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In this episode:Danish Ship Finance innovation guru Christopher Rex explains is ideas for benchmarking fuel consumption on similar routes, setting a fuel budget and sharing the benefits, even with the ship crew.Sandra Boga talks to WFW lawyer Sumeet Malhotra on whay commodities are set for a bull run thanks to Trump's relectionand Paul Peachey looks at the continued risks being taken by shipping who do not take cyber security seriously. More cyber risk and security news from the last week can be found here.produced by TradewindsHost: Craig Eason

In this episode: Boo! No surprises in car carrier companies’ third-quarter results — apart from the reaction from investors. Scorpio Tankers is getting dirty by taking a stake in VLCC company DHT Holdings. We dig into the details. Two months remain before the new FuelEU law enters into force. TradeWinds speaks to those helping companies prepare. Hosted by Holly Birkett (Craig Eason is away).

In this episode:ABS in wrongful death court fight that could test classification society liabilityCiti’s Michael Parker calls for shipowner emissions data to be made publicDNB launches ‘missing link’ loans for shipping’s green transition

In this week's episode:The US turned up the sanctions heat on Iran while the UK did the same with Russia. Will they make a difference?NYK boss Takaya Soga talks to Julian Bray on the TradeWinds Shipowner Forum stage in Japan about competition and investment.Norden's head of dry cargo Asia Peter Koch Hansen, talks to TradeWinds about the company's position in China market, and why a slow down is not really being felt.And Holly Birkett has a chat with one of shipping's most well known futurists, KD Adamson, on the sidelines of the 50th anniversary of WISTA, the Women in Shipping and Trading association, and asked her to explain her view of the future and what the trends today mean.

In this episode: Maritime clean fuel projects in the US are suffering as promised tax relief fails to materialise. The UK shipping industry lays out how much it wants from the new Labour government to its transition. RightShip boss Steen Lund elaborates on dropping the age trigger for dry bulk inspections from 14 down to 10. and  Maersk explains why it thinks there will be chaos in the container trade when the Houthi attacks stop and Red Sea transits can start again.

In this episode:One year to go until shipping has certainty over the GHG rules that will make it decarboniseMeanwhile shipowners continue ordering gas-powered ships, meaning there is a shortage of bunker vessels to supply the fuel, and there are some new companies entering the market to fill the gap.andThere is a US based ESG scorecard that ranks 64 listed shipping companies. We look at who is top, who is bottom and who seems to be on a downward slope

The Wavelength podcast is produced by the editorial news team at TradeWinds, the leading maritime and shipping news site. More details on the stories can be found on TradeWindsnews.com.In this week's programme:The UCL/Getting to Zero report showing how shipping is behind on the road to decarbonisation with even the first, 2030, target likely to be missed.Just how does Wallenius Wilhelmsen justify superzising four car carrier newbuildings that will now have a 11,700 car capacity.The researcher who says port state control is not selecting the right vessels for safety inspections and has a software model to help them.Insights into the dry bulk market. TradeWinds Holly Birkett looks at what's happening with Western Bulk and Peter Twiss.Hosted by Craig Eason

In this week’s Wavelength podcast:US investigators say a faulty wire in a switchboard on MV Dali may have caused the blackout that led to the vessel smashing into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore earlier this year. Could this help the shipowner and manager’s attempts to limit their financial liability?The US Biden administration is considering a port fee on Chinese-built ships in the latest stage of a trade war between the two countries. There is growing concern of a Baltic Sea disaster. The dark fleet of old, possibly uninsured, sanctions-busting tankers shuttling oil out of Russia will soon face ice conditions in the shallow sensitive waters of the nearly landlocked sea.And sustainability reporting is soon to be mandatory, but shipowners are behind the curve with European regulations set to come into force next year. We ask what they need to do to get themselves ready.