Hosted by Craig Eason, this edition of the TradeWinds Green Seas podcast dives into the environmental impact the Red Sea attacks on shipping are having as shipping reroutes. TradeWinds’ Eric Priante Martin gets the details from CargoMetrics chief Jeff Scully.And we explore how environmental lobby groups hope a legal challenge of the European Union sustainability taxonomy will overturn its decision to enable LNG to be labelled as sustainable, while opponents point to the climbing list of regulations able to have just as much impact. Craig Eason talks to Carly Hicks at Opportunity Green and Oystein Kalleklev, CEO of shipowner Flex LNG.

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Euronav is a major owner of oil tankers, but chief executive Alexander Saverys is working to move it in a much greener direction. Is there an appetite on Wall Street for a company that reinvests tanker profits into a more sustainable future?This week’s episode includes Saverys’ recent presentation to investors, and we talk to TradeWinds reporter Gary Dixon and Webber Research & Advisory’s Michael Webber.

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There is enough oil in the world’s shipwrecks for some 500 Exxon Valdez-size spills, and the clock is ticking to deal with the problem before an environmental catastrophe. A project led by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation is on the case.We speak to the foundation’s Benjamin Ferrari and Louise Sanger, and the Ocean Foundation’s Ole Varmer.

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In 2023, the International Maritime Organization adopted a new strategy for shipping’s greenhouse gas emissions, targeting net zero emissions by around 2050. In the year ahead, it will carry out important work to turn its ambition into action. We interviewed UCL Energy Institute’s Tristan Smith, and hear from IMO secretary general-elect Arsenio Dominguez and Union of Greek Shipowners president Melina Travlos.

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The COP28 climate conference has concluded with a new global goal: “transitioning away” from fossil fuels. It’s an outcome that was disappointing for those calling for the agreement to include a phase-out, but for others it was historic for even oil producing nations to sign up to the commitment.It’s a goal that shipping has already been grappling with. In today’s episode, industry stakeholders speak at the climate gathering to discuss the challenges of reaching net zero.We hear from Hoegh Autoliners’ Andreas Enger, Lynn Loo of the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation, Rajalingam Subramaniam of MISC, the ITF’s Steve Cotton, Ingrid Irigoyen of the Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance and the City of Los Angeles’ Christine Peterson.

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Shipping stakeholders are out in force at the COP28 climate conference in Dubai, with some seeing more attention to the industry than ever before. But what do they want to see happen in the global climate discussions?We talk to Jesper Kristensen of DP World and Unifeeder and David Cummins of the Blue Sky Maritime Coalition, and we hear parts of a COP28 presentation by the International Council on Clean Transportation’s Liudmila Osipova

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There has been a standoff in the Pacific Ocean between Greenpeace activists and The Metals Company, which is carrying out an expedition on the Coco to collect data for its plans to begin mining the ocean floor for what are called polymetallic nodules. Is deepsea mining a threat to untouched underwater wilderness? Or is it a way to obtain the metals needed to make batteries to electrify industries with a lower impact than mining on land?We talk to Gerard Barron of The Metals Company, Louisa Casson of Greenpeace and Birgit Liodden of The Ocean Opportunity Lab.

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The Panama Canal is facing a water crisis that fuelled restrictions on the number of ships transiting the waterway, and climate change experts predict more droughts are in the future. We talk to Panama Canal Authority water department head Erick Cordoba and pilots union president Gabriel Aleman about the short-term solutions to today’s crisis and the long-term solutions aimed at preventing another one.

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Ship recycling in Bangladesh has already made leaps and bounds since Norwegian officials began working to make the industry greener and safer in 2015. Now, the project is entering a new phase as new global rules loom.We speak to Espen Rikter-Svendsen, the Norwegian ambassador in Dhaka.

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Mitsui OSK Lines is one of the biggest shipowners and operators in Japan and the world, and it wants to set a clear and achievable pathway toward its goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Chief executive Takeshi Hashimoto spoke to TradeWinds editor-in-chief Julian Bray at a forum in Tokyo.

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