TradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news show
Regular updates on the top stories in the shipping industry from the editorial team of leading maritime news outlet TradeWinds. Hosted and produced by Craig Eason and the TradeWinds editorial team.
Episodes
The impact of softening US sanctions on tanker rates
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 Tru
Uncovering the story of the Settebello
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
Tankers at the top?
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 newbuildingsRead more: ‘Extraordinary’ tanker boom could last through next year, says ClarksonsWas it hacked or is there a disinformat
The Trafigura VLCC IPO
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 ShippingRead more: Volare Shipping sells $500m new shares boosting value to $1.2bn
Riding shipping's highest-ever rate wave
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 recordsRead more: Public shipowners shower $3.24bn in dividends o
The Gulf crisis could be so much worse
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 St
Can the IMO do more for shipping in the Gulf?
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 podcastChina's shipbuilders seek closer relationship with European owners as country urges green transition.Read more: CSSC chairman courts Eu
Getting under the lid of German shipowning
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 l
Mutiny and fear in the Gulf
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 revoltRead more: ‘My
Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd bosses disagree on structural change
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 shippingRead more: Seasonality or structural shift? Hapag-Lloyd CEO on l
Chokepoint tolls - The spread of a bad idea
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 tollsRead more: Iran and Oman agree transport plan f
The Adnoc L&S raid on the secondhand VLCC market
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 flowingRead more: Adnoc L&S splashing out over $500m on gas carriers to safeguard LPG contractsLuke Wickenden from Finland’s Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air
The expanding theatres of war
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 insuranceRead more:
Should the mariner be the fall guy when shadow vessels break sanctions?
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 GulfMiddle East Gulf tanker shuttle service slows as Iran-US trade blowsThree-quarters of ships in Strait of Hormuz go dark as missil
Risky business — are we going back to square one in Hormuz?
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 collapsesTr
Faking a Norwegian
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 flagShipping is now included in the UK’s emission trading scheme a
Deal no deal, the on/off situation in the Gulf
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 transitingRead more: After the attack: How shipping is navigating fragile Strait of HormuzRead more: Day of violence and threats in Strait of Hormuz as Iran turns back five tankersThe day of the seafarer is a day of celebration of a
Peace at last? Shipping cautiously resumes as Hormuz re-opens
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 Coyne and Paul Peachey — are here to round up what it will mean for traffic, trade and safety going forward.Read
War! Huh, what is it good for? Shipping!
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 corresponde
Energy transition, Greece v IMO and the shadow of 2008
In this week's episode of TradeWinds Wavelength podcastCan 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
Hafnia offloads and a P&I first as Britannia promotes first female lead underwriter
In this week's Wavelength episode:Hafnia offloads vessels and kills two of its tanker poolsRead more: Hafnia to wind down two tanker pools in strategy shiftRead more: Hafnia up another $118m on Torm investment with M&A still on the tableBritannia 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-y
Ship ID theft
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 revealedHow 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 shippingAnd why maritime needs wom
Trump and Xi talk Strait and Intertanko puts pressure on action not words
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 estim
Not shooting Strait, confusion in the Gulf
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
Tanker market insights as Gulf conflict continues and UAE leaves OPEC
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: Tank
Shipping figures talk carbon cuts in Singapore
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 wh
Who's ordering all these giant crude oil carriers?
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:&nbs
Ceasefire or confusion in the Middle East
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 Hormu
What to do with the floating wreck of the gas carrier Arctic Metagaz
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
One week, two landmark deals for crude tankers
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
The impacts of war
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
War, global trade and risk
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 abou
The story behind US shipbuilding being great again
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’ attem
Zim and the golden share
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
The VLCC mega orderbook, and why Scorpio Tankers is bucking the trend
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 th
The VLCC aggregator unnerving analysts, and sentencing the manslaughter master
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 mo
Conflict and risk as US forces gather off Iran
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:&n
Greenland, Davos and identity theft at sea
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 black
Crude delights?
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
Venezuela
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 say
TradeWinds person of the year 2025
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
Venezuela is on Trump's mind
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 wat
Attacking the dark fleet
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 a
David and Goliath. The Diana and Genco takeover that's the talk of New York
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
Singapore who? Hong Kong steps up the fight to stay competitive
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
Has Iran captured an innocent tanker? And why 2026 will be a bleak year for shipping
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 say
Is piracy rising again off Somalia
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 s
Pairing US and South Korea’s shipbuilding industries
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 Tru
Another TACO?
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 MEP
Carbon talk delay response
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 emissi
John Fredriksen’s game plan amid rumours of LR2 fleet sell off
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
Looming chaos?
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 govern
The 800 pound US gorilla
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 o
Introducing Wavelength Plus
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
Timeout! ABS and others call for IMO to pause decarbonisation talks at 11th hour
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’Arsen
DNV boss slams IMO approach to LNG, anti-LNG lobby slams DNV
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
Is a tanker industry mega merger on the cards?
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 tankersM
Getting marine fuel makers to up their game
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
Profiling a suspected Iranian shadow shipping kingpin
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
Lloyd’s Register and Anemoi: The innovations of wind propulsion technology
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.
Tracking the man linked to a ship registry on an uninhabited island
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 t
Tanker markets, India and Trump
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 th
Trump targets Russia's trading partners, tanker market reaction
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 somethi
New Russia sanctions examined and LNG shipbuilding returns to US
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/
Big-bucks boxship deals show big is still beautiful — but small is sublime
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-te
Risk special: Ships are under attack as militants and saboteurs take aim
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 es
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 mon
Tanker rates in the aftermath of Iran attacks and why seafarers keep dying
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
So, what happened in the Gulf this week?
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 y
A cut in the Russia oil price cap and US car carrier fees back down
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 an
Barstad, Marinakis, Kerry, tariffs, clean fuel rules and Nottingham Forest
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 Manag
Ammonia v LNG
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 Associatio
Turning shipping's latest sanction screws
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 countdownHolly Birkett has been talking to Kpler about the market movers.and Craig Eason talks to a gardening shipping executive who has turned to AI t
On women, and men
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 D
Product tankers, bulkers, and are the seafarers on them happy?
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 S
Shareholder disgruntlement at Clarksons
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 mer
Swallowing Golden Ocean
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
Easter special: have events of the past two weeks changed shipping forever?
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 T
Trump's attack on shipping and the climate battles at the IMO
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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Are Trump's tariffs terrifying shipping?
In this episode:Eric Priante Martin keeps us updated on Trump's tariffs and how they impact shippingHost, Craig Eason, talks to experts about what has been happening behind the scenes at the IMO as climate talks reach a climaxand Insurance correspondent Paul Peachey joins Craig Eason to dig into the initial accident investigation report into the Solong collision with Stena Imma
