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 Senate A 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. ...
Jul 04, 2025•28 min
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 Mar...
Jun 27, 2025•22 min
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 devel...
Jun 20, 2025•27 min
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 country Also 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 ...
Jun 13, 2025•25 min
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, ow...
Jun 06, 2025•34 min
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 f...
May 30, 2025•29 min
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 countdown Holly Birkett has been talking to Kpler about the market movers. and Craig Eason talks to a gardening shipping executive who has turned to AI to get insights into the financial results of his old company. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...
May 23, 2025•28 min
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 Danish shipowner Norden Matt Duke, chief executive, Grieg Maritime Group for a special episode. He...
May 16, 2025•46 min
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 Steven Jones looks at the results News briefs from Yannick Guerry. Host: Craig Eason Producer: Crai...
May 09, 2025•21 min
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 merging Golden Ocean's fossil fuel-powered dry bulk fleet with CMB.Tech’s fleet of vessels. Holly Birkett...
May 02, 2025•20 min
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 f inalised 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 Dickinson from ITF and the seafarer union Nautilus about news on crew wages going up , international requirements o...
Apr 25, 2025•21 min
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 The Age of Uncertainty? Don't expect any easy answers! Craig Eason is away. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...
Apr 18, 2025•17 min
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.
Apr 11, 2025•24 min
In this episode: Eric Priante Martin keeps us updated on Trump's tariffs and how they impact shipping Host, Craig Eason, talks to experts about what has been happening behind the scenes at the IMO as climate talks reach a climax and Insurance correspondent Paul Peachey joins Craig Eason to dig into the initial accident investigation report into the Solong collision with Stena Immaculate last month Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 04, 2025•23 min
In this episode Eric Martin speaks to supply chain representatives who expressed concern over new US port fees for China-linked vessels during hearings in Washington DC this week , Caroline Yang, president of the Singapore Shipping Association, tells the TradeWinds Shipowners’ Forum in the Lion City that Trump is creating uncertainty that is not good for shipping, Paul Peachey speaks to Skuld CEO Stale Hansen about whether the sanctions-influenced shift of vessels to protection and indemnity (P&...
Mar 28, 2025•18 min
In this week’s Wavelength podcast, Joe Brady tells episode host Eric Priante Martin why John Fredriksen’s purchase of a stake in Star Bulk Carriers represented a smart arbitrage move after the Norwegian shipping tycoon sold out of another bulker owner. Craig Eason interviews Wah Kwong Maritime Transport chairman Hing Chao about the threat that the policies of US President Donald Trump pose to shipping. Sandra Boga talks to Rafet Emek Kurt, who heads the Maritime Human Factors Centre at the Unive...
Mar 21, 2025•23 min
In this episode Host, Craig Eason, talks to experienced master mariner and maritime accident investigator Captain Jim Staples on the question of fatigue, technology (p.s 'gundecking' is US maritime slang for faking reports) Paul Peachey assesses the r isk and liability questions around the allision Eric Priante Martin helps you unravel some of the questions about the US intention to place fees on Chinese-built ships and Holly Birkett chats to Carlos Pena and John Michael Radziwill about the chan...
Mar 14, 2025•22 min
In this week’s episode: Gary Dixon and Jonas Walsgard on the reaction to Norwegian tycoon John Fredriksen’s sudden sale of his stake in dry bulk owner Golden Ocean to Savery’s CMB.tech . Eric Priante Martin reports on plans for the US to relaunch its commercial shipbuilding industry . And Wista UK has a ball with Sandra Boga there to pick up the mood ahead of International Women’s Day. Host and producer: Craig Eason A TradeWinds news editorial production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...
Mar 07, 2025•22 min
In this episode: US bureau chief Eric Priante Martin talks to shipping experts about Donald Trump’s ire on Chinese ships. Paul Peachey investigates the growing interest in nuclear-powered ships. And, it’s full-year results season in shipping, so we’ve gathered TradeWinds sector correspondents to offer their views on the annual results. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 28, 2025•22 min
In this week’s episode we have a new host, TradeWinds’ Paul Peachey. Eric Priante Martin looks at the potential disparity between the sudden ammonia carrier orderbook and the supply of ammonia being seen as essential for industrial decarbonisation. It forms part of the TradeWinds’ Special Report on Energy Shipping now available for subscribers. Also, the first two months of 2025 have been full of casualty announcements, with TradeWinds reporting at least 18. But for some of these, deliberate sab...
Feb 21, 2025•18 min
In this episode: Eric Priante Martin reports on US sanctions on Iran giving shipping mixed message University College London’s Tristan Smith joins host Craig Eason to explain as the IMO kicks off five of the last 11 days of talks that will change shipping forever Here's a link to a IMO GHG talks Q and A Also, the protection and indemnity club transfer window is set to close as renewal season ends. And is there an LNG bloodbath? We discuss the market horrors of LNG carrier owners. Host: Craig Eas...
Feb 14, 2025•25 min
In the week's Wavelength podcast: Eric Priante Martin looks at the US fuelled tariff war and what it means now and later in the year. Host Craig Eason looks at how Europe has no intention in easing back on its green rhetoric as EMSA publishes its second European Maritime Transport Environment Report. and, Holly Birkett dives into the dry bulk sector to look at the growing appetite to get involved in project cargoes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 07, 2025•18 min
In this week's episode Host Craig Eason talks with UCL's leading decarbonisation researcher Tristan Smith about its latest paper showing that only a proposed levy will do the job of funding clean fuels and making the transition equitable And Oslo-based tanker correspondent Matt Coyne discusses the confusing messages from Donald Trump that have the tanker brokers scratching their heads . and the scourge of the industry that just keeps on going. Seafarer abandonment is not only still an issue, it ...
Jan 31, 2025•22 min
In this week's episode of the Wavelength podcast: Eric Priante Martin looks at the executive orders by US president Donald Trump that could influence shipping, Holly Birkett talks to Fearnley's head of research Dag Kilen about the geopolitical trends set to influence shipping, Also, Wavelength host Craig Eason talks to UCL research scientists Marie Fricaudet and Nish Rehmatulla about their new report showing how shipping is emitting far too much CO2 if it wants to remain on track And Haris Zogra...
Jan 24, 2025•22 min
In this episode of TradeWinds Wavelength: Eric Priante Martin takes a look at the impact of Donald Trump's return to the White House on shipping. TradeWinds insurance and risk reporter Paul Peachey joins Wavelength host Craig Eason to discuss the latest round of sanctions on the dark fleet and why this time there seems to be change. And Oslo based tanker correspondent Matt Coyne analyses what an Israeli-Hamas ceasefire may mean to the Houthis and the Red Sea attacks on shipping. Hosted on Acast....
Jan 17, 2025•19 min
In this episode, we look at the latest news from the Baltic Sea with the help of former EMSA boss Markku Mylly, a maritime safety veteran. Did the Eagle S anchor get released by accident and how can Finland respond to the risks of a shadow tanker disaster? Eric Priante Martin looks at the implications of the US labelling COSCO a military company . Produced and hosted by Craig Eason Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 10, 2025•17 min
In this episode, Craig Eason talks to Martine Crawford-Brunt about the Baltic Exchange’s Fuel EU Maritime calculator for industry . Also, Eric Priante Martin talks to United European Car Carriers about its growing belief in biomethane , and we take a look a the ongoing battle against methane emissions from shipping, both during loading cargos of LNG and from using LNG as a fuel . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 13, 2024•22 min
In this episode of the Wavelength podcast:The head of the EU’s Red Sea naval force Aspides says that shipping needs more military assets in the region . MAN ES defends its decision to axe the MEGA gas engines as WinGD says it is picking up orders . Torsten Hagen's New York listing bonanza with Viking Holdings .And, TradeWinds finance correspondent Jonas Walsgard talks to Storebrand’s top fund manager Hans Thrane Nielsen about the shipping stocks he sees as hot, and those that are not. Hosted on ...
Dec 06, 2024•21 min
In this episode: We look what Frontline had to say about its third quarter results and what this says about the prospects of the tanker markets. And we delve into book and claim with the Smart Freight Centre after Meta and Norden sign a market agreement on emissions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 29, 2024•17 min
In this week's episode: We look at a year of attacks in the Red Sea, who is funding them, and what could happen next. BRS Shipbrokers were out in force at Bahri Week which has become the place to be apparently for the tanker markets. So we get the BRS Bahri barometer Following the TradeWinds Ship Recycling event we offer a peek into what was said and how one speaker thinks there will be a scrap steel market in Europe that could boost EU recycling Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...
Nov 22, 2024•22 min
