Lloyd's List: The Shipping Podcast

Episode 3 of a special six-part series of Lloyd’s List Podcasts examining how the war in Ukraine has had a lasting impact on different aspects of the shipping industry. This episode examines the impact on shipping markets. To listen to the full series go to: http://bit.ly/3KbnQpS After three years of pandemic shutdowns, reopening booms, war, clogged supply chains and nascent inflation, it’s hard t...

Welcome to the second edition of a special Lloyd’s List Podcast series examining how the situation in Ukraine has had a lasting impact on different aspects of the shipping industry Chapter 2: The hostilities in Ukraine have left hundreds of seafarers held hostage, several dead and fundamentally affected the global supply of crew, but there are also longer term implications for the safety and secur...

Welcome to the first edition of a special series of Lloyd’s List Podcasts examining how the war in Ukraine has had a lasting impact on different aspects of the shipping industry. In this first edition, we examine the rise of the dark fleet and look at why Russia’s increasingly sophisticated sanctions evasion tactics present a lasting risk for the wider shipping industry. To listen to the full seri...

The podcast is stateside this week, coming to you live from the annual Connecticut Maritime Association event in Stamford. Our first interview this week is with Mark O’Neil, chief executive of Columbia Shipmanagement, which manages about 400 ships worldwide and regarded as one of the top performing companies in the sector. He stirred the pot at the CMA at one of the forums by promoting the continu...

EUROPE launched its much anticipated response to the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) this week and while it is not a shipping specific move there are significant implications for shipping. The Net Zero Industry Act essentially sets out plans to turbocharge the production of clean energy technologies across the EU, while enticing more green investment to the bloc, and reducing member states' relia...

SPONSORED CONTENT - in association with Rightship HOW easy is it to collaborate with competitors, people who want to take our business away from us? Who should we collaborate with, and to what purpose? These are the key questions addressed by Tarun Mehrotra, chief strategy officer, at RightShip, on this podcast. While acknowledging that working together for a greater good will demand rethinking ho...

THE container sector is no stranger to irrational exuberance. The last time we had an overcapacity market from 2016 to 2019, we saw nine off the top 20 carriers disappear in the space of two and a half years – a period that saw the carriers losing money on nearly every box they were moving. And as one of guests on this week’s edition of the Lloyd’s List Podcast points out, that was scary. But the...

Every study and every ounce of common sense points to the fact that for any organisation that relies on its people, it should be a strategic priority to broaden your talent pool, enlist a diverse range of skills and perspectives, and make the most of their potential. Just as Countries with more gender equality have better economic growth. Companies with more women leaders perform better. Shipping...

The lack of transparency and substance being attached to ESG announcements in shipping has become a pretty consistent theme of the Lloyd’s List Podcast over the last few years. We have paraded a long queue of earnest environmentalists and eager executives in front of you, all saying the same thing - that change is afoot. But what does that actually look like in terms of boardroom decisions, and ar...

Lloyd's List Sponsored content in association with Argus Media Biofuels do not get the media coverage enjoyed by ammonia or hydrogen, but expertise is growing. Bunker suppliers and shipowners are working with fuels specialists to assess the potential as the shipping industry moves towards its 2030 targets. The term biofuels is broad. It covers a range of energy sources such as bioethanol and biodi...

Our Victorian shipping forebears designated twelve noon on 20 February each year as the notional time and date at which Baltic ports became ice free, and that has given birth to one of the great traditions of marine insurance. Two centuries later, midday on 20 February still marks the hard cut-off point by which the vast majority of shipowners must have in place cover for liability in everything f...

Lloyd's List Sponsored content in association with Orbit MI WEATHER has always mattered for shipping; it will matter even more as the climate changes. The 2021 report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stated that it is “unequivocal” that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean, and land. Disruptive weather events impact all sectors of the supply chain. For...

The public debate in the west about whether sanctions levelled against Russia are working is inevitably complex, but ultimately is immaterial to most companies struggling to comply with them. The point is that sanctions are growing in volume and complexity and, given their political popularity, they are not going to be disappearing any time soon. This week’s edition of the Lloyd’s List Podcast tak...

The ships of the future will be more efficient. But the global fleet currently carrying the 11bn tonnes of seaborne trade annually will be operational into the 2030s and so keeping the existing ships running longer more efficiently is part of the overall balance required to green shipping’s energy transition. There is an entire industry out there with proven technology that can make existing ships...

xxx Before you listen to this week’s edition of the podcast, register for the Lloyd’s List webinar on February 15 at 2pm UK time: Digitalisation - a game changer for decarbonisation? Join our webinar to explore the world of Digitalisation as a Service (DaaS). Our panel of experts will review its potential as a game-changer for decarbonisation and improved operational efficiency. Register now: http...

Sponsored content: Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore group president Matthieu de Tugny talks to Lloyd’s List editor Richard Meade about why class societies have a critical role to play in ensuring shipping remain safe and reliable as we look to rapidly adopt new technologies, new fuels and new cargoes.

Shipping’s persistent piracy problem has all but disappeared off the radar of late. Attacks are still happening of course, but according to the International Maritime Bureau’s latest annual report maritime piracy and armed robbery attacks have reached their lowest recorded levels in 30 years. Last year there were five attempted hijacks of ships recorded, only two of them were successful and only o...

THE deal to allow the safe transport of grain out of Ukraine by sea was an extraordinary and unprecedented agreement between enemy combatants. And the fact that it has seen 17 m tonnes exported to dates has, quite literally been a matter of life and death as well as a minor diplomatic miracle. But the initiative is deeply flawed and survives despite its status as a political bargaining chip and ro...

A sponsored podcast in association with Rightship Maritime is in transition in many ways – from analogue to digital, from fossil fuels to alternative energy sources, and from a focus on the skills available within the industry to the skills we need to bring in from outside shipping. However, industries do not transform themselves. They are transformed by leaders who understand the critical need to...

It's a tough gig making predictions, especially about the future – but it’s that time of year where bold editorials types like to breathe deep the festive spirits, polish their crystal balls, embrace their inner Pythian oracle to offer their predictions for the year ahead. As is now traditional, the Lloyd’s List editorial team have gathered around the microphone this week for their annual forecast...

WHEN Soren Skou outlined his vision for the future of Maersk in 2016, he said he thought it would take about six years to achieve. Well, almost six years to the day from when he detailed those plans at Maersk’s Capital Markets Day he announced that he was stepping down having transformed Maersk from a shipping and energy conglomerate to a global logistics group. So as he prepares to hand over to V...

The annual Lloyd’s List Outlook Forum offered the last word on the forces shaping shipping right now, but the common theme among discussions ranging from decarbonisation to safety and regulatory risk was that the industry is just mot moving ahead with enough pace. This week’s edition of the podcast offers a few edited highlights from this year’s event, but you can listen to the full Forum on deman...

This week’s edition of the podcast features a very special guest - Soren Toft - the CEO of world’s largest liner operator, MSC. He talks to Lloyd’s List editor Richard Meade about of the challenges facing shipping and where he sees the industry heading. Before you listen to this week’s episode though, please register for this year’s Outlook Webinar on December 8 at 9am UK time. You can go to Lloyd...

COP27 failed to deliver much in the way of progress but for shipping the next steps in the IMO is where we will determine the trajectory of what happens next. Fail to agree the detail and a complex, costly future awaits. There are positive signs that shipping is at least now having the right conversations, but is this too little too late? This week’s edition of the Lloyd’s List Podcast explores th...

The annual Lloyd’s List Outlook Forum returns on December 8 bringing together the expertise of Lloyd’s List and Lloyd’s List Intelligence with the industry’s key decision makers to directly answer the most critical questions shaping maritime markets in 2023 and beyond Register for free here: https://bit.ly/3tufIYf This week's edition of the podcast features Christopher Rex, head of innovation and...