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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

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.

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

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

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.

In this week's episode of Wavelength:Shippers and shipping companies in the US await news from President Trump -- and President Xi, as Eric Martin reports,Can South Korea help make American shipbuilding great again or is China too competitive? Irene Ang looks at the issues.And Arsenio Dominguez, secretary general of the International Maritime Organization, reflects on last week's all-important MEPC vote with Holly Birkett. The full interview will follow on Tuesday in an episode of Wavelength+.Host: Craig Eason.Production: Eric Martin/Craig Eason.

In this week's episodeThe talks on IMO carbon rules go no where as nations call time out and delay a decision for a year. Not the ending anyone thought, but there may be a silver lining.Also.While international climate talks stumble, African nations are taking control of their own destiny and a number of countries are following Djibouti's idea of setting their own price on shipping's carbon emissions. Is it a model that can spread further afield?And we look at the response in the US to China's port tariffs which are in response to the US tariffsreporting by Paul Peachey and Eric Priante MartinHost and producer: Craig EasonA TradeWinds podcast

In this week's Wavelength podcast:Market speculation that John Fredriksen is about to sell off his LR2 product tanker fleet. Why now?Cleaning out? Market weighs reports of $1bn deal to make John Fredriksen’s Frontline crude againShipping billionaire John Fredriksen is accelerating his long-planned succession strategyFredriksen stocking up private VLCC fleet as Frontline linked to $1bn-plus product tanker saleDetails emerge about the horrific ordeal of the VLCC crew locked up by Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria after believing a naval vessel was a pirate ship‘Psychological torture’ inflicted on tanker crew after vessel seized in West AfricaGuards high on drugs and alcohol spark $60m court claim over crew held hostage on VLCCand the Maritime history professor who has become shipping's YouTube influencerWhy millions of people are watching this maritime history professor’s YouTube shipping channelEditorial: Andy Pierce, Paul Peachey, Eric Priante MartinHost and Producer: Craig EasonA TradeWinds podcast