yannick Guerry

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 In this episode:

As the Iran and US/Israeli ceasefire tentatively holds, so do the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Angelica Kemene, head of market and climate strategy at Optima Shipping Services joins Wavelength host Craig Eason to discuss the ongoing impact on the tanker market rates and how the UAE leaving OPEC could impact trades once the Strait of Hormuz opens.

Read more: Tanker market finds delicate balance as oil prices surge to multi-year highs

Read more: Oil surges as blockades set to cause months of disruption

Industry climate talks. have been continuing in London for the last two weeks with the sides seemingly well entrenched in their positions not putting talk of compromise into action. Can the net zero framework be saved? Or is it back to the drawing board. Craig talks to UCL professor Tristan Smith about the outcome of the two weeks and TradeWinds risk correspondent Paul Peachey is int he studio having been canvassing opinions in the corridors of the IMO over the last week

Read more: IMO chief urges nations to bridge gaps and clinch shipping decarbonisation deal

Read more: Don’t expect too much out of the IMO this week

And Holly is back with another episode of Granular, this time from Geneva Dry

Producer and host: Craig Eason

Additional reporting: Paul Peachey, Yannick Guerry and Holly Birkett

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Decarbonisation was high on the agenda Singapore Maritime Week, where TradeWinds held its Shipowners' Forum this week. 

Shipping companies are taking another look at their green strategies in the absence of an adopted Net-Zero Framework regulation from the International Maritime Organization.

Meanwhile in Europe, the next FuelEU Maritime deadline will hit at the end of this month for owners who have operated ships to, from and within Europe over the past 12 months.

In this week's episode:

•In the Strait of Hormuz this week, there have been ship seizures and rising concerns about sea mines. TradeWinds reporter Matt Coynegives us an update.

Read more: Container shipping remains paralysed in Middle East Gulf as MSC seizures ramp up tensions

Read more: Clearing Iran’s Strait of Hormuz mines could take six months, US defence officials tell lawmakers

•As the IMO begins another week of talks to see if its Net-Zero Framework can either be pushed through or rewritten, we hear from Eastern Pacific Shipping boss Cyril Ducauon his company’s decarbonisation plan.

Read more: Eastern Pacific Shipping boss explains how to ‘outperform the market’ in volatile times

Read more: Eastern Pacific Shipping sees wind of change in Singapore

•The Poseidon Principles launched almost seven years ago. Its new chairman Paul Taylortells TradeWinds about how the initiative will aid shipowners in cutting carbon emissions.

Read more: ‘We have to have teeth’: Poseidon Principles boss signals strategic shift

•Shipowners with tonnage that sailed to or around Europe last year have just days left to decide if they want to pool vessels to share emissions credits or face potentially huge penalties from FuelEU Maritime. Craig Eason looks at the options with Frederike Hesse, co-founder of emissions accounting platform Zero44.

Read more: Shipowners face major pooling losses after EU gets its sums wrong

Read more: Don’t pay the penalty: FuelEU non-compliance costs will hurt

•And finally, we speak to the artist known as "Hardo", who trades commodities by day and makes art by night – this time, it’s all about shipping. He talks about how anyone and everyone in shipping and finance can tap into their creativity.

Read more: The kings of shipping and commodities — as only Hardo sees them

Read more: Meet the ‘Banksy of shipping’. The anonymous artist committing dry bulk markets to canvas

Host and producer: Holly Birkett.

Additional reporting: Matt Coyne, Craig Eason and Julian Bray.

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In this episode:

TradeWinds newbuilding expert Irene Ang joins host Craig Eason in the studio to run through the surge in orders for VLCCs, looking at who, where, when and why.

Read more: Yangzijiang Maritime orders eight VLCCs in deal worth close to $1bn

Read more: JP Morgan tipped to enter VLCC arena with $500m newbuilding deal

The US goes on the hunt for more Iranian ships.

Read more: US ramps up scope of Iran blockade to target ships ‘regardless of location’

Lomar Shipping offers its ships for start-ups to use as testbeds. We speak to Lomarlabs managing director Stylianos Papageorgiou about why.

Read more: Lomarlabs boss lifts the lid on its cleantech portfolio

Also in this edition: our Singapore special report, including a profile of dry bulk operator Dava.

Read more:

How Singapore became a launchpad for global ambitions

Dava eyes expansion as shifting trade routes reshape bulk markets

Host and producer: Craig Eason

Additional reporting: Irene Ang, Eric Priante Martin and Huaqing Ma

A DN Media/TradeWinds podcast

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In this week's episode:

A fragile ceasefire in the Middle East does not mean shipping can easily flow again through the Strait of Hormuz. TradeWinds Holly Birkett and Matt Coyne run through the impact and implications of the ceasefire and the reluctance for shipping to think it is safe.

Read more: Shipping stocks fall as Trump hits out at Iran over Hormuz handling

Read more: Strait of Hormuz crossings at near standstill as MOL awaits government guidance

Gard boss and new chair of the International Group of P&I Clubs Rolf Torre Roppestad talks to TradeWinds risk correspondent Paul Peachey about the impact of conflicts and sanctions on casualties and insurance implications

Read more: Conflict and sanctions threaten global shipping order, warns world’s largest marine insurer

Belgium gas carrier owner and operator Exmar has just taken possession of two ammonia dual-fuelled carriers, the industry's first. Lucy Hine spoke to Exmar chief executive Carl-Antoine Saverys about the delivery and whether the vessels will be using green ammonia.

Read more: Exmar ships that can slash emissions by 95% debut into changed world order

(The full interview can be found on Wavelength Plus podcast)

There's a new boss at the US Federal Maritime Commission and she does not intend to just sit on the sidelines and the country seeks to revitalise its maritime industry

Read more: Trump’s Federal Maritime chair sets sights on boosting US-flag shipping

And shipyards and hull coating makers claim an EU bottleneck in approving new biocide chemicals for hull coatings is detrimental to the blocs competitiveness as Asian yards can offer more innovative solutions to tackle biofouling. Craig Eason talks to i-Tech, one of the biocide additive makers that is feeling the impact.

Read more: Europe restricts shipowner hull coating choices as new additive approvals slow to a trickle

Producer and host: Craig Eason

Additional reporting: Holly Birkett, Lucy Hine, Eric Priante Martin, Matt Coyne

A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast

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 In this week’s episode:

What to do with 23-year old LNG carrier Arctic Metagaz, adrift in the Mediterranean after being attacked and gutted, and can any lessons be learned?

Read more: Cargo and fuel to be removed from damaged Russian LNG carrier next week

International Maritime Organization decarbonisation talks will restart soon. What next? Craig Eason talks to Tristan Smith at University College London about the proposals that are coming in and the two camps emerging in the battle

Read more: Trump team looks to kill off Net-Zero Framework for shipping

Maria Ogbugo from the African Future Policies Hub joins the podcast to talk about unifying the voice of Africa at the IMO despite some countries having very different views.

Read More: Divided African states seek to unite for next IMO climate talks

And the Climate Ethanol Alliance is urging US farmers and ethanol producers to see the huge potential in shipping’s decarbonisation.

Read more: Can US farmers sway Trump to make a U-turn on IMO decarbonisation policy?

Host/producer: Craig Eason

Additional reporting: Lucy Hine, Yannick Guerry

A DN Media/TradeWinds podcast

The Wavelength archive

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In this week’s Wavelength podcast:

It has been a landmark week for deals in the crude tanker space, but the big-money investments and fundraising come as around 20,000 seafarers remain trapped the Middle East Gulf.

It was confirmed this week that Gianluigi Aponte’s MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company is buying into South Korea’s Sinokor Maritime Co.

Sinokor’s buying and chartering spree this year has given the company a potential 20% to 25% market share in VLCCs.

Read more: Official: World’s richest shipowner equal partner with Sinokor in VLCC superpower

Read more: Is VLCC consolidator Sinokor Maritime about to raid the suezmax sector?

Meanwhile in Oslo, Capital Tankers completed its initial public offering of shares marking the first shipping IPO anywhere for five years. Raising $500m, it was the biggest shipping public offering anywhere in two decades.

The Evangelos Marinakis-backed company had a great start on the bourse, but the share price was rocked by the war in the Middle East. 

Questions are beginning to swirl about how crude tankers will be affected if there is less oil on the water, if the blockade of Hormuz drags on.

Read more: Capital Tankers: War offers ‘sobering illustration of how quickly energy trade routes can be disrupted’

Read more: Evangelos Marinakis can build a rival to Frontline on John Fredriksen’s home turf

The International Maritime Organization this week called an emergency meeting to make plans for a humanitarian corridor that would allow ships and their crews to be evacuated from the Gulf through Hormuz. 

But, as international politics clashed, the IMO meeting found that drawing up a viable plan and executing it quickly will be easier said than done.

Read more: Time is short: IMO chief urges action for 20,000 seafarers trapped in Middle East Gulf

Read more: Strait of Hormuz safe corridor plan wins backing from UN shipping regulator

The idea for an humanitarian corridor through Hormuz was supported this week by the vice president of the China Shipowners’ Association, Zhao Qingfeng.

Speaking at the TradeWinds Shipowners’ Forum in Shanghai, Zhao supported a specific window of time to allow vessels to leave the war zone.

Read more: ‘We will not make war money’: Chinese shipowners call for Hormuz window

Host: Craig Eason.

Producer: Holly Birkett.

Reporters: Andy Pierce, Paul Peachey, Matt Coyne and Yannick Guerry.

A TradeWinds/DN Media Podcast.

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In this week’s Wavelength episode: 

As the conflict drags towards its third week, we examine the impact so far, including in China and the US.

Read more: Oil flows will take ‘months’ to recover after the war: IEA

Read more: US eases sanctions on Russian shadow fleet amid oil price spike

Read more: Day 14: US claims protection convoy always part of war planning

We also look at a new voluntary injury compensation scheme for Bangladesh recycling workers.

Read more: Injury fund launched for Bangladeshi recyclers

And the intensifying debate over how to get sanctioned shadow fleet tankers out of the water and into the hands of recyclers.

Listen to the full interview on Wavelength Plus on ACAST

Producer and host: Craig Eason

Additional editorial input: Yannick Guerry, Eric Priante Martin and Huaqing Ma.

A TradeWinds/DN Media Podcast

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This is episode 100 of the Wavelength podcast and published in the midst of turmoil and uncertainty in shipping

In this week’s episode:

The impact on shipping of the attacks by the US and Israel on IranWe look at the potential lack of planning by the Trump Administration to take into account how Operation Epic Fury will impact shipping and global trade

Read our full coverage here

Matt Coyne talks about how VLCC rates skyrocket on the back of conflict and crude oil shortage.

Read more: ‘All about war’ for VLCCs as Embiricos nears record-setting $700,000 per day fixture

Paul Peachey reports that vessels heading to or in the Gulf region can not get war risk insurance are not true. He also talks to the IMO secretary general about seafarers stuck in the Gulf.

Read more: Strait of Hormuz insurance cover available to shipping, insists London market

European Commission revealed its broadest ever plan to invest in shipping and the maritime industries. We get the response from European Shipowners secretary-general Sotiris Raptis.

Read more: EU aims to anchor Europe as ‘leading waterborne continent’

Producer and host: Craig Eason

Additional editorial input: Julian Bray, Matt Coyne, Paul Peachey, Yannick Guerry

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In this episode of Wavelength:

TradeWinds’ Eric Priante Martin looks at the story of US shipbuilding as the industry turns to Donald Trump’s policies to make it great again. 

Read more: Here’s how much shipowners have saved up to invest in US-built tonnage

Oslo correspondent Jonas Walsgard talks to Norwegian Shipowners’ Association chief executive Knut Arild Hareide about its members’ attempts to go green and why they want more state help.

Read more: Norwegian shipowners call for more energy efficiency measures as ship emissions grow

Holly Birkett is back with Granular, our monthly look at key topics in the dry bulk market. This week it is about build quality.

Read more: Granular: Bulker age is nothing. Condition and quality are everything

And nuclear? Craig Eason introduces the Wavelength Plus, a two-part series examining renewed interest in nuclear power in shipping.

Read more ‘Going critical’: Shipping takes a step closer to nuclear reality

Producer and host: Craig Eason

Additional editorial input from: Eric Priante Martin, Jonas Walsgard, Holly Birkett and Yannick Guerry.

A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast

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In this episode:

Hapag Lloyd makes $4.2bn offer for Israeli liner carrier Zim. Will it work out?

Read more: Hapag-Lloyd seals $4.2bn Zim takeover

Read more: Israeli regulator raises doubts over Hapag-Lloyd’s $4.2bn Zim takeover

The US Maritime Action Plan has been revealed. What does the industry both inside the US and outside make of it?

Read more: Are MR product tankers the key to kick-starting the US shipbuilding revival?

Read more: Here’s how US shipping stakeholders assess the Trump administration’s maritime MAP

Green lobby groups are to get their day in court as they try and force the European Commission to stop labelling LNG fuel as sustainable under its green investment taxonomy

Read more: Europe’s gold standard green investment taxonomy faces credibility test in court battle

Exhaust gas cleaning systems have hit the news again as countries and lobby group put more pressure on wash water discharges

Read more: Industry pushes back on attempts by European member states to coordinate scrubber bans

Producer and host: Craig Eason

Additional editorial input: Ian Lewis, Eric Priante Martin

A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast

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In this week’s episode:

TradeWinds newbuilding team Lucy Hine and Irene Ang dissect the mega ordering of VLCCs.

Read more: Shipowner Evangelos Marinakis inks 11 VLCC newbuildings at Hengli.

Read more: Scorpio Tankers not ordering more VLCCs, says Robert Bugbee.

Intertanko calls on governments to be stronger in tackling the shadow fleet, arguing that the latest seizures will reveal how bad the ships are.

Read more: Tanker seizures set to reveal the state of the shadow fleet.

And wine tasting with a shipowner at his own vineyard. TradeWinds visits Odfjell Vineyard.

Read more: Laurence Odfjell sees sustainability as good business with fast payback

Producer and host: Craig Eason

Additional reporting from: Lucy Hine, Irene Ang, Eric Priante Martin and Yannick Guerry.

A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast

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In this week’s episode:

The Solong captain found guilty of manslaughter has been sentenced, but questions remain unanswered

Read more: Russian master jailed for six years for fiery North Sea collision caused by ‘complacency and arrogance’

The Sinokor VLCC buying spree has analysts asking questions. Here’s why

Read more: Charterers on the hunt for period VLCC deals as ‘the aggregator’ eyes more assets

Introducing shipping’s Guiding Stars who you think are making a difference

Read more: ‘Competitive edge’: Laurence Odfjell sees sustainability as good business with fast payback

Capturing shipping’s CO2 emissions and burying them in concrete

Read more: CEO of carbon capture firm Seabound wins Nor-Shipping Young Entrepreneur award

Producer and host: Craig Eason

Additional editorial input from: Matt Coyne, Paul Peachey, Holly Birkett, Eric Priante Martin

A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast

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IIn this week’s episode: 

Energy shipping in the Middle East is on alert after Trump sends naval forces to threaten Iran.

Read more: Iran official threatens ‘control over’ Hormuz traffic as Trump brandishes ‘massive armada’

The captain of the Solong testified in London courts about the incident in which his ship collided with a laden tanker, resulting in the death of a seafarer.

Read more: Russian master denies falling asleep before North Sea collision

Even more seafarers are found to have been lured from online shipping recruitment sites and kidnapped to work in illegal scam centres.

Read more: Vanishing Chinese seafarers spark fears over criminal gangs catfishing victims

Granular. Holly Birkett’s regular look at the dry bulk market as she focuses on the impact of unseasonal weather on trade. 

Producer and host: Craig Eason

Additional editorial from: Eric Priante Martin, Huaqing Ma, Holly Birkett and Yannick Guerry

A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast

The Wavelength archive

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In this episode:

Davos: Greenland and why can't Europe act like the US and sieze dark fleet tankers an their oil

Read more: Trump’s ‘surreal’ threat to seize Greenland puts container shipping on notice

Read more: Polar perspective puts new spin on Trump’s Greenland grab

A Greek shipowner has success in getting its tanker off the US sanctions list

Read more: US removes Altomare from blacklist after Greek shipowner hit with ‘comprehensive identity theft’

ITF issues annual figures on seafarer abandonment figures and they look worse than ever. What's happening?

Read more: ‘Nothing short of a disgrace’: Seafarer abandonments hit new record

And the lobby group promoting the use of liquid natural gas as a fuel, Sea-LNG turns 10. What next as the fuel debate goes on?

Read more: LNG fuelling ‘cleared for take-off’ with bio-methane uptake ‘exploding’, SEA-LNG says

Producer and host: Craig Eason

Additional reporting: Lucy Hine, Eric Priante Martin and Yannick Guerry

A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast

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IIn this episode:

Eric Priante Martin takes a peek into the tanker markets that have begun to react to the impact of Donald Trump’s moves on Venezuelan crude and Iran.

Read more: US-seized tanker emerges off Venezuela as two sit in Texas waters. Where will the latest land?

Paul Peachey has been in the UK courts listening to the trial of Captain Vladimir Motin, charged with manslaughter after his boxship, the Solong, rammed into an anchored laden tanker, creating a fireball.

Read more: Jury shown moment of fiery collision in North Sea that killed seafarer

Huaqing Ma followed the case of a missing seafarer who thought he had a job offer to join a ship, only to disappear, believed to have been abducted to work in an illegal call centre compound in Cambodia.

Read more: Are criminal syndicates kidnapping seafarers to work in scam call centres? The wife of a missing Chinese sailor believes so

Host and producer: Craig Eason

Additional reporting: Huaqing Ma, Eric Priante Martin, Paul Peachey, Yannick Guerry

A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast

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In this week’s episode:

Holly Birkett and Matt Coyne dissect what’s been going on in Venezuela and how it is likely to impact tanker markets, plus Claire Jungman from Vortexa on the impact on China.

Read more:  Trump uses old Latin America playbook to bring new dimension to geopolitical uncertainty

Read more: Venezuela-to-China oil flows slowed by US pressure on departures, Vortexa says

The Singapore investigation into the allision of the Hafnia Nile with a dark fleet VLCC in 2024 has pointed the finger at the fatigue and actions of the officer on the Hafnia product tanker. Karen Ng examines the report findings.

Read more: Fatal collision between Hafnia tanker and dark fleet VLCC unpicked in safety report

And Craig Eason talks to Rene Kofod-Olsen, chief executive of V.Group, on the company’s decision to purchase decarbonisation technology advisory Njord from Maersk Tankers and what it says about the evolution of ship management.

Read more: V.Group takes over fuel-efficiency firm founded by Maersk Tankers

Host: Holly Birkett

Producer: Craig Eason

Additional reporting: Yannick Guerry, Matt Coyne, Karen Ng, Huaqing Ma and Craig Eason

A TradeWinds/DN media podcast

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In this episode:

TradeWinds editor in chief Julian Bray introduces the “Person of the Year.”

Read more:  ‘Person of the Year’: Chen Jianhua has resuscitated a shipyard giant to leave Korean rivals ‘very worried’

Odfjell chief executive Harald Fotland explains why the Norwegian tanker owner has gone it alone with its own green corridor.

Read more:  Odfjell signs biofuel offtake deal with Petrobas to launch its own green corridor

UAE shipowner Astro Offshore explains the group’s huge fleet expansion.

Read more: From 25 to 50 ships in a year — and Astro Offshore CEO says expansion is far from over

..... and who would you have for dinner? We preview your wish list dinner invites.

Producer and host: Craig Eason

Additional editorial: Julian Bray, Huaqing Ma, Eric Priante Martin

A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast

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In this episode:

US forces seize tanker laden with Venezuelan crude. What does this mean for shipping and the battle against the dark fleet?

Read more: US sanctions six VLCCs as Trump ramps up pressure on Venezuela

Read more: US draws up hit list of Venezuela-linked tankers as more seizures planned

Another Ukrainian drone attack on a sanctioned tanker in the Black Sea. Shipping warned to watch out for unexploded drones

Read more: Video shows explosions as Ukraine targets alleged dark fleet tanker

Read more: Sanctioned, Ukraine-hit tanker evacuated again after bungled salvage operation

On location. TradeWinds enjoys a Singapore anchorage and sees a hull cleaning operation up close

Read more: ‘Last Breath’ moment drives engineer to swap human divers with hull-cleaning robots

Producer and host: Craig Eason

Additional reporting: Eric Priante Martin, Huaqing Ma, Yannick Guerry

A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast

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In this episode:

Examining the attacks by Ukraine forces on tankers linked to Russia

Read More:Kyiv’s shadow fleet explosions and Moscow’s empty threats

The need to strengthen the US Maritime Security Program (MSP) and the Tanker Security Program (TSP)

Read More: ‘It’s the cargo, stupid!’ US maritime revival hopes get a dose of Louisiana candour

Whether Trump has exceeded his powers with his trarifs and what can Republicans do if he has

Read more:Trump’s Plan B: US can ‘recreate’ tariffs if Supreme Court shoots them down, official says

Production and host: Craig Eason

Additional reporting: Paul Peachey, Joe Brady, Eric Priante Martin and Yannick Guerry

A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast

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In this episode:

TradeWinds finance correspondent Joe Brady comes into the studio to dissect the likelihood of Diana Shipping managing its acquisition of Genco, its bigger more stable peer on the New York Exchange.

Read: ‘Cash is king’: Why Diana Shipping’s ‘bizarre’ bid for Genco could pay off

Is shipping about to flood back to Red Sea transits? If so, what are the risks and what will it do to the markets?

Read: Container carriers brace for market turbulence amid talk of resuming Suez transits

Read: Red Sea warning: Tanker rates face hit as return of ships ‘appears closer than ever’

Green corridors are supposed to shape and encourage maritime decarbonisation. So far, they are a little behind target with only two active when there should be six. There are 84 initiatives underway, however, and China has joined the buzz.

Read: Green shipping corridor drive shows little progress, says Getting to Zero report

Is ship finance happier in Singapore than in Hong Kong or China?

Read: Chinese leasing faces prolonged USTR pressure as financiers warn of shifting capital flows

Host and producer: Craig Eason

Additional reporting: Joe Brady, Yannick Guerry and Huaqing Ma

A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast

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This week's episode of Wavelength is a Hong Kong Special, following Hong Kong Maritime Week in the Chinese city-state this week.

Craig Eason and Huaqing Ma are here to report back on all the hot topics from Hong Kong Maritime Week and also from our TradeWinds Ship Recycling Forum, where scrapping dark-fleet vessels was hotly debated.

Eric Martin is here to wrap up the findings of the investigation into the ship crash in Baltimore that brought down a bridge, and resulted in the loss of lives. The probable cause of the accident was so tiny that investigators might easily have missed it, were it not for help from the ship's builder.

Finally, our newbuilding queens Lucy Hine and Irene Ang are here to discuss their upcoming special report on the shipbuilding sector, which will be published in TradeWinds next week. What has newbuilding business been like this year? Kind of muted, Irene and Lucy agreed.

Host and producer: Holly Birkett.

Additional reporting: Craig Eason, Huaqing Ma, Eric Priante Martin, Lucy Hine and Irene Ang.

A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast.

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In this week's Wavelength podcast from TradeWinds:

Has Iran snatched a loaded tanker leaving the Gulf and bound for Singapore?

Tanker ‘heads towards Iran’ in sudden course change after suspicious approach

Why 2026 may be a bleak year for shipping and why microgrids based on renewable energy will impact shipping

Shipping ‘navigating increasingly uncertain waters’, says Danish Ship Finance

Everllence says its new ammonia engine is ready. Are shipowners ready to buy?

‘Milestone’ hit as Everllence seeks order for ammonia dual-fuel engine

and introducing new podcast mini series looking at what happened to the containership Dali that led to a deadly collision with a bridge in Baltimore and what next in the story

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Additional reporting: Gary Dixon, Eric Priante Martin

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In this week's episode:

Piracy rising: Are recent attacks a sign that Somali piracy is ramping up again?

Somali pirates target LNG carrier after Latsco tanker attack

Latsco tanker crew ‘safe’ after pirate attack with warship on the way

Warship hunts pirate mothership after tanker attack

Is China stockpiling crude spoking ir helping the VLCC markets?

China poised to pounce on more crude to keep filling strategic storage reserves

and ... just how easy is it to sabotage a subsea power cable? We asked cable maker Nexans

Host and producer: Craig Eason

Additional editorial content: Eric Priante Martin, Lucy Hine, Yannick Guerry

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In this week's episode:

Can the US upgrade its shipbuilding capacity?

‘Shipbuilding is a bipartisan issue’: Senate hearing highlights US support for boosting yard sector

What role for South Korea's shipbuilders as they sign up to help their ally?

Dealmaker Trump secures pledges from South Korea’s big three shipbuilders

‘Master of shipbuilding’ South Korea strikes $150bn trade and security deal with Trump

Is the US-China trade meeting a good deal for shipping?

Port fee pause: US and China declare one-year truce to maritime trade war measures

And, what does the grounding of a shadow fleet tanker say about the ongoing risks to shipping and the environment?

Suez Canal tanker grounding highlights how sanctions have struggled to land a glove on Russia

Sanctioned tanker that grounded in Suez Canal one of four blacklisted ships in convoy

Editorial contributions: Eric Priante Martin, Huaqing Ma, Matt Coyne

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In this week's episode

The talks on IMO carbon rules go no where as nations call time out and delay a decision for a year. Not the ending anyone thought, but there may be a silver lining.

Also.

While international climate talks stumble, African nations are taking control of their own destiny and a number of countries are following Djibouti's idea of setting their own price on shipping's carbon emissions. Is it a model that can spread further afield?

And we look at the response in the US to China's port tariffs which are in response to the US tariffs

reporting by Paul Peachey and Eric Priante Martin

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In this week's Wavelength podcast:

Market speculation that John Fredriksen is about to sell off his LR2 product tanker fleet. Why now?

Cleaning out? Market weighs reports of $1bn deal to make John Fredriksen’s Frontline crude again

Shipping billionaire John Fredriksen is accelerating his long-planned succession strategy

Fredriksen stocking up private VLCC fleet as Frontline linked to $1bn-plus product tanker sale

Details emerge about the horrific ordeal of the VLCC crew locked up by Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria after believing a naval vessel was a pirate ship

‘Psychological torture’ inflicted on tanker crew after vessel seized in West Africa

Guards high on drugs and alcohol spark $60m court claim over crew held hostage on VLCC

and the Maritime history professor who has become shipping's YouTube influencer

Why millions of people are watching this maritime history professor’s YouTube shipping channel

Editorial: Andy Pierce, Paul Peachey, Eric Priante Martin

Host and Producer: Craig Eason

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In this week's Wavelength podcast:

Problem solving. Cargill's Jan Dieleman explains the trading group's huge bulker deal with Costamare

Problem-solving and bulker investments: Cargill shipping boss digests Costamare Bulkers deal

Costamare seals tie-up with Cargill to invest in bulker assets, charter ships and transfer trading book

How shipping can navigate the US shutdown chaos

Here’s how the US government shutdown impacts federal maritime agencies

Tariff collection and cargo inspections continue as US Customs stays open during shutdown

There's no alternative other than chaos. International Chamber of Shipping chair designate explains why the IMO carbon deal is the deal and why ICS believes it will be approved.

‘There is no Plan B’: John Denholm says alternative to IMO carbon rules is ‘chaos’

John Denholm to take ICS reins when Emanuele Grimaldi steps down

Editorial Contributions this week: Holly Birkett, Eric Priante Martin, Yannick Guerry

Host and production: Craig Eason

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In this week’s episode, Joe Brady reports from the Association of Ship Brokers and Agents’ Miami conference on the 14 October date for new fees by the Office of the US Trade Representative.

‘It’s crazy’: Panels at ASBA Miami conference puzzle over US trade policy uncertainty

Paul Pathy: The man from Montreal tackles tariffs, port fees and trusting IMO with $30bn

We explore why International Chamber of Shipping secretary general does not want to see the IMO become a bank for shipping’s carbon cash.

‘Do not make the IMO the biggest commercial bank in the world’: ICS pleads

And we look at why diversity is still an issue and ignoring it hurts the industry.

Outdated maritime leadership is driving staff to jump ship, study warns

Assault, abuse and underlying misogyny: Gay and transgender maritime leaders share ‘battle fatigue’

Host and production by Craig Eason, with editorial contributions from Joe Brady, Eric Priante Martin, Holly Birkett and Julian Bray.  

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TradeWinds has launched Wavelength Plus, a weekly deeper dive into the shipping industry. Whether it is a one-on-one with leading shipowners, or a focused topical analysis of a kry industry theme, each week a key must listen to episode.

Wavelength Plus replaces GreenSeas, just search for TradeWinds Wavelength Plus where ever you listen to Wavelength

In this first episode Holly Birkett spoke to Holly Birkett about market spercycles, decarbonisation and John Fredriksen

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US class society ABS calls on the International Maritime Organisation to take a timeout on climate talks.

‘LNG heavily penalised’ in IMO’s decarbonisation plans, says ABS boss Chris Wiernicki

‘IMO needs to take a timeout’: ABS joins US resistance to Net-Zero Framework ahead of key vote

Intertanko chief adds voice to heated fuel debate after week of ‘desire to polarise discussion’

Arsenio Dominguez confident of IMO carbon vote success in October

Global Maritime Forum report shows net-zero fuels (green ammonia, green methanol and green hydrogen) are not going to be able to meet 2030 usage targets.

Shipping off track to achieve 2030 net-zero target

And we look at the impact on shipping investors if Trump gets his way and axes quarterly reports.

Will Trump dump quarterly earnings reports for America’s listed companies?

Host and producer: Craig Eason

Additional reporting: Eric Priante Martin and Holly Birkett

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In this week’s episode:

Technology and regulation editor Craig Eason talks to Knut Orbeck Nilssen about his criticism of how LNG is being labelled under the International Maritime Organisation’s fuel standards.

DNV’s Orbeck-Nilssen slams IMO for trying to stifle LNG as a future fuel

We also hear from Tristan Smith, at UCL Energy Institute, about his reaction to DNV claims and why he is worried about class getting involved in policy measures.

Paul Peachey has been to the annual conference of the International Union of Marine Insurers to hear why claims have been rising.

Lessons from IUMI Singapore: Protectionism, competition and technology forge a new world order for marine insurers

And Lucy Hine has been to Milan for the annual Gastech tradeshow to sample the mood of the industry.

US sends in big guns to deliver message on filling the Russian energy hole in Europe

NextDecade greenlights fourth LNG train amid growing talk of supply glut

Host: Holly Birkett

Additional reporting from Yannick Guerry, Lucy Hine, Paul Peachey and Craig Eason

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In this episode:

TradeWinds head of news Andy Pierce assesses the potential of Hafnia investing into Torm

Hafnia chief Mikael Skov champions M&A to boost profit and woo investors after Torm swoop

‘A very good nose for business’: Nordic investors weigh in on Hafnia play for tanker rival Torm

Wall Street would welcome Torm and Hafnia merger. Deal could forge $5bn company with a fleet of 300 tankers

Matt Coyne was in Donsö, the unique island off the Swedish west coast and talked to Stena Bulk chief executive Eric Hånell about the company's reflagging and work in US and Swedish security deployment

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Paul Peachey has spoken to Claire Jungman who has been hunting out sanctioned oil for United Against Nuclear Iran

Host and producer: Craig Eason

News and reporting by: Matt Coyne, Andy Pierce and Paul Peachey

Additional news: Yannick Guerry

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In this week's episode:

Wavelength host has been talking to Lloyd's Register chief executive Nick Brown about his concerns over getting enough green fuel to shipping and making it fuel the industry can trust.

Tap IMO carbon money pot directly to fund fuel production and supply, says Lloyd’s Register chief Nick Brown

‘Where we need to be’: Global Maritime Forum paints positive picture of methanol and ammonia fuel infrastructure

South Korea has been meeting Trump's administration, signing trade deals and seeing opportunity in US plans to rejuvenate its shipbuilding sector.

HD Hyundai strikes investment partnership aimed at revitalising US shipbuilding

Hanwha Ocean pumps $70m into US yard to ramp up capacity

Host and producer: Craig Eason

Additional news: Eric Priante Martin and Yannick Guerry

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Wavelength host Craig Eason, with the help of Blanaid Sheeran from Opportunity Green, looks at the papers sent to the International Maritime Organisation by Saudi Arabia and the US that try to derail agreement on climate rules.

Environmental law group pours cold water on latest attempts to derail climate talks

‘Strong opposition’: Trump administration fires torpedo at IMO’s carbon deal

Eric Priante profiles the huge network of an Iranian shipping kingpin linked by US authorities to shadow tankers, gas carriers and container ships.

Meet the dark-fleet kingpin whose network stretches from shadow tankers to alleged arms trading

And Holly Birkett is back with the regular look at the dry bulk market, this week with the help of Michael Jorgensen, head of dry bulk at the Torvald Klaveness group.

Extra news from Yannick Guerry on the TradeWind newsdesk

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Lloyd’s Register ship manager Santiago Suarez de la Fuente and ANEMOI’s technical director Luke McEwan discuss the challenges historically facing the industry as well as the demands and investment opportunities for wind propulsion technology.

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In this week's episode:

Eric Priante Martin has been talking to the Center for Advanced Defense Studies which has been tracking the activities of Suniel Kuma Sharma. Sharma has been travelling the world opening ship registries including one on small Pacific island inhabited only by seabirds.

False flag agent: Meet the man linked to a network of illicit ship registries

Jonas Walsgard looks into the Norwegian Sovereign wealth fund, the largest in the world, and what shipping assets it has sold or bought in the first half of this year.

Norwegian sovereign wealth fund swoops for Maersk shares as shipping book grows to $4.8bn

And Holly Birkett is on the podcast to talk about the reaction to her opinion piece on the role of shipbrokers and sanctions regimes that has got our subscribers' attention.  

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Editorial input from: Eric Priante Martin, Jonas Walsgard, Holly Birkett, Yannick Guerry.

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Other news in this episode

Short of cash: Tor Olav Troim VLCC venture pushes back shipyard payments to buy time

Blacklisted oil trader 2Rivers to wind up under ‘extraordinary’ sanctions pressure

New US-listed Latsis family vehicle pivots to product tanker investments

Torm buys 13 leased tankers and sells older vessels as profit slashed

Why tankers are to blame for jellyfish stowaways shutting down a French nuclear power station

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In this episode:

Paul Peachey looks at the fall out and likely outcome of Trump's continued threats to hike up tariffs on India.

Putin and Trump plan to meet as US president threatens to extend Russia trading penalty to China

Expanding European sanctions herald unexpected consequences

Trump hits India with additional tariffs for Russian oil imports in bid to punish Putin

Eric Priante Martin dissects the results of Tidewater to give a flavour of the good and bad news for the offshore markets.

Tidewater adds $400m to share value after earnings surprise

Tidewater earnings surge as revenue defies Wall Street expectations

Holly Birkett has been picking through what dry bulk operator Pacific Basin has to say about the first six months of the year.

Pacific Basin bulker earnings fall as company braces for USTR impact

Hong Kong bulker giant Pacific Basin Shipping plots how to navigate Trump’s port fees

Producer and host: Craig Eason

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In this episode:

Donald Trump gets impatient with Putin and brings forward penalties on India, one of the country's main importers of crude. Eric Priante Martin reports on the response from the tanker companies, which have begun reporting their first-half results.

Host Craig Eason has been talking to Interferry head of regulatory affairs Johan Roos. 

Interferry said something has to be done to prevent all of shipping needing to pay twice for CO2 emissions, as there will be both the international rules and the European rules, which will lead to shipping having to pay into funds. Roos tells Craig the answer is to take shipping out of the European ETS.

TradeWinds has reported previously that African states are looking to emulate Europe with regional emissions trading schemes.

‘Administrative nightmare’: Shipowners risk having to pay twice for emissions

And Holly Birkett launches Granular, - drybulk news in small pieces- a new segment for Wavelength subscribers. In episode one the focus is on Australia to China trades (C5).

Host and production: Craig Eason

Reporting: Eric Priante Martin and Holly Birkett

Additional news: Yannick Guerry

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In this week's episode, TradeWinds reporter Paul Peachey explains why the latest round of sanctions by the UK and European Union against Russia has significant implications for shipping. Eric Priante Martin explores the first LNG carrier order in the US in nearly five decades. Joe Brady also explains a capital markets deal by Diana Shipping that is raising eyebrows.

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A $1.3bn boxship order by Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has made the front page of the TradeWinds newspaper this week.

Reporter Ian Lewis speaks to host Holly Birkett about why megaship orders are still going strong, even as most other owners are favouring smaller vessels. Ian also fills us in on the rationale behind MPC Container Ships' $228m order for four 4,500-teu boxships.

The US has threatened countries that trade with Russia with secondary trade tariffs. US bureau chief Eric Priante Martin explores the possible ramifications for shipping in the future. 

Finally, reporter Matt Coyne has looked at tanker traffic in the Red Sea following the latest round of deadly Houthi attacks on vessels. He talks about some surprising trends.

Host and producer: Holly Birkett.

Additional news: Yannick Guerry.

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Shipping has once again found itself in the crosshairs of conflict and military action. Militants and saboteurs have attacked vessels and their crews to show support of wider geopolitical disputes, which over the past week alone has resulted in the loss of multiple lives and the sinking of two ships in the Red Sea.

TradeWinds reporters Eric Priante Martin and Harry Papachristou discuss the rapid escalation in Houthi violence in the Red Sea.

And Paul Peachey, TradeWinds' insurance and risk correspondent, talks to host Holly Birkett about a series of vessel attacks with possible Ukrainian backing that appear to be scare tactics, designed to deter operators from lifting cargoes in Russia.

In this 'Risk Special' edition of Wavelength, we recap and explore some of the elements threatening the security of vessels and crew right now.

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In this week's Wavelength newscast:

Donald Trump's big beautiful bill has got through the house of representatives after being passed, just, by the US senate. But what does it mean for shipping. US bureau chief Eric Priante Martin has the details.

Trump’s grand maritime agenda remains mostly intact after tax-and-spending bill clears Senate

A report from a group of green lawyers says that the vast money that could be raised by shipping's decarbonisation needs to have an equitable and just focus. UK -based opportunity green has argued that while shipping needs the rewards to help with its decarbonisation, there is a risk that a poor set of regulations from the International ternaitonal Maritime Organisation would damage least developed nations who are at risk of being impacted worse by climate change.

Money raised by IMO carbon rules needs to go to developing countries, green group argues

A Norwegian firefighter has argued that ships crews need mandatory training on lithium ion fires. A number of fires on car carriers believed to have been caused by electric vehicles and indicents where marine battery systems have caught fire and exploded suggest more needs to be done to make crwws aware and avoid making the wrong decisions.

How to tackle an explosive battery fire, according to man who battled Norwegian ferry blaze

Allianz issued statistics this week showing that cargo theft numbers have been rising. TradeWinds Paul Peachey talks to Allianz's Justus Heinrich.

Criminal gangs target ships as cargo theft cases spike globally

Host and producer: Craig Eason

Additional news: Yannick Guerry

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In this episode of the wavelength podcast:

Matt Coyne examines the ongoing impact of Middle East tension on tanker rates.

In the week of the Day of the Seafarer, insurance and risk reporter Paul Peachey looks at why seafarer deaths remain so high.

And the ship recycling convention is now in force. What's good, what's bad about it?

The father of the convention Nikos Mikelis comments on the challenges it faces from the Basel Convention, especially as it was Basel that asked the International Maritime Organization to handle shipping.

Producer and host: Craig Eason

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In this episode:

TradeWinds’ Gary Dixon looks at what has happened in the Gulf after two tankers collided and caught fire. 

We also look at the developments in satellite spoofing and jamming and how the Israel-Iran conflict could affect shipping in and outside the region.

We hear the story of aChinese master who refused to frame his crew when drugs were found on his ship, and how he spent two years in prison without being properly charged.

And Lucy Hine gives listeners a round-up of recent developments in the CO2 shipping marketafter we reported on vessel deliveries and new partnerships for transportation for the nascent carbon capture and sequestration market.

Producer and host: Craig Eason

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In this episode:

TradeWinds Paul Peachey talks to former chair of International Group's sanctions committee Malin Hogberg about Europe's plans to slash the Russian oil price cap.

Eric Priante Martin examines the US plans to review the fees for car carriers enetering the country

Also we dig into the latest data from the signatories of the Sea Cargo Charter and the concerns researchers have about it and similar private initiatives seeking to stimulate shippings decarbonisation journey.

And we get Granular, a new regular feature in Wavelength lifting the lid on the dry bulk markets with Holly Birkett.

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This week’s rundown of what is happening comes from the TradeWinds Shipowners Forum where editor-in-chief Julian Bray gets into details with Evangelos Marinakis owner of Capital Maritime & Trading, and Lars Barstad of Frontline. 

We also hear from Norway’s leading climate negotiator, Sveinung Oftedal, as well as Marie-Caroline Laurent of MSC Group and Andrian Dacy of JP Morgan Asset Management’s Global Transport Group.

There’s also former US secretary of state John Kerry and Andrew Forest, owner and executive chair of mining giant, talking to Craig Eason on the Nor-Shipping Blue Talks stage.

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In this episode:

Host Craig Eason talks to Tristan Smith from University College London about a new academic paper assessing the costs of ownership for shipowners when they opt for new fuels, and why he calls ammonia fuel the 'no brainer' choice.

Steve Esau from Sea-LNG is on hand to counter that position though.

We have an interview with Roberto Cazzulo, current chair of the international Association of Classification Societies about the challenges facing class as they develop safety guidance for all the cleantech solutions emerging.

And Eric Priante looks at why the US administration's tariffs and trade policies have led to investors calling taco

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In this week's episode:

Paul Peachey examines the latest round of UK and EU sanctions imposed on vessels and people who are believed to be involved in the shadow fleet.

Eric Priante Martin has been digging into the big earners in shipping. Here's his countdown

Holly Birkett has been talking to Kpler about the market movers.

and Craig Eason talks to a gardening shipping executive who has turned to AI to get insights into the financial results of his old company.

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International Women in Maritime Day is on May 18th every year.

But is Gender equality in the maritime industries under threat as some regions appear to push back on DEI drives?

Also, what can men do? Is gender a women only issue, or something from the boardroom down regardless of who you are?

Craig Eason and Holly Birkett are joined in the Wavelength studio by Anne Jensen, chief operating office of Danish shipowner Norden Matt Duke, chief executive, Grieg Maritime Group for a special episode.

Here's our WiM Day 2025 articles:

‘We must redouble our efforts,’ IMO calls for action on gender diversity setback

Chronic lack of young female seafarers highlights shipping’s diversity crisis

Africa and women are an obvious answer to global seafarer shortage

Reframing the narrative for women in maritime

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In this week's episode:

Tradewinds correspondent Gary Dixon discusses the product tanker markets as the first quarter results come in. What's up and what's down?

2020 Bulkers comes under the spotlight of Holly Birkett.

And are seafarer's happy? The Mission to Seafarers has issued its annual barometer of seafarer welfare, the Seafarer Happiness Index. Its founder and stalwart supporter of seafarers Steven Jones looks at the results

News briefs from Yannick Guerry.

Host: Craig Eason

Producer: Craig Eason/TradeWinds

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This is shipping's free to access weekly news summary from the TradeWinds news team. You can also find the news show on all major podcast platforms.

In this week's episode:

Gary Dixon looks at what's been going on at Clarkson's one of shipping’s biggest broker houses, as shareholder disgruntlement over bonuses grows despite record profits.

Eric Priante Martin talks to Alexander Saverys about merging Golden Ocean's fossil fuel-powered dry bulk fleet with CMB.Tech’s fleet of vessels.

Holly Birkett picks up the mood in the drybulk market after spending time in Geneva.

Other news read by Yannick Guerry.

Podcast host and producer: Craig Eason/TradeWinds.

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In this episode:

Holly Birkett joins host Craig Eason to analyse the news that CMB.Tech has said it will merge Golden Ocean in a move many saw coming, but at what price?

Eric Priante Martin digs into the finalised tariff announcements in the US and why car carriers and ro-ro operators are shocked. But does the Trump administration understand shipping yet?

Sandra Boga talks to Mark Dickinson from ITF and the seafarer union Nautilus about news on crew wages going up, international requirements on fair treatment of crews and rest hours aimed at tackling fatigue.

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In this Easter special episode of the Wavelength podcast, TradeWinds’ editor-in-chief Julian Bray has the floor in conversation with reporter Holly Birkett.

The question is: following new policies set by the IMO and by US president Donald Trump’s administration, have events of the past two weeks changed shipping forever?

Are the “easy” days of shipping done? 

Is there any end in sight for The Age of Uncertainty?

Don't expect any easy answers!

Craig Eason is away. 

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In this episode Eric Priante Martin and Craig Eason examine Trump's latest moves on shipping and the fights at the IMO to find a compromise deal on how shipping will be made to decarbonise

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In this episode:

Eric Priante Martin keeps us updated on Trump's tariffs and how they impact shipping

Host, Craig Eason, talks to experts about what has been happening behind the scenes at the IMO as climate talks reach a climax

and Insurance correspondent Paul Peachey joins Craig Eason to dig into the initial accident investigation report into the Solong collision with Stena Immaculate last month

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In this episode

Eric Martin speaks to supply chain representatives who expressed concern over new US port fees for China-linked vessels during hearings in Washington DC this week,

Caroline Yang, president of the Singapore Shipping Association, tells the TradeWinds Shipowners’ Forum in the Lion City that Trump is creating uncertainty that is not good for shipping,

Paul Peachey speaks to Skuld CEO Stale Hansen about whether the sanctions-influenced shift of vessels to protection and indemnity (P&I) insurers in countries like China and India means the International Group of P&I Clubs should increase its Asian membership,

and host Holly Birkett speaks to green fuels consultancy group Green Marine, which has helped put together a submission to the IMO’s upcoming Marine Environment Protection Committee for pure ethanol as a marine fuel

Host: Holly Birkett. 

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In this week’s Wavelength podcast, Joe Brady tells episode host Eric Priante Martin why John Fredriksen’s purchase of a stake in Star Bulk Carriers represented a smart arbitrage move after the Norwegian shipping tycoon sold out of another bulker owner.

Craig Eason interviews Wah Kwong Maritime Transport chairman Hing Chao about the threat that the policies of US President Donald Trump pose to shipping.

Sandra Boga talks to Rafet Emek Kurt, who heads the Maritime Human Factors Centre at the University of Strathclyde at the UK’s University of Strathclyde, about seafarer safety in ammonia-fuelled shipping.

And Paul Peachey reports on the link between misdeclared cargoes and container ship fires.

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In this episode

Host, Craig Eason, talks to experienced master mariner and maritime accident investigator Captain Jim Staples on the question of fatigue, technology

(p.s 'gundecking' is US maritime slang for faking reports)

Paul Peachey assesses the risk and liability questions around the allision

Eric Priante Martin helps you unravel some of the questions about the US intention to place fees on Chinese-built ships

and Holly Birkett chats to Carlos Pena and John Michael Radziwill about the changes at Sea Transport Maritime Group

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In this week’s episode:

Gary Dixon and Jonas Walsgard on the reaction to Norwegian tycoon John Fredriksen’s sudden sale of his stake in dry bulk owner Golden Ocean to Savery’s CMB.tech.

Eric Priante Martin reports on plans for the US to relaunch its commercial shipbuilding industry.

And Wista UK has a ball with Sandra Boga there to pick up the mood ahead of International Women’s Day.

Host and producer: Craig Eason

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In this episode:

US bureau chief Eric Priante Martin talks to shipping experts about Donald Trump’s ire on Chinese ships.

Paul Peachey investigates the growing interest in nuclear-powered ships.

And, it’s full-year results season in shipping, so we’ve gathered TradeWinds sector correspondents to offer their views on the annual results.

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In this week’s episode we have a new host, TradeWinds’ Paul Peachey.

Eric Priante Martin looks at the potential disparity between the sudden ammonia carrier orderbook and the supply of ammonia being seen as essential for industrial decarbonisation. It forms part of the TradeWinds’ Special Report on Energy Shipping now available for subscribers.

Also, the first two months of 2025 have been full of casualty announcements, with TradeWinds reporting at least 18. But for some of these, deliberate sabotage is not being ruled out. TradeWinds casualty correspondent Gary Dixon joins the podcast to dig into the numbers.

And Craig Eason looks at what happened this week behind the closed doors at the International Maritime Organization where five of 11 days of debate to decide shipping’s future have now passed.

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Producer: Craig Eason

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In this episode:

Eric Priante Martin reports on US sanctions on Iran giving shipping mixed message

University College London’s Tristan Smith joins host Craig Eason to explain as the IMO kicks off five of the last 11 days of talks that will change shipping forever

Here's a link to a IMO GHG talks Q and A

Also, the protection and indemnity club transfer window is set to close as renewal season ends.

And is there an LNG bloodbath? We discuss the market horrors of LNG carrier owners.

Host: Craig Eason

Produced by the editorial team at TradeWinds

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In the week's Wavelength podcast:

Eric Priante Martin looks at the US fuelled tariff war and what it means now and later in the year.

Host Craig Eason looks at how Europe has no intention in easing back on its green rhetoric asEMSA publishes its second European Maritime Transport Environment Report.

and,

Holly Birkett dives into the dry bulk sector to look at the growing appetite to get involved in project cargoes.

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In this week's episode

Host Craig Eason talks with UCL's leading decarbonisation researcher Tristan Smith about its latest paper showing that only a proposed levy will do the job of funding clean fuels and making the transition equitable

And Oslo-based tanker correspondent Matt Coyne discusses theconfusing messages from Donald Trump that have the tanker brokers scratching their heads.

and the scourge of the industry that just keeps on going. Seafarer abandonment is not only still an issue, it seems to be getting worse. 

Wavelength talks to the ITF about its concerns as the number of cases exploded in 2024

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In this week's episode of the Wavelength podcast:

Eric Priante Martin looks at the executive orders by US president Donald Trump that could influence shipping,

Holly Birkett talks to Fearnley's head of research Dag Kilen about the geopolitical trends set to influence shipping,

Also, Wavelength host Craig Eason talks to UCL research scientists Marie Fricaudet and Nish Rehmatulla about their new report  showing how shipping is emitting far too much CO2 if it wants to remain on track

And Haris Zografakis, partner at law firm Stephenson Harwood, joins the show to explain how there is a gaping liability hole which could leave shipowners high and dry if they have accidents with green fuel powered ships.

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In this episode of TradeWinds Wavelength:

Eric Priante Martin takes a look at the impact of Donald Trump's return to the White House on shipping.

TradeWinds insurance and risk reporter Paul Peachey joins Wavelength host Craig Eason to discuss the latest round of sanctions on the dark fleet and why this time there seems to be change.

And Oslo based tanker correspondent Matt Coyne analyses what an Israeli-Hamas ceasefire may mean to the Houthis and the Red Sea attacks on shipping.

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In this episode, we look at the latest news from the Baltic Sea with the help of former EMSA boss Markku Mylly, a maritime safety veteran. 

Did the Eagle S anchor get released by accident and how can Finland respond to the risks of a shadow tanker disaster?

Eric Priante Martin looks at the implications of the US labelling COSCO a military company.

Produced and hosted by Craig Eason

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In this episode, Craig Eason talks to Martine Crawford-Brunt about the Baltic Exchange’s Fuel EU Maritime calculator for industry. Also, Eric Priante Martin talks to United European Car Carriersabout its growing belief in biomethane, and we take a look a the ongoing battle against methane emissions from shipping, both during loading cargos of LNG and fromusing LNG as a fuel.

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In this episode of the Wavelength podcast:

The head of the EU’s Red Sea naval force Aspides says that shipping needs more military assets in the region.

MAN ES defends its decision to axe the MEGA gas engines as WinGD says it is picking up orders.

Torsten Hagen's New York listing bonanza with Viking Holdings.

And, TradeWinds finance correspondent Jonas Walsgard talks to Storebrand’s top fund manager Hans Thrane Nielsen about the shipping stocks he sees as hot, and those that are not.

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In this episode:

We look whatFrontline had to say about its third quarter results and what this says about the prospects of the tanker markets.

And we delve into book and claim with the Smart Freight Centre after Meta and Norden sign a market agreement on emissions

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In this week's episode:

We look at a year of attacks in the Red Sea,who is funding them, and what could happen next.

BRS Shipbrokers were out in force at Bahri Week which has become the place to be apparently for the tanker markets. So we get the BRS Bahri barometer

Following the TradeWinds Ship Recycling event we offer a peek into what was said and how one speaker thinks there will be a scrap steel market in Europe that could boost EU recycling

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