Steel Plate - the podcast for ship and rig recycling.

Listen to a fascinating 30 minutes of chat with Larry Kahn, where we cover a range of topics including scrapping stateside, the joys and perils of recycling supervision, the benefits and drawbacks of IHMs and how a market for green steel could be the answer to the problem of EU ship recycling.  

No-one is closer to the demo market than the Director of ship recycling S&P at Clarksons, Darren Lepper. We chat for about 10 minutes about the shrinking number of cash buyers who can handle a VLCC for demo in today's hot market; ESG and capital requirements and about the odd situation in Turkey where end buyers with open slots are few and far between. 

I catch up with Steve Wansell and we talk about his new role running the cash buying arm of Pakistan's Ayan Group, the way selling a ship for scrap is changing and the risks associated with buying ships operating sanctioned trades.

And will record prices return after Monsoon?  I quiz top maritime economist Mark Williams, Managing Director of Shipping Strategy on scrap price drivers, what advice he is giving shipowners who are weighing up a positive freight market against a healthy scrap price. Mark also has a view on a link between global credit markets and scrap volumes.  Listen to find out!

A chat with Danish Shipping Executive Director, Maria Skipper Schwen about how to raise global standards of ship recycling and the capacity issues surrounding the EU Ship Recycling Regulation. 

A 4-minute conversation with GMS founder and CEO, Dr Anil Sharma about the significance of Global Recycling Day to shipping. How much of a ship is genuinely reused when it's taken apart? What happens to all the steel and furniture? Hear from arguably the most influential person in global ship recycling.

A 2 minute conversation with PHP Shipbreaking Industries Managing Director Md Zahirul Islam about the market for scrap steel in Bangladesh and the need for shipowners to embrace green recycling.