This week’s episode of the shipping news podcast also looks at whether the same alcohol found in vodka and hand sanitiser could be used to fuel ships.

In this episodeEric Martin speaks to supply chain representatives who expressed concern over new&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tradewindsnews.com/law/-death-knell-chorus-of-regional-carriers-tell-donald-trump-officials-of-disastrous-port-fee-consequences/2-1-1796804" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">US port fees for China-linked vessels during hearings in Washington DC this week</a>,Caroline Yang, president of the Singapore Shipping Association, tells the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tradewindsnews.com/people/-adapt-to-survive-shipowners-chart-a-path-through-trump-s-short-term-turbulence/2-1-1798399" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TradeWinds Shipowners’ Forum in the Lion City that Trump is creating uncertainty</a>&nbsp;that is not good for shipping,Paul Peachey speaks to Skuld CEO Stale Hansen about whether the sanctions-influenced shift of vessels to protection and indemnity (P&amp;I) insurers in countries like China and India means the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tradewindsnews.com/insurance/-take-down-barriers-skuld-ceo-ready-to-throw-open-doors-of-international-group-to-india-and-china/2-1-1797573" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">International Group of P&amp;I Clubs should increase its Asian membership</a>,and host Holly Birkett speaks to green fuels consultancy group Green Marine, which has helped put together a submission to the IMO’s upcoming Marine Environment Protection Committee for pure ethanol as a marine fuelHost: Holly Birkett.&nbsp;Produced by TradeWinds.

Trump policies spark concern and criticism in Washington and Singapore

This week’s episode of the shipping news podcast also looks at safety in ammonia-fuelled vessels and fire risks on container ships

In this week’s Wavelength podcast, Joe Brady tells episode host Eric Priante Martin why John Fredriksen’s purchase of a stake in <a href="https://www.tradewindsnews.com/finance/-the-john-fredriksen-effect-sweet-dry-arbitrage-proves-shipping-king-still-has-midas-touch/2-1-1794811" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Star Bulk Carriers represented a smart arbitrage move</a> after the Norwegian shipping tycoon sold out of another bulker owner. Craig Eason <a href="https://www.tradewindsnews.com/finance/hing-chao-plots-rapid-green-investments-to-help-safeguard-family-wealth/2-1-1794956" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">interviews Wah Kwong Maritime Transport chairman Hing Chao</a> about the threat that the policies of US President Donald Trump pose to shipping. Sandra Boga talks to Rafet Emek Kurt, who heads the Maritime Human Factors Centre at the University of Strathclyde at the UK’s University of Strathclyde, <a href="https://www.tradewindsnews.com/sustainability/-you-will-start-seeing-accidents-on-ammonia-fuelled-vessels-researcher-says/2-1-1793612" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">about seafarer safety in ammonia-fuelled shipping.</a> And Paul Peachey reports on the link between misdeclared cargoes and container ship fires.

Fredriksen’s savvy play and Hing Chao’s warning that ‘global trade is under threat’

March 14th 2025

In this episodeHost, Craig Eason, talks to experienced master mariner and maritime accident investigator Captain Jim Staples on the question of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tradewindsnews.com/opinion/my-experience-as-a-seafarer-makes-me-fear-crew-fatigue-was-a-factor-in-north-sea-shipping-disaster/2-1-1790784" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">fatigue, technology</a>(p.s 'gundecking' is US maritime slang for faking reports)Paul Peachey assesses the r<a href="https://www.tradewindsnews.com/insurance/insurance-industry-fears-100m-payout-from-north-sea-ship-fires-and-cleanup/2-1-1791773" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">isk and liability questions around the allision</a>Eric Priante Martin helps you unravel some of the questions about the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tradewindsnews.com/tag/donald_trump" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">US intention to place fees on Chinese-built ships</a>and Holly Birkett chats to Carlos Pena and John Michael Radziwill&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tradewindsnews.com/bulkers/john-michael-radziwill-is-looking-at-new-investments-for-c-transport-maritime/2-1-1791520" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">about the changes at Sea Transport Maritime Group</a>Host Craig EasonProduced by TradeWinds

What really happened onboard the ships that collided in the North Sea? Update on US fees on Chinese ships and changing of the guard at CTM

March 7th 2025

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&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tradewindsnews.com/bulkers/saverys-family-paying-a-premium-price-for-golden-ocean-at-a-unique-time-of-geopolitical-uncertainty-/2-1-1788425" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">to Savery’s CMB.tech</a>.	Eric Priante Martin reports on plans for the US to relaunch its commercial&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tradewindsnews.com/shipyards/trump-launches-white-house-office-to-revive-america-s-shipbuilding-industry/2-1-1788027" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">shipbuilding industry</a>.	And Wista UK has a ball with Sandra Boga there to pick up the mood ahead of International Women’s Day.	Host and producer: Craig Eason	A TradeWinds news editorial production

Reaction to Fredriksen selling Golden Ocean, Trump says US will build ships again, and at the ball with Wista UK

February 28th 2025

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.

Trump targets shipping, and this time its not with tariffs, nuclear shipping and results season round up

February 21st 2025

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&nbsp;available for subscribers.Also, the first two months of 2025 have been full of casualty announcements, with TradeWinds reporting at least 18. But for some of these, deliberate sabotage is not being ruled out. TradeWinds casualty correspondent Gary Dixon joins the podcast to dig into the numbers.And Craig Eason looks at what happened this week behind the closed doors at the International Maritime Organization where five of 11 days of debate to decide shipping’s future have now passed. Host: Paul PeacheyProducer: Craig EasonA TradeWinds News production

The case of the ammonia-less ammonia carriers, the latest climate talks at the IMO, and is shipping being sabotaged?

February 14th 2025

In this episode:<a href="https://www.tradewindsnews.com/law/are-donald-trump-s-first-iran-sanctions-moves-the-start-of-maximum-pressure-or-art-of-the-deal-/2-1-1776932" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Eric Priante Martin reports on US sanctions on Iran giving shipping mixed message</a>University College London’s Tristan Smith joins host Craig Eason&nbsp;to explain as the IMO kicks off five of the last 11 days of talks that will change shipping forever<a href="https://www.tradewindsnews.com/regulation/only-11-days-of-talks-left-to-decide-economic-tool-charting-shipping-s-path-to-key-climate-goals/2-1-1778689" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Here's a link to a IMO GHG talks Q and A</a><a href="https://www.tradewindsnews.com/special-reports/london-calling-northstandard-insider-james-bean-opens-up-on-joining-p-i-s-new-guard/2-1-1773505" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Also, the protection and indemnity club transfer window is set to close as renewal season ends.</a><a href="https://www.tradewindsnews.com/gas/-bloodbath-lng-carrier-market-hits-rock-bottom-amid-bleak-outlook-for-2025/2-1-1779879" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">And is there an LNG bloodbath? We discuss the market horrors of LNG carrier owners.</a>Host: Craig EasonProduced by the editorial team at TradeWinds

Iran, closed door GHG talks to change shipping for ever, P&I transfers and Gas bloodbath

February 7th 2025

In the week's Wavelength podcast:<a href="https://www.tradewindsnews.com/tankers/energy-traders-seek-waivers-on-china-tariffs-as-12-vlccs-fixed-to-carry-us-cargoes/2-1-1776554" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Eric Priante Martin looks at the US fuelled tariff war and what it means now and later in the year.</a>Host Craig Eason looks at <a href="https://www.tradewindsnews.com/regulation/europe-will-support-strong-green-ambitions-at-imo-with-doubts-over-us-position-says-emsa-boss/2-1-1775176" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">how Europe has no intention in easing back on its green rhetoric as </a>EMSA publishes its second European Maritime Transport Environment Report.and,Holly Birkett dives into the dry bulk sector to look at the growing <a href="https://www.tradewindsnews.com/bulkers/erasmus-shipinvest-sets-up-new-container-division-in-diversification-play/2-1-1775205" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">appetite to get involved in project cargoes.</a>

Can a tariff war disrupt global trade and shipping? plus Europe pushes on with green rules as US dithers and dry bulk operators get an appetite for project cargo

January 31st 2025

In this week's episodeHost Craig Eason talks with UCL's leading decarbonisation researcher Tristan Smith <a href="https://www.tradewindsnews.com/sustainability/shipping-s-carbon-levy-needs-immediate-impact-to-meet-goals-researchers-say/2-1-1772123" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">about its latest paper showing that only a proposed levy will do the job of funding clean fuels and making the transition equitable</a>And Oslo-based tanker correspondent Matt Coyne discusses the<a href="https://www.tradewindsnews.com/tankers/donald-trump-walking-tightrope-on-petroleum-stockpiles-and-oil-price-says-brs/2-1-1771750" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> confusing messages from Donald Trump that have the tanker brokers scratching their heads</a>.and the scourge of the industry that just keeps on going. <a href="https://www.tradewindsnews.com/ship-management/seafarer-abandonment-spiralling-as-2024-sees-record-high/2-1-1771240" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Seafarer abandonment is not only still an issue, it seems to be getting worse</a>.&nbsp;Wavelength talks to the ITF about its concerns as the number of cases exploded in 2024

The need for a big CO2 levy, tanker market scratches its head and the scourge of seafarer abandonment

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