TradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news show

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 meetRead more: China opposes toll and ‘militarised’ Strait of Hormuz, US officials sayRead more: Xi-Trump summit heralds tariff easing planDanish Ship Finance warns shipping not to under estimate CHina's ambitions to wean itself off global commodity importsRead more: Chinese energy plans to shake up shipping, warns Danish Ship FinanceRead more: Beijing elevates shipping, ports and maritime logistics in new five-year planWallenius 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 shipRead more: How new Oceanbird boss wants to see wind become shipping’s primary power sourceRead more: Wallenius and Alfa Laval’s windtech solution Oceanbird risesProduction and host: Craig EasonAdditional editorial reporting: Yannick Guerry, Huaqing Ma, Paul PeacheyA TradWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 attackRead more: Consensus building that Strait of Hormuz reopening impact will trickle down to shippingRead more: US Strait of Hormuz insurance scheme still closed for businessIn 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 sectorRead more: ‘We can act’: Trump’s FMC chair threatens to create penalties for Net-Zero Framework taxAnd 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 taxListen to the whole interview on Wavelength Plus.Production and host: Craig EasonAdditional editorial input: Paul Peachey, Eric Priante Martin, Yannick GuerryA TradeWinds/ DN Media Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 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 highsRead more: Oil surges as blockades set to cause months of disruptionIndustry 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 weekRead more: IMO chief urges nations to bridge gaps and clinch shipping decarbonisation dealRead more: Don’t expect too much out of the IMO this weekAnd Holly is back with another episode of Granular, this time from Geneva Dry Producer and host: Craig EasonAdditional reporting: Paul Peachey, Yannick Guerry and Holly BirkettA TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Coyne gives us an update.Read more: Container shipping remains paralysed in Middle East Gulf as MSC seizures ramp up tensionsRead 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 Ducau on his company’s decarbonisation plan.Read more: Eastern Pacific Shipping boss explains how to ‘outperform the market’ in volatile timesRead more: Eastern Pacific Shipping sees wind of change in Singapore•The Poseidon Principles launched almost seven years ago. Its new chairman Paul Taylor tells 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 wrongRead 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 themRead more: Meet the ‘Banksy of shipping’. The anonymous artist committing dry bulk markets to canvasHost and producer: Holly Birkett.Additional reporting: Matt Coyne, Craig Eason and Julian Bray.A DN Media/TradeWinds podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 $1bnRead more: JP Morgan tipped to enter VLCC arena with $500m newbuilding dealThe 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 portfolioAlso in this edition: our Singapore special report, including a profile of dry bulk operator Dava.Read more:How Singapore became a launchpad for global ambitionsDava eyes expansion as shifting trade routes reshape bulk marketsHost and producer: Craig EasonAdditional reporting: Irene Ang, Eric Priante Martin and Huaqing MaA DN Media/TradeWinds podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 handlingRead more: Strait of Hormuz crossings at near standstill as MOL awaits government guidanceGard 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 implicationsRead more: Conflict and sanctions threaten global shipping order, warns world’s largest marine insurerBelgium 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 industryRead more: Trump’s Federal Maritime chair sets sights on boosting US-flag shippingAnd 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 trickleProducer and host: Craig EasonAdditional reporting: Holly Birkett, Lucy Hine, Eric Priante Martin, Matt CoyneA TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 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 weekInternational 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 battleRead more: Trump team looks to kill off Net-Zero Framework for shippingMaria 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 talksAnd 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 EasonAdditional reporting: Lucy Hine, Yannick GuerryA DN Media/TradeWinds podcastThe Wavelength archive Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 superpowerRead 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 turfThe 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 GulfRead more: Strait of Hormuz safe corridor plan wins backing from UN shipping regulatorThe 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 windowHost: Craig Eason.Producer: Holly Birkett.Reporters: Andy Pierce, Paul Peachey, Matt Coyne and Yannick Guerry.A TradeWinds/DN Media Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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: IEARead more: US eases sanctions on Russian shadow fleet amid oil price spikeRead more: Day 14: US claims protection convoy always part of war planningWe also look at a new voluntary injury compensation scheme for Bangladesh recycling workers.Read more: Injury fund launched for Bangladeshi recyclersAnd 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 ACASTProducer and host: Craig EasonAdditional editorial input: Yannick Guerry, Eric Priante Martin and Huaqing Ma.A TradeWinds/DN Media Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is episode 100 of the Wavelength podcast and published in the midst of turmoil and uncertainty in shippingIn 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 tradeRead our full coverage hereMatt 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 fixturePaul 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 marketEuropean 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 EasonAdditional editorial input: Julian Bray, Matt Coyne, Paul Peachey, Yannick GuerryA TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 tonnageOslo 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 growHolly 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 everythingAnd 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 realityProducer and host: Craig EasonAdditional editorial input from: Eric Priante Martin, Jonas Walsgard, Holly Birkett and Yannick Guerry.A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 takeoverRead more: Israeli regulator raises doubts over Hapag-Lloyd’s $4.2bn Zim takeoverThe 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 MAPGreen 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 taxonomyRead more: Europe’s gold standard green investment taxonomy faces credibility test in court battleExhaust gas cleaning systems have hit the news again as countries and lobby group put more pressure on wash water dischargesRead more: Industry pushes back on attempts by European member states to coordinate scrubber bansProducer and host: Craig EasonAdditional editorial input: Ian Lewis, Eric Priante MartinA TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 paybackProducer and host: Craig EasonAdditional reporting from: Lucy Hine, Irene Ang, Eric Priante Martin and Yannick Guerry.A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week’s episode:The Solong captain found guilty of manslaughter has been sentenced, but questions remain unansweredRead 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 whyRead more: Charterers on the hunt for period VLCC deals as ‘the aggregator’ eyes more assetsIntroducing shipping’s Guiding Stars who you think are making a differenceRead more: ‘Competitive edge’: Laurence Odfjell sees sustainability as good business with fast paybackCapturing shipping’s CO2 emissions and burying them in concreteRead more: CEO of carbon capture firm Seabound wins Nor-Shipping Young Entrepreneur awardProducer and host: Craig EasonAdditional editorial input from: Matt Coyne, Paul Peachey, Holly Birkett, Eric Priante MartinA TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 collisionEven 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 victimsGranular. 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 EasonAdditional editorial from: Eric Priante Martin, Huaqing Ma, Holly Birkett and Yannick GuerryA TradeWinds/DN Media podcastThe Wavelength archive Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode:Davos: Greenland and why can't Europe act like the US and sieze dark fleet tankers an their oilRead more: Trump’s ‘surreal’ threat to seize Greenland puts container shipping on noticeRead more: Polar perspective puts new spin on Trump’s Greenland grabA Greek shipowner has success in getting its tanker off the US sanctions listRead 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 recordAnd 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 saysProducer and host: Craig EasonAdditional reporting: Lucy Hine, Eric Priante Martin and Yannick GuerryA TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 seafarerHuaqing 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 soHost and producer: Craig EasonAdditional reporting: Huaqing Ma, Eric Priante Martin, Paul Peachey, Yannick GuerryA TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 uncertaintyRead more: Venezuela-to-China oil flows slowed by US pressure on departures, Vortexa saysThe 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 reportAnd 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 TankersHost: Holly BirkettProducer: Craig EasonAdditional reporting: Yannick Guerry, Matt Coyne, Karen Ng, Huaqing Ma and Craig EasonA TradeWinds/DN media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 corridorUAE 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 EasonAdditional editorial: Julian Bray, Huaqing Ma, Eric Priante MartinA TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 VenezuelaRead more: US draws up hit list of Venezuela-linked tankers as more seizures plannedAnother Ukrainian drone attack on a sanctioned tanker in the Black Sea. Shipping warned to watch out for unexploded dronesRead more: Video shows explosions as Ukraine targets alleged dark fleet tankerRead more: Sanctioned, Ukraine-hit tanker evacuated again after bungled salvage operationOn location. TradeWinds enjoys a Singapore anchorage and sees a hull cleaning operation up closeRead more: ‘Last Breath’ moment drives engineer to swap human divers with hull-cleaning robotsProducer and host: Craig EasonAdditional reporting: Eric Priante Martin, Huaqing Ma, Yannick GuerryA TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode:Examining the attacks by Ukraine forces on tankers linked to RussiaRead More: Kyiv’s shadow fleet explosions and Moscow’s empty threatsThe 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 candourWhether Trump has exceeded his powers with his trarifs and what can Republicans do if he hasRead more: Trump’s Plan B: US can ‘recreate’ tariffs if Supreme Court shoots them down, official saysProduction and host: Craig EasonAdditional reporting: Paul Peachey, Joe Brady, Eric Priante Martin and Yannick GuerryA TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 offIs 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 transitsRead: 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 reportIs ship finance happier in Singapore than in Hong Kong or China?Read: Chinese leasing faces prolonged USTR pressure as financiers warn of shifting capital flowsHost and producer: Craig EasonAdditional reporting: Joe Brady, Yannick Guerry and Huaqing MaA TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 approachWhy 2026 may be a bleak year for shipping and why microgrids based on renewable energy will impact shippingShipping ‘navigating increasingly uncertain waters’, says Danish Ship FinanceEverllence says its new ammonia engine is ready. Are shipowners ready to buy?‘Milestone’ hit as Everllence seeks order for ammonia dual-fuel engineand 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 storyHost and producer: Craig EasonAdditional reporting: Gary Dixon, Eric Priante MartinA TradeWinds/DN Media podcastThe Wavelength archive Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 attackLatsco tanker crew ‘safe’ after pirate attack with warship on the wayWarship hunts pirate mothership after tanker attackIs China stockpiling crude spoking ir helping the VLCC markets?China poised to pounce on more crude to keep filling strategic storage reservesand ... just how easy is it to sabotage a subsea power cable? We asked cable maker NexansHost and producer: Craig EasonAdditional editorial content: Eric Priante Martin, Lucy Hine, Yannick GuerryA TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 sectorWhat 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 TrumpIs the US-China trade meeting a good deal for shipping?Port fee pause: US and China declare one-year truce to maritime trade war measuresAnd, 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 RussiaSanctioned tanker that grounded in Suez Canal one of four blacklisted ships in convoyEditorial contributions: Eric Priante Martin, Huaqing Ma, Matt CoyneProduction and host: Craig EasonA TradeWinds podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode of Wavelength:Shippers and shipping companies in the US await news from President Trump -- and President Xi, as Eric Martin reports,Can South Korea help make American shipbuilding great again or is China too competitive? Irene Ang looks at the issues.And Arsenio Dominguez, secretary general of the International Maritime Organization, reflects on last week's all-important MEPC vote with Holly Birkett. The full interview will follow on Tuesday in an episode of Wavelength+.Host: Craig Eason.Production: Eric Martin/Craig Eason. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episodeThe 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 tariffsreporting by Paul Peachey and Eric Priante MartinHost and producer: Craig EasonA TradeWinds podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 againShipping billionaire John Fredriksen is accelerating his long-planned succession strategyFredriksen stocking up private VLCC fleet as Frontline linked to $1bn-plus product tanker saleDetails 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 AfricaGuards high on drugs and alcohol spark $60m court claim over crew held hostage on VLCCand the Maritime history professor who has become shipping's YouTube influencerWhy millions of people are watching this maritime history professor’s YouTube shipping channelEditorial: Andy Pierce, Paul Peachey, Eric Priante MartinHost and Producer: Craig EasonA TradeWinds podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's Wavelength podcast:Problem solving. Cargill's Jan Dieleman explains the trading group's huge bulker deal with CostamareProblem-solving and bulker investments: Cargill shipping boss digests Costamare Bulkers dealCostamare seals tie-up with Cargill to invest in bulker assets, charter ships and transfer trading bookHow shipping can navigate the US shutdown chaosHere’s how the US government shutdown impacts federal maritime agenciesTariff collection and cargo inspections continue as US Customs stays open during shutdownThere'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 downEditorial Contributions this week: Holly Birkett, Eric Priante Martin, Yannick GuerryHost and production: Craig Eason Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 uncertaintyPaul Pathy: The man from Montreal tackles tariffs, port fees and trusting IMO with $30bnWe 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 pleadsAnd 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 warnsAssault, 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.  Wavelength is a TradeWinds podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 WavelengthIn this first episode Holly Birkett spoke to Holly Birkett about market spercycles, decarbonisation and John Fredriksen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode: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 voteIntertanko chief adds voice to heated fuel debate after week of ‘desire to polarise discussion’Arsenio Dominguez confident of IMO carbon vote success in OctoberGlobal 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 targetAnd 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 EasonAdditional reporting: Eric Priante Martin and Holly BirkettA TradeWinds/DN Media poodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 fuelWe 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 insurersAnd 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 EuropeNextDecade greenlights fourth LNG train amid growing talk of supply glutHost: Holly BirkettAdditional reporting from Yannick Guerry, Lucy Hine, Paul Peachey and Craig EasonProduction: Craig EasonA TradeWinds/DN Media podcastThe Wavelength archive Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode:TradeWinds head of news Andy Pierce assesses the potential of Hafnia investing into TormHafnia 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 TormWall Street would welcome Torm and Hafnia merger. Deal could forge $5bn company with a fleet of 300 tankersMatt 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 deploymentStena-bulk-chief-talks-swedish-and-us-shipping-as-the-company-makes-inroads-in-both-flags Paul Peachey has spoken to Claire Jungman who has been hunting out sanctioned oil for United Against Nuclear IranHost and producer: Craig EasonNews and reporting by: Matt Coyne, Andy Pierce and Paul PeacheyAdditional news: Yannick GuerryFrom tradewindsnews.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 infrastructureSouth 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 shipbuildingHanwha Ocean pumps $70m into US yard to ramp up capacityHost and producer: Craig EasonAdditional news: Eric Priante Martin and Yannick Guerry Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode: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 dealEric 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 tradingAnd 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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.Produced by TradeWinds Content Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 registriesJonas 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 $4.8bnAnd 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.  Producer and host: Craig Eason.Editorial input from: Eric Priante Martin, Jonas Walsgard, Holly Birkett, Yannick Guerry.A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast.Other news in this episodeShort of cash: Tor Olav Troim VLCC venture pushes back shipyard payments to buy timeBlacklisted oil trader 2Rivers to wind up under ‘extraordinary’ sanctions pressureNew US-listed Latsis family vehicle pivots to product tanker investmentsTorm buys 13 leased tankers and sells older vessels as profit slashedWhy tankers are to blame for jellyfish stowaways shutting down a French nuclear power station Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 ChinaExpanding European sanctions herald unexpected consequencesTrump hits India with additional tariffs for Russian oil imports in bid to punish PutinEric 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 surpriseTidewater earnings surge as revenue defies Wall Street expectationsHolly 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 impactHong Kong bulker giant Pacific Basin Shipping plots how to navigate Trump’s port feesProducer and host: Craig EasonAdditional reporting: Yannick Guerry Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode: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 emissionsAnd 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 EasonReporting: Eric Priante Martin and Holly BirkettAdditional news: Yannick Guerry Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.Craig Eason is away. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.Craig Eason is away. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 a Chinese 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 market after we reported on vessel deliveries and new partnerships for transportation for the nascent carbon capture and sequestration market.Producer and host: Craig Eason Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 countryAlso 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.