In this episode

Eric Martin speaks to supply chain representatives who expressed concern over new US port fees for China-linked vessels during hearings in Washington DC this week,

Caroline Yang, president of the Singapore Shipping Association, tells the TradeWinds Shipowners’ Forum in the Lion City that Trump is creating uncertainty that is not good for shipping,

Paul Peachey speaks to Skuld CEO Stale Hansen about whether the sanctions-influenced shift of vessels to protection and indemnity (P&I) insurers in countries like China and India means the International Group of P&I Clubs should increase its Asian membership,

and host Holly Birkett speaks to green fuels consultancy group Green Marine, which has helped put together a submission to the IMO’s upcoming Marine Environment Protection Committee for pure ethanol as a marine fuel

Host: Holly Birkett. 

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In this week’s Wavelength podcast, Joe Brady tells episode host Eric Priante Martin why John Fredriksen’s purchase of a stake in Star Bulk Carriers represented a smart arbitrage move after the Norwegian shipping tycoon sold out of another bulker owner.

Craig Eason interviews Wah Kwong Maritime Transport chairman Hing Chao about the threat that the policies of US President Donald Trump pose to shipping.

Sandra Boga talks to Rafet Emek Kurt, who heads the Maritime Human Factors Centre at the University of Strathclyde at the UK’s University of Strathclyde, about seafarer safety in ammonia-fuelled shipping.

And Paul Peachey reports on the link between misdeclared cargoes and container ship fires.

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In this episode

Host, Craig Eason, talks to experienced master mariner and maritime accident investigator Captain Jim Staples on the question of fatigue, technology

(p.s 'gundecking' is US maritime slang for faking reports)

Paul Peachey assesses the risk and liability questions around the allision

Eric Priante Martin helps you unravel some of the questions about the US intention to place fees on Chinese-built ships

and Holly Birkett chats to Carlos Pena and John Michael Radziwill about the changes at Sea Transport Maritime Group

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In this week’s episode:

Gary Dixon and Jonas Walsgard on the reaction to Norwegian tycoon John Fredriksen’s sudden sale of his stake in dry bulk owner Golden Ocean to Savery’s CMB.tech.

Eric Priante Martin reports on plans for the US to relaunch its commercial shipbuilding industry.

And Wista UK has a ball with Sandra Boga there to pick up the mood ahead of International Women’s Day.

Host and producer: Craig Eason

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In this episode:

US bureau chief Eric Priante Martin talks to shipping experts about Donald Trump’s ire on Chinese ships.

Paul Peachey investigates the growing interest in nuclear-powered ships.

And, it’s full-year results season in shipping, so we’ve gathered TradeWinds sector correspondents to offer their views on the annual results.

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In this week’s episode we have a new host, TradeWinds’ Paul Peachey.

Eric Priante Martin looks at the potential disparity between the sudden ammonia carrier orderbook and the supply of ammonia being seen as essential for industrial decarbonisation. It forms part of the TradeWinds’ Special Report on Energy Shipping now available for subscribers.

Also, the first two months of 2025 have been full of casualty announcements, with TradeWinds reporting at least 18. But for some of these, deliberate sabotage is not being ruled out. TradeWinds casualty correspondent Gary Dixon joins the podcast to dig into the numbers.

And Craig Eason looks at what happened this week behind the closed doors at the International Maritime Organization where five of 11 days of debate to decide shipping’s future have now passed.

Host: Paul Peachey

Producer: Craig Eason

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In this episode:

Eric Priante Martin reports on US sanctions on Iran giving shipping mixed message

University College London’s Tristan Smith joins host Craig Eason to explain as the IMO kicks off five of the last 11 days of talks that will change shipping forever

Here's a link to a IMO GHG talks Q and A

Also, the protection and indemnity club transfer window is set to close as renewal season ends.

And is there an LNG bloodbath? We discuss the market horrors of LNG carrier owners.

Host: Craig Eason

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In the week's Wavelength podcast:

Eric Priante Martin looks at the US fuelled tariff war and what it means now and later in the year.

Host Craig Eason looks at how Europe has no intention in easing back on its green rhetoric as EMSA publishes its second European Maritime Transport Environment Report.

and,

Holly Birkett dives into the dry bulk sector to look at the growing appetite to get involved in project cargoes.

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In this week's episode

Host Craig Eason talks with UCL's leading decarbonisation researcher Tristan Smith about its latest paper showing that only a proposed levy will do the job of funding clean fuels and making the transition equitable

And Oslo-based tanker correspondent Matt Coyne discusses the confusing messages from Donald Trump that have the tanker brokers scratching their heads.

and the scourge of the industry that just keeps on going. Seafarer abandonment is not only still an issue, it seems to be getting worse. 

Wavelength talks to the ITF about its concerns as the number of cases exploded in 2024

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In this week's episode of the Wavelength podcast:

Eric Priante Martin looks at the executive orders by US president Donald Trump that could influence shipping,

Holly Birkett talks to Fearnley's head of research Dag Kilen about the geopolitical trends set to influence shipping,

Also, Wavelength host Craig Eason talks to UCL research scientists Marie Fricaudet and Nish Rehmatulla about their new report  showing how shipping is emitting far too much CO2 if it wants to remain on track

And Haris Zografakis, partner at law firm Stephenson Harwood, joins the show to explain how there is a gaping liability hole which could leave shipowners high and dry if they have accidents with green fuel powered ships.

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