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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 collapses...

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 flag Shipping is now included in the UK’s emission trading schem...

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 transiting Read more: After the attack: How shipping is navigating fragile Strait of Hormuz Read more: Day of violence and threats in Strait of Hormuz as Iran turns back five tankers The day of the seafarer is a day of celebration...

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. Rea...

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 correspon...

In this week's episode of TradeWinds Wavelength podcast Can 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-...

In this week's Wavelength episode: Hafnia offloads vessels and kills two of its tanker pools Read more : Hafnia to wind down two tanker pools in strategy shift Read more: Hafnia up another $118m on Torm investment with M&A still on the table Britannia 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...

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 revealed How 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 shipping And why maritime need...

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 meet Read more: China opposes toll and ‘militarised’ Strait of Hormuz, US officials say Read more: Xi-Trump summit heralds tariff easing plan Danish Ship Finance warns shipping not to under...

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 attack Read more: Consensus building that Strait of Hormuz reopening impact will trickle down t...

 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:  T...

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 w...

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 $1bn Read more:  JP Morgan tipped to enter VLCC arena with $500m newbuilding deal The US goes on the hunt for more Iranian ships. Read mor...

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 handling Read more:  Strait of...

 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 week International Maritime Organization decarbonisation talks will restart soon. What next? Craig Eason talks to Tristan Smith at Unive...

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 h...

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: IEA Read more :  US eases sanctions on Russian shadow fleet amid oil price spike Read more :  Day 14: US claims protection convoy always part of war planning We also loo...

This is episode 100 of the Wavelength podcast and published in the midst of turmoil and uncertainty in shipping In 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 trade Read our full coverage here Matt Coyne talks...

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 tonnage Oslo correspondent Jonas Walsgard talks to Norwegian Shipowners’ Association chief executive Knut Arild Hareide about its members’...

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 takeover Read more :  Israeli regulator raises doubts over Hapag-Lloyd’s $4.2bn Zim takeover The 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...

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...

In this week’s episode: The Solong captain found guilty of manslaughter has been sentenced, but questions remain unanswered Read 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 why Read more:   Charterers on the hunt for period VLCC deals as ‘the aggregator’...

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 m...

In this episode: Davos: Greenland and why can't Europe act like the US and sieze dark fleet tankers an their oil Read more:   Trump’s ‘surreal’ threat to seize Greenland puts container shipping on notice Read more:   Polar perspective puts new spin on Trump’s Greenland grab A Greek shipowner has success in getting its tanker off the US sanctions list Read more :  US removes Altomare...

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 afte...