Trump's big beautiful bill vs shipping

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 SenateA 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 arguesA 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 blazeAllianz 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 globallyHost and producer: Craig EasonAdditional news: Yannick Guerry Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.