Lloyd's List: The Shipping Podcast
Lloyd's List is the world's leading source of insight, analysis and data for shipping businesses and professionals. This podcast covers the latest news, trends, and developments in the global shipping industry. It features interviews with industry experts and in-depth discussions on maritime topics. The show is produced by Lloyd's List, a trusted brand in shipping intelligence.
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Recycling values are high, but Gulf situation is pivotal
It is a seller’s market at the moment in the ship recycling sector, thanks to a shortage of tonnage. But Hitesh Vyas of the Singapore-based cash buyer Wirana says in this first of six podcasts that this could change, depending on the outcome of the situation in the Gulf.
What is going on in the Strait of Hormuz?
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Open, closed, and now open again?
Optimism that traffic might return to something resembling normality fairly quickly turned to uncertainty again as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard proclaimed the Strait of Hormuz closed on Saturday. It accused the US of not following its agreement and cit
Shipping needs its own maritime-specific AI revolution
Trusted data is essential for shipping to get the best from the AI revolution, argues Russ Hubbard, Chief Commercial Officer of Veson Nautical.
In this podcast, he explains why that is the case and considers the future impact of further AI implementation on maritime companies and their personnel.
An EU ETS that liner shipping can live with?
IT’S now been two years since the EU Emissions Trading System was extended to shipping. But it hasn’t always been a happy relationship.
Shipowners are not necessarily keen paying extra taxes, especially the green variety. Meanwhile operators in Asia are not fond of having to create accounts in EU countries to report and pay their emissions bills, without seeing any of the revenue.
On the other s
Can we stop seafarers from being criminalised?
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EVERY year, seafarers are held for months on end on suspicion of crimes that ultimately, there is little evidence they had anything to do with.
Whether its pollution events or, as is increasingly common, suspected drug smuggling, crew are often the only potential perpetrators investigato
The Posidonia 2026 wrap: overcapacity concerns and the AI buzz
ATTEND any one of the multiple receptions and parties thrown in Athens this week and you would not walk away necessarily thinking anyone in shipping is remotely worried.
A packed exhibition with the whole spectrum of industry stakeholders demonstrated shipping’s diversity and vibrance, but quietly, over coffees in corners, there was tangible concern.
Markets are good at the moment, ask any tan
The Posidonia 2026 Special…feat. Arsenio Dominguez, Polys Hajioannou and more
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SHIPPING is resilient, and many will tell you it thrives on volatility, but the number of and frequency of crises is taking its toll.
It’s also preventing the industry from having honest conversations about other, equally meaningful and perhaps even more treacherous problems coming down the track.
Are we going to run out of se
How worried should you be about bunkers?
Speak to a shipowner about bunker supply at the moment, and you’ll find a spectrum of responses.
Some are remarkably calm: nothing to worry about, supply is healthy despite the still closed Strait of Hormuz. Yes you might have to pay a bit more, but that’s shipping and you can still operate effectively.
Others are decidedly less optimistic. For them, the Strait of Hormuz represents a real threat
What’s next for tanker stocks as Hormuz crisis drags on?
You can throw almost every outlook or prediction made for the tanker market in 2026 in the garbage, says Lloyd’s List senior reporter Greg Miller.
After all, the US-Iran war and ensuing Strait of Hormuz crisis is perhaps the black swan to end all black swans for the market.
More than two months later, the chokepoint remains closed: so what happens to tanker stocks now?
To find out, Greg spoke t
What happens in Hormuz… doesn’t stay in Hormuz
THIS week’s edition of the Lloyd’s List podcast looks at the longer-term impacts of the Strait of Hormuz crisis.
How much damage to the energy market is already priced in? When are Asian companies expecting the strait to be reopened? And will other nations, such as Indonesia, look at chokepoints in their own waters and wonder whether they can turn them to their advantage?
To find out the answers
Did anything happen at MEPC last week?
LAST week, delegates once again met in London for the International maritime Organization’s marine environment protection committee.
The two editions in 2025, MEPC 83 in April and the extraordinary session in October, generated some of the biggest stories in shipping.
To the surprise of many, the net zero framework agreed in April’s meeting was not adopted in October, thanks to stiff oppositio
What keeps shipping awake at night? LIVE from Singapore
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DECARBONISATION, changing trade lanes and concerns of seafarer shortages – there is no shortage of reasons for why shipping executives might be losing sleep.
But add to that the Strait of Hormuz crisis and the job of running a shipping company has become even more difficult.
Our outlook forums are usually a chance t
Does shipping get a good deal when it comes to finance?
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DOES shipping get a good deal when it comes to ship finance? Is Europe still remotely important anymore as a finance hub? Or has the centre of gravity moved eastwards? And how on earth do you make decisions about multidecade financing with so much uncertainty around decarbonisation regulation?
That’s just a taste of the questions we tackle this w
Making reality meet the requirements
JAN-ERIK Räsänen has been on a personal journey that has led him to some new understandings about how to power both future and existing ships towards decarbonisation, he tells listeners to this podcast.
He is chief technology officer of the Finnish ship design and engineering company Foreship, which has been part of the consulting engineering inspection and certification group RINA since June 202
How do you transit through the Strait of Hormuz?
How do you actually transit through the Strait of Hormuz at the moment? Are masters worried when they are making the trip? Is it organised or chaotic?
Chief executive of the Indian Shipowners’ Association Anil Devli revealed what he has heard from masters that have made the trip at our India Outlook held in Mumbai last week.
Chaired by Lloyd’s List’s senior reporter Matthew Rajendra, the panel
Decarbonisation is a significant factor in commercial decision-making
Discussion about decarbonisation have moved from technical departments within shipping companies into their commercial and financial teams, the president and chief operating officer of Veson Nautical, Sean Riley, says in this Lloyd’s List podcast.
While there is uncertainty around the IMO’s Net-Zero Framework, regional requirements — especially those being implemented by the EU — provide a certai
Is freedom of navigation under threat? Part II
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THE accusations of piracy and unlawful interference with freedom of navigation have been coming thick and fast for a while now, but tactics that generate accusations of piracy one day can’t simply be rebranded as “law enforcement” or “counter-narcoterrorism” the next.
The fact that go
Biofuels will not help shipping reach its net zero emissions goal
SHORTLY before IMO’s 21st Intersessional Working Group on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships and its 84th Marine Environment Protection Committee meeting, two leading environmental researchers warn that those meetings’ expected focus on biofuels will not solve shipping’s carbon emissions problems.
As Comer explains, decisions on which fuels will qualify under any IMO climate policy are being d
Is freedom of navigation under threat?
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FREEDOM of navigation — the legal principle that states ships from any country have the right to sail freely in international waters — is under attack.
It has been for some time.
Long before the Strait of Hormuz became the latest global chokepoint to be weaponised a confluence of geo
How is the Middle East crisis affecting the container market?
AS the conflict in the Middle East continues, the full effects on global shipping markets are beginning to become clearer.
This week’s episode of the Lloyd’s List Podcast once again come to you from our weekly briefing on the Middle East crisis, featuring our journalists and analysts.
There’s a focus on the container market and shadow fleet impact, as well as an update on the volume of traffic
Emissions compliance data can deliver efficiency and a competitive advantage
COLLECTING data to meet emissions regulations is good for business, two guests from 90POE tell listeners to this latest Lloyd’s List Intelligence podcast.
Dhara Patel, Head of Product Performance at the maritime technology provider, 90POE — a name that reflects shipping’s role in transporting 90% of everything — and its Senior Advisor for Performance, Dimitris Argyros, argue that the data that mu
Is the Strait of Hormuz closed to shipping?
THE conflict in the Middle East is entering its second full week, and shipping continues to find itself on the frontlines.
Vessels have been attacked and seafarers have paid with their lives, as missiles are exchanged back and forth over the Middle East Gulf.
The Strait of Hormuz is at the very centre of this conflict’s consequences. The narrow chokepoint is critical to global energy supply, and
P&I renewal round: The winners and losers
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The 2024/2025 P&I policy year came to a close as it always does on the stroke of midday on February 20, marking the culmination of the annual ritual known as the renewal round.
The hard deadline is the date by which 85% to 90% of the world fleet must seal its maritime liability insura
Is the shadow fleet finally under pressure?
The shadow fleet has started the year under pressure. Millions of barrels of unsold Iranian and Russian crude have accumulated in storage due to buyers switching to unsanctioned barrels at reasonable prices.
But as the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine looms, a step change in sanctions enforcement has the potential to disrupt shadow fleet trades much more dramatically.
From data to defensible evidence: Inside the evolving standards of maritime vigilance
Synmax chief executive officer Eric Anderson joins Lloyd’s List Intelligence global head of compliance and regulatory affairs Eric Orsini to discuss how satellite-derived intelligence is becoming essential in offering ‘ground truth’ evidence for illicit activities being conducted in the maritime space.
The electronic bill of lading: are we at the tipping point?
THE electronic bill of lading has been one of the most talked-about innovations in container shipping for years now. Advocates say it can slash costs, cut fraud, and ultimately unlock an entirely new world of digital trade finance. Sceptics say we've been hearing that promise for a decade — and paper still dominates.
The latest DCSA figures put global EBL adoption at around eleven percent. That's
What to look out for in dry bulk and shipbuilding in 2026
In the last episode in our series preparing you for the year ahead, we turn our attention to the dry bulk and shipbuilding sector.
Senior reporter Greg Miller and markets editor Robert Willmington assess how each market fared in 2025 before laying out what you should be across in 2026, including an increased focus on tonne miles for the dry bulk sector and the continuing interest shown by nation
What to look out for in decarbonisation in 2026
SHIPPING’S road to net zero was made longer and more complicated in 2025, a year which was supposed to clear up a lot of the uncertainty hanging over shipowners looking to make investment decisions for years to come.
But events at the International Maritime Organization in October’s extraordinary meeting of the Marine Environment Protection Committee mean shipowners must again wait and see if a
What to look out for in containers in 2026
AS we continue our series to prepare you for the year ahead, attention turn to the container market, which is dominated by one big question: will carriers return to the Red Sea this year or not?
Some have already signalled a gradual return, while other have kept their counsel.
Lloyd’s List deputy editor Linton Nightingale and Infospectrum senior analyst Neil Dekker explain why a return to the
What to look out for in tankers in 2026
It's been an exciting start to the year.
That somewhat of an understatement comes from Lloyd’s List senior reporter Greg Miller, who in this week’s episode of the Lloyd’s List Podcast tries to make sense of the crazy start to 2026 and how geopolitical events might affect tanker markets.
Trump’s intervention in Venezuela has changed the game completely, but it follows historically high crude ta
What to look out for in risk and compliance in 2026
As events in 2026 continue to move at considerable pace, ensuring compliance and assessing risk as a shipping company is only becoming more difficult.
Help is at hand though, as Lloyd’s List senior risk and compliance analyst Bridget Diakun and maritime risk analyst Tomer Raanan point out some key trends to keep an eye on in the year ahead.
They explain how the shadow fleet is evolving and why
What to look out for in 2026
REGIME change in Venezuela, shifting shadow fleets and the small matter of how to decarbonise one of the world’s most critical industries.
Who’d be a shipowner in 2026?
To kick off the new year, Lloyd’s List is bringing you a series of shorter podcast episodes highlighting key issues to watch out for in each of our key topics, including the tanker, container and dry bulk markets, risk and comp
Why lenders are throwing money at shipping
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Until the opening decade of this century, shipowners were among the chief beneficiaries of what was known at the time as ‘relationship banking’.
The market was dominated by a handful of British and German banks, who usually just allowed their ship finance teams to get on with it and didn’t ask too many questions.
It seemed that there were few pr
The Lloyd’s List Outlook Forum: Can we have a bit less volatility please?
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LAST week, Lloyd’s List held its Annual Outlook Forum at the beautiful Trinity House in London, sponsored by Lloyd’s Register.
Having gathered a baseline of crowdsourced knowledge from Lloyd’s List readers, we invited a star-studded line-up of shipping’s sharpest minds to join
Why is Trump the most influential person in shipping?
PRESIDENT Trump tops this year’s Top 100 People list and ranks as the most influential person in the shipping industry.
But why? Lloyd’s List editor-in-chief Richard Meade and deputy editor Linton Nightingale discuss why there was only ever one decision to be made for the top spot and point out some other high-profile entries in this year’s rankings.
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Shipping displays ‘immaturity’ in its response to cyber security threats
In this candid podcast, Bureau Veritas Marine and Offshore’s cyber security technical leader Panagiotis Anastasiou outlines his concerns about what he views as shipping’s limited approach to cyber security and a need for increased awareness of its importance.
His career-long knowledge and experience of cyber security arrangements in the aerospace sector — particularly with satellite technology —
Is a Red Sea return closer than ever before?
More than two years has passed since the hijacking of car carrier Galaxy Leader by the Houthis, which signalled the advent of a campaign of terror from the Yemeni rebel group on international shipping.
In that time, several vessels have been sunk and many seafarers have unfortunately lost their lives.
The impact on global shipping has of course been sizeable, with most key container carriers dec
Has the green transition been blown off course?
CLIMATE diplomacy is not dead, but it’s not looking too healthy right now.
A month after the International Maritime Organization’s Net-Zero Framework was put on life support for a year in the hope that a cure could be found, many of the same politicians, negotiators, non-governmental organisations, claques and hacks still reeling from that setback headed to Brazil for this year’s COP climate summ
The optimist’s business case for an African green shipping revolution
TALK long enough about green shipping scenarios and sooner or later all roads lead to Africa. Africa’s renewable energy potential, particularly in solar and wind, is vast and largely untapped, which explains why green energy investment in Africa is booming.
Imports of solar panels, largely from China, are up 60% in the past 12 months alone. While that is from a relatively low base, the investment
The evolution of the shadow fleet
OVER the past few months, our team of analysts has been quietly at work, giving our shadow fleet* watchlist a huge revamp.
For those not in the know, the list identifies vessels that fit a specified set of criteria making them likely candidates for the shadow fleets serving Russia, Iran and Venezuela.
As the sanction campaigns from the UK, US and EU intensify, the behaviour and identifying chara
No cyber risk insurance? Fool around and find out
WHAT happens if you don’t buy cyber risk insurance? Well, Jaguar Land Rover certainly found out earlier this year.
The luxury carmaker was hit by a devastating cyber attack in late August, causing it to shut down its production lines for more than four weeks and costing it £50m a week. It only got things back to normal in early October.
It was initially forced to withhold payments from suppliers
Shipping’s efficiency conundrum is getting harder to solve
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SHIPPING has a serious efficiency problem.
There is the obvious uncertainty and chaos within the International Maritime Organization-led decarbonisation plans.
But this is not just a carbon efficiency problem — the current direction of geopolitical drivers generally are making shipping, a
MEPC83: What on earth happens next? With Arsenio Dominguez
One week on from the extraordinary meeting of the Marine Environment Protection Committee at the IMO, and many in shipping are still asking themselves the same question: what on earth happens next?
Here at Lloyd’s List we’ve been busy gathering the thoughts of as many people as possible from across the sector to help answer that question.
Earlier this week, Declan Bush explained what actually we
Inside the IMO: How the Net-Zero Framework was thwarted… for now
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Arguably the most important week in the history of the International Maritime Organization ended in stalemate after an extraordinary meeting of the Marine Environment Protection Committee voted to adjourn proceedings for a whole year.
Last week was supposed to be the week shipping ratified
How port fees and tariffs are redrawing maritime maps
IN today’s episode, we're diving into one of the most significant transformations in modern shipping: how geopolitical tensions and supply chain realignments are altering maritime trade routes.
From the implementation of tit-for-tat port fees between the US and China to the rise of Southeast Asia as a manufacturing powerhouse, the shipping industry is navigating uncharted waters. Today, we'll hea
Maritime leadership’s direction and influence come under review
IN THIS episode of the Lloyd’s List podcast, Synergy chief executive Jesper Kristensen considers two significant and timely questions: where is maritime leadership heading and who will define it?
He tackles them from both an individual and an industry standpoint before discussing whether attitudes outside shipping are now influencing the sector’s direction.
In the current climate of global regul
Dealing with freight rate volatility in today’s markets
In this podcast, Veson Nautical’s Chief Operating Officer Sean Riley shares his thoughts on current pressures on market volatility. It is not necessarily a bad thing, he says, especially if data is used properly to understand its causes and effects
Everything you need to know ahead of MEPC
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In just over a week’s time the International maritime Organization will take what could be one of the most consequential votes shipping’s history.
At an extraordinary meeting of the Marine Environment protection Committee, IMO member states will vote on whether to formally adopt the net z
Trade-based money laundering
FIGURES from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime suggest the annual global value of laundered money is between $800bn and $2trn, representing between 2% and 5% of global GDP.
Much of this money is cleaned through trade-based money laundering, where criminals disguise the proceeds of crime through trade transactions to legitimise their origin.
When that money hits a bank account, its lin
IUMI Singapore: is marine insurance entering its Asian century?
Singapore literally would not exist without the shipping industry. In 1819 the East India Company reached agreement with the local ruler to use it as a waystation for vessels carrying opium to China. Five years later, it bought the entire country for cash.
Two hundred years later, it would not be much of a stretch to describe it as a powerhouse port with a small southeast Asian city-state attache
How to navigate risk amid uncertainty
Why is the shadow fleet growing? Why do Chinese owners continue to sail their vessels through the Red Sea? And what happens if the International Maritime Organization does not adopt the Net-Zero Framework next month?
In an age where uncertainty is simply part of doing business, Lloyd’s List gathered some of its expert analysts and journalists to brief selected guests on the key issues of the day
LISW The LISW Daily: How much inefficiency is too much inefficiency?
On the final day of London International Shipping Week, Lloyd’s List reporter Joshua Minchin brings you the key takeaways from the week, alongside senior maritime reporter Greg Miller, maritime risk analyst Tomer Raanan and senior reporter Declan Bush.
The three ask whether shipping could suffer from too much inefficiency, or at least the wrong kind anyway, and reflect on the policy uncertainty
The LISW Daily: Is shipping too moany?
Does shipping whinge too much? That’s the question Lloyd’s List senior reporter Joshua Minchin is asking on this edition of the daily reaction from London International Shipping Week, joined by editor-in-chief Richard Meade, APAC editor Cichen Shen, and senior risk and compliance analyst Bridget Diakun.
Governments around the world, but particularly in the UK, are often criticised for being uninf
The LISW Daily: Net zero and navies
Day three of London International Shipping Week sees the circus descend on the headquarters of the International Maritime Organization, which is playing host to the week’s headline conference.
Lloyd’s List editor-in-chief Richard Meade, who moderated a session on decarbonisation, and senior reporters Joshua Minchin and Declan Bush were joined by Cargill Ocean Transportation president and chair of
The LISW Daily: Nukes, London vibes and why shipping doesn’t like sharing
As London International Shipping Week gets off to a frantic start, Lloyd’s List editor-in-chief Richard Meade and reporter Joshua Minchin bring you their highlights from the first two days of the event.
Richard assesses London’s role in the shipping industry as the week kicks off, and asks what the UK needs to do to stay relevant in an industry that has moved away from it as the centre of gravity
How do we make London great again?
THREE hundred years ago, when Lloyd’s List was still a list of ships pinned to a coffee shop wall, London was the epicentre of global trade.
It was the hub where the shipowning, the insurance, the finance, the technology and the workforce got business done.
And that was the case for centuries.
But London is not the epicentre of global trade any more – far from it.
As the shipping industry d
Why is shore leave heading for extinction?
Shore leave is a fundamental part of life at sea. It has been for centuries.
The modern seafarer can spend up to 11 months on board a vessel during a contract, so getting on to dry land whenever possible can be an important form of rest and recuperation.
But this custom is under threat.
A recent report by the ITF Seafarers’ Trust showed that a quarter of seafarers surveyed said they did not get
The Top 100 Container Ports: 2024’s winners and losers
Every year, Lloyd’s List publishes a list of the world’s Top 100 container ports.
And to mark the release of this year’s ranking, we’re taking a deep dive in this week’s episode to understand the key trends seen across the container sector last year, and work out what the rest of the year has in store.
In a year defined by disruption, the world’s leading container ports still managed to increase
Wired for success? The double-edged sword of ship connectivity
Low Earth orbit connectivity doesn’t occupy the same number of column inches as say Houthi terror in the Red Sea, or the climate regulatory tussles at the IMO, but it has arguably changed shipping just as much, if not more.
Vessels that have long relied on dependable, but relatively slow internet connectivity now have access to the kind of upload and download speeds used to create this very podca
False flags: Why shipping’s registry system is broken and how we fix it
WHEN an oil tanker can trade internationally and switch between fictional flags and take on digital identities of ghost ships that were scrapped years ago, there is a problem.
Not a fictional problem. A real life, tangible problem that relates to a real ship performing really dangerous operations with zero accountability and, apparently, no means to stop it.
In the first edition of this podcast,
False flags: How to set up a fake ship register and get away with it
Until fairly recently the government of Malawi were blissfully unaware of the fact that they inadvertently stumbled into a tense political stand-off between Nato and Russia.
Ministers in the landlocked capital Lilongwe were understandably surprised to find that they had been enthusiastically registering sanctioned shadow fleet tankers and fixing them up with new identities.
They were, initially
What next for the ETS?
The EU’s two big green regulations on shipping have had many consequences, whether intended or otherwise. But their original purpose was as a threat.
Four years ago the International Maritime Organization had been dragging its feet on agreeing any kind of meaningful limits on CO2 from ships. So Brussels effectively told the regulator: reduce your emissions, or we will.
The European Commission ex
Is shipping ready for the Hong Kong Convention?
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MOST end-of-life ships usually meet their demise on the beaches of the Indian subcontinent or Aliaga in Türkiye, with the ship recycling industry not being known for a culture of safety or environmental consciousness.
But the long-term efforts of NGOs, regulators, flag states, shipowners a
The FSO Safer Story: How the world failed to contain the Houthi threat
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Moored off Yemen’s coast, the FSO Safer is a decaying supertanker that could have spilled more than a million barrels of oil into the Red Sea. The result would have been an environmental, humanitarian and economic catastrophe.
But the UN raised over $50 million to buy a replacement tanker
The FSO Safer Story: How the world gave the Houthis an oil tanker
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This is a story about a ship that has been used as a floating bomb, as political leverage, as an environmental threat.
It’s a story about how the international community was convinced into raising $50m to buy a group designated by the US government as terrorists, a ship, and how that ship
The half-year outlook 2025: Dry bulk
Amid all of the seemingly endless ups and downs that have dominated 2025 so far, dry bulk, as it always does, just keeps on going, moving some of the world’s most important commodities across our oceans.
At the end of last year, the almost unanimous prediction for 2025 was that the dry bulk market wasn’t set for its best year ever. Market fundamentals looked pretty weak, especially from China, wh
The role of AI in maritime: can it help us be more human?
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AI can provide valuable decision-making support in maritime supply chain management and it is not just a dry academic exercise: in this podcast we hear that we should play with it and have some fun along the way
Eric Christofferson is Chief Product Officer at Veson Nautical, which is a provider of maritime data and freight manageme
The half-year outlook 2025: Tankers
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Every year, Lloyd’s List publishes two sets of market outlooks. One at the end of the year and one mid-way through.
Disruption and uncertainty have been synonymous with container shipping in recent years. So far, 2025 has seen more of the same and the only certainty at this stage is that
The half-year outlook 2025: Containers
EVERY year, Lloyd’s List publishes two sets of markets outlooks. One at the end of the year and one mid-way through.
Disruption and uncertainty have been synonymous with container shipping in recent years. So far, 2025 has seen more of the same — and, well, the only certainty at this stage is that this is unlikely to change through to December.
US trade policies under Trump 2.0 have dominated p
Buying ships in 2025: what the average owner needs to think about
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THERE are tens of thousands of shipowners in the world, but only a handful of them can be properly be classified as major players.
Much of the content of Lloyd’s List naturally focuses on the MSCs, Frontlines and Maersk’s of this world, whose fleet lists run to the hundreds.
When t
Who are the winners and losers of shipping’s decarbonised regulatory future?
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Why shipping is sounding more bullish on short- and long-term risk factors
What does China’s unassailable lead in terms of naval power, the wording of recent US statutes and the adaptability of shipping, all have to do with how a chief financial officer eats their breakfast?
It’s all about how shipping perceives risk and uncertainty right now.
Uncertainty has dominated the shipping industry in the past months.
But this narrative that shipowners are paralysed by the g
How to find a commercial carbon advantage in shipping
Efficiency is good business.
Forget any lofty notions of environmental altruism for the moment. Burning less fuel, emitting less CO2 that just makes sense financially speaking.
Except, that in shipping, inefficiency can often bring opportunity. Arbitrage and trading optionality is often a bigger, more profitable pull away from strict notions of carbon reduction.
Emissions regulation is about comp
Ships are getting older and safety is suffering
The global shipping fleet is getting older, but it is also getting more dangerous.
As freight rates surged in a tonne-miles driven market, many shipowners delayed scrapping older vessels, which put seafarers, cargo and the environment at greater risk.
The industry must now act decisively to improve safety standards amid an ageing fleet, argues the class society DNV who have used Lloyd’s List Int
Why doing nothing about decarbonization is now the most expensive option
IN a market where free trade is under threat and geopolitical tensions are escalating, decisions get deferred, investment gets scaled back and doing nothing starts being passed off as pragmatic stewardship.
There’s no value in making long-term decisions right now.
Or is there?
For this week’s podcast we want you to put your cynicism on hold and let our editor-in-chief Richard Meade pitch you the
Shipping’s “critical juncture”
In 2021, the International Maritime Organisation, together with the Women's International Shipping & Trading Association, launched a survey to collect some hard data on female representation in the global maritime industry.
The second edition of the survey was published last week to coincide with International Day for Women in Maritime 2025 (which was celebrated on May 18th).
But the results w
Shipping’s secret trade: the fightback
Last year, both Belgium and the Netherlands, home to the key ports of Antwerp-Bruges and Rotterdam, reported a dramatic decline in the volume of cocaine seized.
As the traditional gateways into Europe for legal as well as illegal cargo, this is surely cause for celebration, or at the very least a pat on the back.
The only problem? Seizures in Portugal, Italy, Greece and other southern European
Shipping’s secret trade: the problem
Think of a product carried by sea, and the most likely things to come to mind are consumer goods, iron ore, coal, or perhaps even bauxite.
But billions of dollars’ worth of illegal narcotics and thousands of species of animal are carried on cargo and containerships every year and smuggled through the world’s biggest ports, particularly in Europe.
Before analysing how shipping can get a grip on t
Are e-fuels a waste of time?
Earlier this month, the International Maritime Organization agreed its net zero framework at the 83rd meeting of its Marine Environment Protection Committee.
If you’re not sure what was agreed or the impact it will have on shipping, make sure you listen to our MEPC post-mortem episode of the podcast, which is available here.
A lot of shipping’s decarbonisation chips have been placed on e-fuels
What happens next in the Baltimore bridge case?
Philosophers have for over two millennia debated the irresistible force paradox, usually formulated as ‘What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?’ Variants of the problem date back as far as China in the third century BCE and ancient Greece.
The world got one answer to the question on March 26, 2024, when a Singapore-flagged boxship hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge that sp
