TradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news show

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,...

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 e...

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...

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 comm...

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 tw...

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...

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...

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 Associa...

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...

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 o...

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...

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...

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&nb...

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 fo...

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.

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 Ste...

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 sp...

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 ship...

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 pl...

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....

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.

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 ful...

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...

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 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 sc...