TradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news show

 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 weekInternational Maritime Organization decarbonisation talks will restart soon. What next? Craig Eason talks to Tristan Smith at University College London about the proposals that are coming in and the two camps emerging in the battleRead more: Trump team looks to kill off Net-Zero Framework for shippingMaria Ogbugo from the African Future Policies Hub joins the podcast to talk about unifying the voice of Africa at the IMO despite some countries having very different views.Read More: Divided African states seek to unite for next IMO climate talksAnd the Climate Ethanol Alliance is urging US farmers and ethanol producers to see the huge potential in shipping’s decarbonisation.Read more: Can US farmers sway Trump to make a U-turn on IMO decarbonisation policy?Host/producer: Craig EasonAdditional reporting: Lucy Hine, Yannick GuerryA DN Media/TradeWinds podcastThe Wavelength archive Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 has given the company a potential 20% to 25% market share in VLCCs.Read more: Official: World’s richest shipowner equal partner with Sinokor in VLCC superpowerRead more: Is VLCC consolidator Sinokor Maritime about to raid the suezmax sector?Meanwhile in Oslo, Capital Tankers completed its initial public offering of shares marking the first shipping IPO anywhere for five years. Raising $500m, it was the biggest shipping public offering anywhere in two decades.The Evangelos Marinakis-backed company had a great start on the bourse, but the share price was rocked by the war in the Middle East. Questions are beginning to swirl about how crude tankers will be affected if there is less oil on the water, if the blockade of Hormuz drags on.Read more: Capital Tankers: War offers ‘sobering illustration of how quickly energy trade routes can be disrupted’Read more: Evangelos Marinakis can build a rival to Frontline on John Fredriksen’s home turfThe International Maritime Organization this week called an emergency meeting to make plans for a humanitarian corridor that would allow ships and their crews to be evacuated from the Gulf through Hormuz. But, as international politics clashed, the IMO meeting found that drawing up a viable plan and executing it quickly will be easier said than done.Read more: Time is short: IMO chief urges action for 20,000 seafarers trapped in Middle East GulfRead more: Strait of Hormuz safe corridor plan wins backing from UN shipping regulatorThe idea for an humanitarian corridor through Hormuz was supported this week by the vice president of the China Shipowners’ Association, Zhao Qingfeng.Speaking at the TradeWinds Shipowners’ Forum in Shanghai, Zhao supported a specific window of time to allow vessels to leave the war zone.Read more: ‘We will not make war money’: Chinese shipowners call for Hormuz windowHost: Craig Eason.Producer: Holly Birkett.Reporters: Andy Pierce, Paul Peachey, Matt Coyne and Yannick Guerry.A TradeWinds/DN Media Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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: IEARead more: US eases sanctions on Russian shadow fleet amid oil price spikeRead more: Day 14: US claims protection convoy always part of war planningWe also look at a new voluntary injury compensation scheme for Bangladesh recycling workers.Read more: Injury fund launched for Bangladeshi recyclersAnd the intensifying debate over how to get sanctioned shadow fleet tankers out of the water and into the hands of recyclers.Listen to the full interview on Wavelength Plus on ACASTProducer and host: Craig EasonAdditional editorial input: Yannick Guerry, Eric Priante Martin and Huaqing Ma.A TradeWinds/DN Media Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is episode 100 of the Wavelength podcast and published in the midst of turmoil and uncertainty in shippingIn 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 tradeRead our full coverage hereMatt Coyne talks about how VLCC rates skyrocket on the back of conflict and crude oil shortage.Read more: ‘All about war’ for VLCCs as Embiricos nears record-setting $700,000 per day fixturePaul Peachey reports that vessels heading to or in the Gulf region can not get war risk insurance are not true. He also talks to the IMO secretary general about seafarers stuck in the Gulf.Read more: Strait of Hormuz insurance cover available to shipping, insists London marketEuropean Commission revealed its broadest ever plan to invest in shipping and the maritime industries. We get the response from European Shipowners secretary-general Sotiris Raptis.Read more: EU aims to anchor Europe as ‘leading waterborne continent’Producer and host: Craig EasonAdditional editorial input: Julian Bray, Matt Coyne, Paul Peachey, Yannick GuerryA TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 tonnageOslo correspondent Jonas Walsgard talks to Norwegian Shipowners’ Association chief executive Knut Arild Hareide about its members’ attempts to go green and why they want more state help.Read more: Norwegian shipowners call for more energy efficiency measures as ship emissions growHolly Birkett is back with Granular, our monthly look at key topics in the dry bulk market. This week it is about build quality.Read more: Granular: Bulker age is nothing. Condition and quality are everythingAnd nuclear? Craig Eason introduces the Wavelength Plus, a two-part series examining renewed interest in nuclear power in shipping.Read more ‘Going critical’: Shipping takes a step closer to nuclear realityProducer and host: Craig EasonAdditional editorial input from: Eric Priante Martin, Jonas Walsgard, Holly Birkett and Yannick Guerry.A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 takeoverRead more: Israeli regulator raises doubts over Hapag-Lloyd’s $4.2bn Zim takeoverThe 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 key to kick-starting the US shipbuilding revival?Read more: Here’s how US shipping stakeholders assess the Trump administration’s maritime MAPGreen lobby groups are to get their day in court as they try and force the European Commission to stop labelling LNG fuel as sustainable under its green investment taxonomyRead more: Europe’s gold standard green investment taxonomy faces credibility test in court battleExhaust gas cleaning systems have hit the news again as countries and lobby group put more pressure on wash water dischargesRead more: Industry pushes back on attempts by European member states to coordinate scrubber bansProducer and host: Craig EasonAdditional editorial input: Ian Lewis, Eric Priante MartinA TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 how bad the ships are.Read more: Tanker seizures set to reveal the state of the shadow fleet.And wine tasting with a shipowner at his own vineyard. TradeWinds visits Odfjell Vineyard.Read more: Laurence Odfjell sees sustainability as good business with fast paybackProducer and host: Craig EasonAdditional reporting from: Lucy Hine, Irene Ang, Eric Priante Martin and Yannick Guerry.A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week’s episode:The Solong captain found guilty of manslaughter has been sentenced, but questions remain unansweredRead 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 whyRead more: Charterers on the hunt for period VLCC deals as ‘the aggregator’ eyes more assetsIntroducing shipping’s Guiding Stars who you think are making a differenceRead more: ‘Competitive edge’: Laurence Odfjell sees sustainability as good business with fast paybackCapturing shipping’s CO2 emissions and burying them in concreteRead more: CEO of carbon capture firm Seabound wins Nor-Shipping Young Entrepreneur awardProducer and host: Craig EasonAdditional editorial input from: Matt Coyne, Paul Peachey, Holly Birkett, Eric Priante MartinA TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 more: Russian master denies falling asleep before North Sea collisionEven more seafarers are found to have been lured from online shipping recruitment sites and kidnapped to work in illegal scam centres.Read more: Vanishing Chinese seafarers spark fears over criminal gangs catfishing victimsGranular. Holly Birkett’s regular look at the dry bulk market as she focuses on the impact of unseasonal weather on trade. Producer and host: Craig EasonAdditional editorial from: Eric Priante Martin, Huaqing Ma, Holly Birkett and Yannick GuerryA TradeWinds/DN Media podcastThe Wavelength archive Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode:Davos: Greenland and why can't Europe act like the US and sieze dark fleet tankers an their oilRead more: Trump’s ‘surreal’ threat to seize Greenland puts container shipping on noticeRead more: Polar perspective puts new spin on Trump’s Greenland grabA Greek shipowner has success in getting its tanker off the US sanctions listRead more: US removes Altomare from blacklist after Greek shipowner hit with ‘comprehensive identity theft’ITF issues annual figures on seafarer abandonment figures and they look worse than ever. What's happening?Read more: ‘Nothing short of a disgrace’: Seafarer abandonments hit new recordAnd the lobby group promoting the use of liquid natural gas as a fuel, Sea-LNG turns 10. What next as the fuel debate goes on?Read more: LNG fuelling ‘cleared for take-off’ with bio-methane uptake ‘exploding’, SEA-LNG saysProducer and host: Craig EasonAdditional reporting: Lucy Hine, Eric Priante Martin and Yannick GuerryA TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 after his boxship, the Solong, rammed into an anchored laden tanker, creating a fireball.Read more: Jury shown moment of fiery collision in North Sea that killed seafarerHuaqing Ma followed the case of a missing seafarer who thought he had a job offer to join a ship, only to disappear, believed to have been abducted to work in an illegal call centre compound in Cambodia.Read more: Are criminal syndicates kidnapping seafarers to work in scam call centres? The wife of a missing Chinese sailor believes soHost and producer: Craig EasonAdditional reporting: Huaqing Ma, Eric Priante Martin, Paul Peachey, Yannick GuerryA TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week’s episode:Holly Birkett and Matt Coyne dissect what’s been going on in Venezuela and how it is likely to impact tanker markets, plus Claire Jungman from Vortexa on the impact on China.Read more:  Trump uses old Latin America playbook to bring new dimension to geopolitical uncertaintyRead more: Venezuela-to-China oil flows slowed by US pressure on departures, Vortexa saysThe Singapore investigation into the allision of the Hafnia Nile with a dark fleet VLCC in 2024 has pointed the finger at the fatigue and actions of the officer on the Hafnia product tanker. Karen Ng examines the report findings.Read more: Fatal collision between Hafnia tanker and dark fleet VLCC unpicked in safety reportAnd Craig Eason talks to Rene Kofod-Olsen, chief executive of V.Group, on the company’s decision to purchase decarbonisation technology advisory Njord from Maersk Tankers and what it says about the evolution of ship management.Read more: V.Group takes over fuel-efficiency firm founded by Maersk TankersHost: Holly BirkettProducer: Craig EasonAdditional reporting: Yannick Guerry, Matt Coyne, Karen Ng, Huaqing Ma and Craig EasonA TradeWinds/DN media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode:TradeWinds editor in chief Julian Bray introduces the “Person of the Year.”Read more:  ‘Person of the Year’: Chen Jianhua has resuscitated a shipyard giant to leave Korean rivals ‘very worried’Odfjell chief executive Harald Fotland explains why the Norwegian tanker owner has gone it alone with its own green corridor.Read more:  Odfjell signs biofuel offtake deal with Petrobas to launch its own green corridorUAE shipowner Astro Offshore explains the group’s huge fleet expansion.Read more: From 25 to 50 ships in a year — and Astro Offshore CEO says expansion is far from over..... and who would you have for dinner? We preview your wish list dinner invites.Producer and host: Craig EasonAdditional editorial: Julian Bray, Huaqing Ma, Eric Priante MartinA TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode:US forces seize tanker laden with Venezuelan crude. What does this mean for shipping and the battle against the dark fleet?Read more: US sanctions six VLCCs as Trump ramps up pressure on VenezuelaRead more: US draws up hit list of Venezuela-linked tankers as more seizures plannedAnother Ukrainian drone attack on a sanctioned tanker in the Black Sea. Shipping warned to watch out for unexploded dronesRead more: Video shows explosions as Ukraine targets alleged dark fleet tankerRead more: Sanctioned, Ukraine-hit tanker evacuated again after bungled salvage operationOn location. TradeWinds enjoys a Singapore anchorage and sees a hull cleaning operation up closeRead more: ‘Last Breath’ moment drives engineer to swap human divers with hull-cleaning robotsProducer and host: Craig EasonAdditional reporting: Eric Priante Martin, Huaqing Ma, Yannick GuerryA TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode:Examining the attacks by Ukraine forces on tankers linked to RussiaRead More: Kyiv’s shadow fleet explosions and Moscow’s empty threatsThe need to strengthen the US Maritime Security Program (MSP) and the Tanker Security Program (TSP)Read More: ‘It’s the cargo, stupid!’ US maritime revival hopes get a dose of Louisiana candourWhether Trump has exceeded his powers with his trarifs and what can Republicans do if he hasRead more: Trump’s Plan B: US can ‘recreate’ tariffs if Supreme Court shoots them down, official saysProduction and host: Craig EasonAdditional reporting: Paul Peachey, Joe Brady, Eric Priante Martin and Yannick GuerryA TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode:TradeWinds finance correspondent Joe Brady comes into the studio to dissect the likelihood of Diana Shipping managing its acquisition of Genco, its bigger more stable peer on the New York Exchange.Read: ‘Cash is king’: Why Diana Shipping’s ‘bizarre’ bid for Genco could pay offIs shipping about to flood back to Red Sea transits? If so, what are the risks and what will it do to the markets?Read: Container carriers brace for market turbulence amid talk of resuming Suez transitsRead: Red Sea warning: Tanker rates face hit as return of ships ‘appears closer than ever’Green corridors are supposed to shape and encourage maritime decarbonisation. So far, they are a little behind target with only two active when there should be six. There are 84 initiatives underway, however, and China has joined the buzz.Read: Green shipping corridor drive shows little progress, says Getting to Zero reportIs ship finance happier in Singapore than in Hong Kong or China?Read: Chinese leasing faces prolonged USTR pressure as financiers warn of shifting capital flowsHost and producer: Craig EasonAdditional reporting: Joe Brady, Yannick Guerry and Huaqing MaA TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's episode of Wavelength is a Hong Kong Special, following Hong Kong Maritime Week in the Chinese city-state this week. Craig Eason and Huaqing Ma are here to report back on all the hot topics from Hong Kong Maritime Week and also from our TradeWinds Ship Recycling Forum, where scrapping dark-fleet vessels was hotly debated.Eric Martin is here to wrap up the findings of the investigation into the ship crash in Baltimore that brought down a bridge, and resulted in the loss of lives. The probable cause of the accident was so tiny that investigators might easily have missed it, were it not for help from the ship's builder.Finally, our newbuilding queens Lucy Hine and Irene Ang are here to discuss their upcoming special report on the shipbuilding sector, which will be published in TradeWinds next week. What has newbuilding business been like this year? Kind of muted, Irene and Lucy agreed.Host and producer: Holly Birkett.Additional reporting: Craig Eason, Huaqing Ma, Eric Priante Martin, Lucy Hine and Irene Ang.A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's Wavelength podcast from TradeWinds:Has Iran snatched a loaded tanker leaving the Gulf and bound for Singapore?Tanker ‘heads towards Iran’ in sudden course change after suspicious approachWhy 2026 may be a bleak year for shipping and why microgrids based on renewable energy will impact shippingShipping ‘navigating increasingly uncertain waters’, says Danish Ship FinanceEverllence says its new ammonia engine is ready. Are shipowners ready to buy?‘Milestone’ hit as Everllence seeks order for ammonia dual-fuel engineand introducing new podcast mini series looking at what happened to the containership Dali that led to a deadly collision with a bridge in Baltimore and what next in the storyHost and producer: Craig EasonAdditional reporting: Gary Dixon, Eric Priante MartinA TradeWinds/DN Media podcastThe Wavelength archive Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode:Piracy rising: Are recent attacks a sign that Somali piracy is ramping up again?Somali pirates target LNG carrier after Latsco tanker attackLatsco tanker crew ‘safe’ after pirate attack with warship on the wayWarship hunts pirate mothership after tanker attackIs China stockpiling crude spoking ir helping the VLCC markets?China poised to pounce on more crude to keep filling strategic storage reservesand ... just how easy is it to sabotage a subsea power cable? We asked cable maker NexansHost and producer: Craig EasonAdditional editorial content: Eric Priante Martin, Lucy Hine, Yannick GuerryA TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode:Can the US upgrade its shipbuilding capacity?‘Shipbuilding is a bipartisan issue’: Senate hearing highlights US support for boosting yard sectorWhat role for South Korea's shipbuilders as they sign up to help their ally?Dealmaker Trump secures pledges from South Korea’s big three shipbuilders‘Master of shipbuilding’ South Korea strikes $150bn trade and security deal with TrumpIs the US-China trade meeting a good deal for shipping?Port fee pause: US and China declare one-year truce to maritime trade war measuresAnd, what does the grounding of a shadow fleet tanker say about the ongoing risks to shipping and the environment?Suez Canal tanker grounding highlights how sanctions have struggled to land a glove on RussiaSanctioned tanker that grounded in Suez Canal one of four blacklisted ships in convoyEditorial contributions: Eric Priante Martin, Huaqing Ma, Matt CoyneProduction and host: Craig EasonA TradeWinds podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.