In this episode, TradeWinds technology editor Craig Eason talks with Nikos Mikelis. Mikelis worked at the IMO developing the Hong Kong Ship Recycling Convention which has now come into force. He explains why the Basel Convention secretariat asked IMO to write rules specific for ship recycling and how it then became a thorn in shipowners' side when it did not allow the resulting convention it to be equivalent. Then there is the EU ship recycling regulation, well meaning but ultimately offering mo...
Jul 01, 2025•24 min
TradeWinds US bureau chief Eric Priante Martin interviews CMB.Tech chief executive Alexander Saverys about his company’s plans for ammonia and hydrogen-fuelled shipping as it works to take over Golden Ocean Group. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 06, 2025•9 min
The 49,120 dwt Bow Olympus has just sailed from Houston to North Europe using suction sails on its deck, and 100% biofuel in its engine. For the company it demonstrates what they, and inte industry can do, as part of their transition. In the second interview with a shipowner daring to transition, TradeWInds technology editor Craig Eason talks to Odfjell's Erik Hjortland and Veine Huth about the voyage, how it helps the company with Fuel EU maritime compliance and why it chose four sails for its ...
Apr 28, 2025•16 min
In this episode of the Green Seas podcast, TradeWinds technology editor Craig Eason talks to Union Maritime chief executive Laurent Cadji about his company's bullish approach to wind tech and other cleantech solutions.Union Maritime has almost 50 vessels on order and more than half will be built with a wind propulsion system as well as other technologies onboard.Laurent and Craig also discuss the impact geopilitics has on cleantech investment in shipping. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...
Apr 23, 2025•21 min
Ammonia is a zero-carbon fuel, but there are lingering concerns about the safety of using it to power ships because of its toxicity. But WinGD chief executive Dominik Schneiter, whose company is gearing up to deliver the first ammonia-fuelled engine, says the lessons from companies that operate vessels that haul the commodity and the crew members who work on them have contributed to ensuring a safety level equivalent to the gas carriers of today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...
Apr 17, 2025•7 min
When the feeder container ship Solong ploughed into the anchored tanker Stena Immaculate off England, the issue of seafarer fatigue was quickly identified as one possible cause of the accident.Fatigue is not a new problem in shipping, despite efforts to deal with it.TradeWinds technology editor and former navigating officer Craig Eason looks at why the advent of the Maritime Labour Convention has failed to solve the problem. He talks to accident experts Captain Jim Staples and Nippin Anand on th...
Mar 23, 2025•14 min
TradeWinds’ Sandra Boga interviews professor Rafet Emek Kurt, director of the Maritime Human Factors Centre at the University of Strathclyde, who warns that accidents could happen in ammonia-fuelled shipping and suggests more needs to be done consider seafarers’ cognitive load.Photo: WiseStella Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 18, 2025•13 min
This week (17th to 21st February) is the last full week of dedicated talks by regulators about the way shipping will be forced to decarbonise. After this there’s a couple of additional days planned in March, and then the MEPC meeting itself where a decision has to be agreed.So what to expect and how have we got to where we are now?In this special Green Seas episode, TradeWinds technology editor Craig Eason offers a short recap of the journey so far and talks to University College London’s mariti...
Feb 17, 2025•15 min
Ships in California, and soon in Europe, need to connect to shore power when alongside. It is for health reasons due to nitrous oxides and small harmful particulates that damage the health of people in nearby communities. The problem comes when there is no shore connection.There is an alternative, and this is what STAX Engineering is beginning to offer. Collect and treat the emissions from barges. The company is growing in California and has its eyes on Europe and UK, as well as expending to col...
Feb 06, 2025•16 min
In this sponsor episode, the Ocean Climate Impact Series’ first guest, MariApps CEO Sankar Ragavan, returns alongside Bureau Veritas’ director of strategy, M&A and sustainability, Suba Sivandran, to explore all the ways the marine industry has evolved in 2024. As we move into the new year, we create the actions of tomorrow from the lessons of today as our speakers discuss market trends, the future of the industry, collaboration, cost management and growth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...
Dec 27, 2024•14 min
In this sponsor episode of the TradeWinds Content Studio’s Ocean Climate Impact Series, Bureau Veritas Marine and Offshore’s Suba Sivandran explores the most pressing challenges of the maritime industry. From managing decarbonisation and driving innovation to promoting growth in a rapidly evolving sector, Suba dives intohow sustainability can realistically be achieved. Sivandran is director of strategy, M&A, and sustainability at Bureau Veritas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...
Dec 20, 2024•14 min
How can industries harness the unceasing power of the ocean to meet their green energy needs? Two companies are working together to answer that question by developing a vessel that will use electricity made from wave power to produce green ammonia. We talk to SwitcH2 and CorPower Ocean about their unique plan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 18, 2024•8 min
United European Car Carriers has signed up with fuel producer Titan to deliver liquefied biomethane, or bio-LNG, to its ships through 2025. And energy and sustainability manager Daniel Gent says the operator wants to do more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 10, 2024•10 min
The UK’s original plans to follow Brussels in requiring shipping companies to buy carbon credits for their carbon emissions was originally limited to domestic voyages. Now, officials in London are considering whether to take a step further. We talk to Transport & Environment’s Jon Hood about the implications. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 06, 2024•8 min
The Safer Choice programme of the US Environmental Protection Agency may be best known for certifying household cleaning products, but it recently gave the green label to an organic chemical product used to clean components on ships. Hendry Marine president Kelly Hendry and organic chemist Patrick Baymont discuss how Seascour won the EPA nod. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 27, 2024•7 min
Societe Generale’s Paul Taylor is a leading banker for ship lending, and he is also a leader in bringing decarbonisation to ship finance decisions as vice president and co-founder of the Poseidon Principles. As the initiative gears up for its next annual report, Taylor expects his bank to show improvement in the greenhouse gas emissions of the fleet it finances. He explains why the Poseidon Principles transparency initiative is changing lending behaviour. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...
Nov 21, 2024•12 min
Shipping could face more legal risks as it gears up to comply with FuelEU Maritime, the latest round of carbon rules that Brussels has foisted on the industry. We talk to Watson Farley & Williams regulatory lawyers Nick Walker and Valentina Keys about the minefield ahead for the industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 13, 2024•8 min
Di Gilpin has been on a 20-year journey to prove modern wind propulsion can work in shipping. She finally got to see testing of a prototype wingsail by her company Smart Green Shipping on a vessel in the UK this month.She talks to TradeWinds technology editor Craig Eason about her motivation, how she collaborates with others and, importantly, how she now plans to commercialise her dream. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 05, 2024•11 min
FuelEU Maritime, which will impose gradually tightening carbon-intensity limits on shipping, is nearly upon us. As Brussels’ newest carbon regulation looms, we check in with two digital technology companies that are helping their customers prepare. We talk to Geir Olafsen, chief digital officer at Siglar Carbon, and Bobby Morse, associate director of products at Veson Nautical. Is shipping ready, and what does it need to do to get there? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...
Oct 31, 2024•9 min
The podcast travels to the TradeWinds Shipowners Forum Japan, where Julian Bray led a live panel discussion to explore shipping’s path toward lower-carbon fuels. We hear from Michihiko “Mike” Nakano of Asahi Tanker and e5 Lab, Oystein Kalleklev of Flex LNG and Avance Gas, Andrew Hoare of Fortescue Marine Systems and Green Shipping and Hiroyoshi Kubo of Mitsui OSK Lines. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 22, 2024•33 min
With backers that include shipowner Navigator Gas, Ten08 Energy is working to line up commercial contracts to build its planned ammonia plant, and shipping looks to be a big part of the customer base. The company wants to make green ammonia, but it is mostly focused on the blue version of the fuel, which is produced from fossil fuels with carbon capture. We spoke to chief executive Jean Perarnaud in Houston. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 16, 2024•8 min
We travel to Houston to find out why projects that want to provide low-carbon fuels to shipping and other industries are in the slow lane two years after the Inflation Reduction Act promised to inject optimism, and cash, into the sector. We interviewed Jeff Pollack of the Port of Corpus Christi, Gregory Dolan of the Methanol Institute, Rebecca Boudreaux of Oberon Fuels, Jean Perarnaud of Ten08 Energy and Mark Brownstein of the Environmental Defense Fund.Photo: Scanpix Hosted on Acast. See acast....
Oct 10, 2024•13 min
Decisions by crew members can have an impact on a ship’s greenhouse gas footprint, but how do motivate seafarers to make the right choices? Tech start-up Signol believes it has the answer: using the tools of behavioural science,We talk to the company’s Michael Fanning, Divya Sukumar and Harriett Hunnisett-Johnson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 26, 2024•9 min
Container ship operators have taken a variety of paths to tackle emissions, but they are united on one thing: a proposed regulation called the green balance mechanism. We talk to Simon Bergulf of AP Moller-Maersk and Bryan Wood-Thomas of the World Shipping Council.Photo: Vincent Clerc/Maersk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 19, 2024•6 min
TradeWinds technology editor Craig Eason speaks to MAN Energy Solutions head of two-stroke business Bjarne Foldager about meeting increased demand for dual-fuel engines, getting licensees to ramp up production, the growing interest in ammonia as a fuel and how long an engine conversion takes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 10, 2024•26 min
In his first year on the job, International Maritime Organization secretary general Arsenio Dominguez has confronted two major sustainability challenges facing shipping: decarbonisation and the violence in the Red Sea, which threatens an oil spill and endangers mariners. He spoke to TradeWinds editor-in-chief Julian Bray at the Shipowners’ Forum Germany. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 04, 2024•19 min
Trading giant Trafigura is looking to biofuels and ammonia as ways to tackle its greenhouse gas footprint, and head of wet freight Andrea Olivi says FuelEU Maritime is a major reason. We talk to him about how the new European Union law is set to boost green fuel uptake. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 28, 2024•12 min
After snapping up e1 Marine from joint venture partners Ardmore Shipping and Element 1, New Orleans-based Maritime Partners is positioned to take hydrogen generators to wider applications. We talk to Element 1 chief executive Dave Edlund about the tech that combines the advantages of methanol and hydrogen as fuels. Photo: Elliot Bay Design Group. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 22, 2024•7 min
TradeWinds technology editor Craig Eason talks to Sebjorn Dahl, chief operating officer at Hoegh Autoliners, during the naming ceremony of Hoegh Aurora. They discussed the decision to go for ammonia with 12 newbuildings and how they are training the crews to use both LNG and ammonia fuel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 14, 2024•15 min
LNG has returned as the main alternative fuel for new ships, and that means to be truly green, these vessels will need to turn to renewable forms of the fuel. With e-LNG produced from green hydrogen still far more expensive, bio-LNG is the key option on the menu. We speak to SEA-LNG chief operating officer Steve Esau, and we hear from Alexandra Veroude, an analyst at environmental commodities trader STX Group, who spoke on a NorthStandard webinar.Photo: Titan Clean Fuels and STX Group Hosted on ...
Aug 09, 2024•9 min
