This podcast is part of a special mini-series gathering the collected views of the international Lloyd’s List editorial team on what stories are going to be shaping the shipping markets in the coming months. Today’s edition features the US team talking about US LNG opportunities and the problem of port congestion.

In this edition it was the turn of our US team to lead the agenda.

Mark Fuechec, our man on the east coast, has been busy looking into US LNG export capacity, which is set to double over the course of this year as new terminals come online. Growing global gas demand gives long-haulers reason to rejoice, and meeting that demand will require continued investment in LNG infrastructure, he argues.

Eric Watkins, our man on the West Coast, meanwhile is more concerned with port development and trade lane prospects, He’s out at the JOC’s TPM event this week with our containers Editor James Baker.

And finally, after 15 years at Lloyd’s List, our Europe Editor-in-Chief Helen Kelly signed off for the final time last week. We took the opportunity to get one last appearance on the podcast and you can hear her reflections on the changes that have happened and what’s yet to come.

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