This latest episode of the Seatrade Maritime Podcast features well-known Middle East maritime personality Nikeel Idnani, Honourary Secretary of IMarEST, UAE Branch.

Seatrade Maritime Director Emma Howell talks to Nikeel about his passion for the maritime industries.

The conversation covers:

• Nikeel’s career at sea and ashore
• Why he volunteers his time with IMarEST
• The importance of being a member of a trade association
• The activities of IMarEST in UAE
• The role associations play in the regional maritime cluster
• Looking ahead and reducing emissions from shipping

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The tanker market has come off its high seen in 2022 but it remains volatile, and rates are at generally very healthy levels – what does the second half of 2023 have in store?

For listeners interested in specific industry sectors only we have taken the Seatrade Maritime Podcast Shipping markets outlook 2023 episode and split into four mini-episodes focusing on a specific sector.

In the third part of our shipping market outlook series we are focusing on the outlook for the tanker sector in the second half of 2023 with Maritime Strategies International (MSI) analyst Tim Smith.

Learn the answers to these questions:

• Is volatility set to continue in the second half of 2023?
• How much of a factor will sanctions continue to play in the market and tradeflows?
• Demand and supply – will we see more newbuilding orders in the coming months?

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Any hopes that the dry bulk shipping market would improve in the first half of 2023 have failed to materialise as a bounce back in Chinese demand did not happen as expected. So, what does the second half of the year hold in store?

For listeners interested in specific industry sectors only we have taken the Seatrade Maritime Podcast Shipping markets outlook 2023 episode and split into four mini-episodes focusing on a specific sector

In the second part of our shipping market outlook series we are focusing on the dry bulk sector with Plamen Natkoff, Associate Director for Dry Bulk Commodities and Freight with Maritime Strategies International (MSI).

Learn the answers to these questions:

• What happened to the China rebound?
• How important is China to the dry bulk shipping market?
• What is the impact of the end of the Ukraine grain corridor?
• Are there any positive signs for Q3 and Q4?

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The plunge in spot container freight rates has largely come to halt in the first half of 2023, but will the impact continue to be felt in contract rates in the second half of the year, and how much of a concern are newbuilding deliveries.

For listeners interested in specific industry sectors only we have taken the Seatrade Maritime Podcast Shipping markets outlook H2 2023 episode and split into four mini-episodes focusing on a specific sector.

In the first part of the series we are focusing on the container sector with Maritime Strategies International (MSI) analyst Daniel Richards. 

Learn the answers to the following questions:

• Have spot container freight rates stabilised?
• Do contract container rates have further to fall?
• Newbuilding deliveries and what will be the impact on demand and supply?
• Will containership newbuilding deliveries be delayed?

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We've just past the half way point of the year and the Seatrade Maritime Podcast takes stock of movements in shipping markets over the first six months of 2023 and looks ahead at expectations for the remainder of the year.

In this episode listeners will hear from a panel of analysts from Maritime Strategies International (MSI) discussing the macro-economic outlook for shipping, the container sector, dry bulk, tankers, and shipbuilding in the second half of 2023.

Joining Seatrade Maritime News Editor Marcus Hand in conversation about shipping markets are Adam Kent, Daniel Richards, Plamen Natzkoff, and Tim Smith from MSI.

Hear from the experts on their opinions about where different sectors are headed and learn the answers to questions including:

• Have container markets normalised and what will be the impact of newbuilding deliveries?
• Will Chinese demand provide support for a sluggish dry bulk market?
• Are tanker markets set to remain volatile?
• Newbuilding order volumes rebounded in the first half of 2023 - is this trend set to continue?

Listen now and get ahead on the outlook for shipping in the second half of 2023 in just 45 minutes.

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Cyberattack fears in shipping, Panama Canal water issues, IMO and net-zero emissions, contrast on Titan and African Cardinal search and rescue operations, and much more in the latest episode of Maritime in Minutes.

Seatrade Maritime News Editor, Marcus Hand, and Europe Editor, Gary Howard, discuss and comment on the stories that stood out on Seatrade Maritime News during the last month.

In this episode Marcus and Gary discuss:

• Cyberattacks expected to cause collisions, groundings and deaths
• Panama Canal unprecedented drought
• Methanol’s time to shine as a marine fuel
• US West Coast ports labour agreement
• UK’s muddle maritime policies
• Titan and African Cardinal search and rescue operations
• IMO’s crucial two weeks and net zero emissions
• Ship recycling convention to come into force after 16 years

Links to stories featured in this episode:

Shipping industry expects cyber-attack deaths, collisions, and groundings

Panama Canal in further draught reductions, warns of cutting transit numbers

Methanol’s ‘time to shine’ as marine fuel: LR

ILWU and PMA reach ‘tentative agreement’ on US West Coast dockworkers contract

UK Maritime Council to clarify muddle of maritime policies

A tale of two search and rescues – Titan and African Cardinal

Crucial two weeks underway at IMO

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The Day of the Seafarer on 25 June highlights the critical role that ship's crew play in the industry and the global economy.

Marking the Day of the Seafarer this episode of the Seatrade Maritime Podcast features Gerardo Borromeo, CEO of PTC Group, one of the world's largest crewing providers, who is highly passionate about the importance of the role seafarers play, their well being, and ensuring it is an attractive career for the future.

In conversation with Marcus Hand, Editor of Seatrade Maritime News, Gerardo discusses:

• The importance of having a day that recognises seafarers and the sacrifices they make
• The impact of the pandemic and awareness of the importance of seafarers in the wider world
• Improving the mental wellness of seafarers
• The role of seafarers in the energy transition
• How to ensure future seafarers are trained for the technologies that will be used in the future
• Designing vessels around the seafarers

Listen to the episode now to hear more about all these issues and much more from one of the world's leading top executives in crewing

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After 13 months of tense negotiations a tentative agreement has been reached between the International Longshore & Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association for a six-year deal for dockworkers at US West Coast Ports.

In this episode of the Seatrade Maritime Podcast we talk to Peter Sand, Chief Analyst at Xeneta, about the importance of the deal and what happens next.

Speaking with Marcus Hand, Editor of Seatrade Maritime News, the conversation covers:

• The run up to the tentative agreement and why it is so important that it has been reached.
• The risk that the tentative deal may not be ratified and being prepared for that.
• The impact of the protracted negotiations on US West Coast gateway ports.
• Can West Coast ports win business back that has shifted to the US East Coast?
• Other supply chain issues on the radar in the coming months shippers should plan for.

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The impact of geopolitics and trade on shipping is in sharp focus with war in Ukraine, sanctions, and global political and trade tensions.

In a new monthly series the Seatrade Maritime Podcast will be examining these issues in depth with well renown maritime leader Punit Oza as a guest presenter.

Punit, recently struck out on his own with Maritime NXT, and has a career that has spanned dry bulk shipping, chartering, law, and technology, as well as passion for the intersection between the maritime industries and global trade, something he is passing to the younger generation through a teaching and mentoring.

Ahead of the new series Punit sat down with Seatrade Maritime News Editor Marcus Hand to discuss about why he sees geopolitics and trade as so important to shipping and take a look forward to the conversations ahead.

Listen to the conversation with Punit and Marcus to learn more about

• How the tradeflow implications of geopolitical events are rarely highlighted
• Whether traditional shipping analysis is too narrow, focused on heavily on demand and supply
• Broadening the mindset and the six areas of geopolitics and global trade Punit focuses on in relation to maritime
• The importance of asking the right questions and a preview of some of the guests Punit will be talking to, many of whom he has worked closely with down the years.

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The dark fleet and safety dangers, secondhand ship prices, mega-port developments, regulatory pressures, and much more in the latest episode of Maritime in Minutes.

Seatrade Maritime News Editor, Marcus Hand, and Europe Editor, Gary Howard, discuss and comment on the stories that stood out on Seatrade Maritime News during the last month.

In this episode Marcus and Gary discuss

• The worrying state of the Venezuelan tanker fleet
• Seafarer welfare and shore leave restrictions
• Secondhand ship prices
• The dark fleet
• Regulatory pressure
• Women in maritime
• MSC hitting 5m teu slot capacity
• Port Klang’s mega expansion plans
• Price challenge for alternative fuels
• OSM Thome merger completion

Links to stories featured in this episode:

• PDVSA tanker fleet flirting with disaster
• Seafarer Happiness Index dips
• Secondhand to newbuild price ratios signal shipowners’ sentiment
• The dark fleet - creeping anarchy in the world’s oceans
• Seatrade Maritime & Logistics Middle East
• MSC containership fleet to hit 5m teu capacity this month
• Malaysia moving ahead with ‘game changer’ Carey Island mega-port 
• Price the biggest challenge in adoption of alternative fuels: Eaglestar
• OSM Thome merger approved - CEO Norbye focuses on building a single organisation
• Barber Ship Management building a presence in the tanker sector

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