TradeWinds Wavelength

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 correspondent Paul Peachey and reporter Gary Dixon look at the latest attacks and what they mean for shipping.Read more:Ship hit in Strait of Hormuz as Trump talks up peace prospectsUS confirms strike on third Indian-linked tanker off OmanOnassis VLCC sailed for four days with Iranian missile lodged in fuel tankContainer shipping is having a bumper second quarter. We hear from Hapag-Lloyd chief executive Rolf Haben Jansen on how and why, and TradeWinds’ Ian Lewis looks to the near future with a warning.Read more: Hapag-Lloyd chief: Strong demand driving tight container shipping marketThe Sea Cargo Charter signatories published their annual emissions reduction report, benchmarking against the International Maritime’s net-zero trajectory. The gap has not got much smaller.Read more: Sea Cargo Charter emissions reduction stagnates under pressure of global frictionsNorwegian owner Eitzen consolidates tech subsidiary Zen and orders the first fully electric shortsea container vessels.Read more: Eitzen orders electric powered boxship pairProduction and host: Craig EasonAdditional reporting: Paul Peachey, Gary Dixon, Ian Lewis, Matt Coyne and Yannick GuerryA TradeWinds/DN Media podcast  

In this week's episode of TradeWinds Wavelength podcastCan 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-Zero Framework‘Unbroken optimism’: IMO boss defies ‘negativity’ to green planIs shipping living in the shadow of another 2008 market crash? To get an angle on that, we hear from Harry Vafias, CEO, The Vafias Group, Polys Hajioannou, Chairman & CEO, Safe Bulkers, Takeshi Hashimoto, Chairman of the Board, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and Andrian Dacy, CEO & CIO, J.P. Morgan Asset Management's Global Transportation GroupRead more:‘Euphoria time’: Echoes of 2008 and the canary in the coal mineMore cash in shipping than ever before, says Clarksons Research chiefAnd in Singapore, a big defence summit took place recently: The Shangri-La Dialogue. Our Correspondent Huaqing Ma went to see what it is alloa bout and found shipping came up in many different contexts-Read more:The shipping stories hidden inside the Shangri-La Dialogue‘Shadow fleet is becoming a weapon,’ Australian official tells Shangri-La defence summitAnd in the US, Trump offered a waiver of its Jones Act where US vessels would be used to ship cargoes between US ports. It is the longest waiver of the law in historyA review us under way with the Federal Maritime Commission and the US Maritime Administration asked to give evidenceRead more‘It’s a horrible policy’: Lawmakers take aim at Trump’s historically long Jones Act waiverAudio taken from the TradeWinds Shipowner Forum which took place in Athens during Posidonia. Details of the Forums and how you can be involved can be found here.Host and producer: Craig EasonAdditional reporting: Eric Priante Martin, Yannick Guerry, Huaqing Ma, Julian BrayA TradeWinds/DN Media podcast

In this week's Wavelength episode:Hafnia offloads vessels and kills two of its tanker poolsRead more: Hafnia to wind down two tanker pools in strategy shiftRead more: Hafnia up another $118m on Torm investment with M&A still on the tableBritannia 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 171-year history.Read more: Britannia appoints first female chief underwriter in industry’s 171-year historyCapsize rates rise as bauxite, coal and iron ore volumes increaseRead more: Capesize bulker rates soar to highest level since 2023 as futures curve also risesIndia Register Shipping boss wants class to re-engage with sanctioned tonnage to help keep them safeRead more: Indian Register boss wants dark fleet ships allowed into classAnd from the Wavelength plus podcast, how Anglo-Eastern has responded to crews and ships being stuck on the GulfRead and listen: Podcast: Hormuz crisis reshaping ship management, Anglo-Eastern warnsProducer and host: Craig EasonAdditional reporting: Gary Dixon, Paul Peachey, Huaqing Ma and Yannick GuerryA TradeWinds/DN Media podcast

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 revealedHow 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 shippingAnd why maritime needs women more than ever.Read more: Shipping firms must plan for when women at sea have childrenProducer and host: Craig EasonAdditional editorial input from: Holly Birkett, Paul Peachey and Yannick GuerryA TradeWinds/DN Media podcast

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 meetRead more: China opposes toll and ‘militarised’ Strait of Hormuz, US officials sayRead more: Xi-Trump summit heralds tariff easing planDanish Ship Finance warns shipping not to under estimate CHina's ambitions to wean itself off global commodity importsRead more: Chinese energy plans to shake up shipping, warns Danish Ship FinanceRead more: Beijing elevates shipping, ports and maritime logistics in new five-year planWallenius Line and Alfa Laval joint venture is soon to get wings and fly to China. It also wants to see wind become the ne engine of the shipRead more: How new Oceanbird boss wants to see wind become shipping’s primary power sourceRead more: Wallenius and Alfa Laval’s windtech solution Oceanbird risesProduction and host: Craig EasonAdditional editorial reporting: Yannick Guerry, Huaqing Ma, Paul PeacheyA TradWinds/DN Media podcast

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 attackRead more: Consensus building that Strait of Hormuz reopening impact will trickle down to shippingRead more: US Strait of Hormuz insurance scheme still closed for businessIn the US, experts continue to support proposals to back up a national shipbuilding programme, but where is the demand?Read more: Trump administration looks to nuclear propulsion to revitalise US maritime sectorRead more: ‘We can act’: Trump’s FMC chair threatens to create penalties for Net-Zero Framework taxAnd why the new chair of the US Federal Maritime Commission went to the IMO to push against the net-zero fund.Read more: ‘We can act’: Trump’s FMC chair threatens to create penalties for Net-Zero Framework taxListen to the whole interview on Wavelength Plus.Production and host: Craig EasonAdditional editorial input: Paul Peachey, Eric Priante Martin, Yannick GuerryA TradeWinds/ DN Media Podcast