TradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news show

In this week's episode:

Paul Peachey examines the latest round of UK and EU sanctions imposed on vessels and people who are believed to be involved in the shadow fleet.

Eric Priante Martin has been digging into the big earners in shipping. Here's his countdown

Holly Birkett has been talking to Kpler about the market movers.

and Craig Eason talks to a gardening shipping executive who has turned to AI to get insights into the financial results of his old company.

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International Women in Maritime Day is on May 18th every year.

But is Gender equality in the maritime industries under threat as some regions appear to push back on DEI drives?

Also, what can men do? Is gender a women only issue, or something from the boardroom down regardless of who you are?

Craig Eason and Holly Birkett are joined in the Wavelength studio by Anne Jensen, chief operating office of Danish shipowner Norden Matt Duke, chief executive, Grieg Maritime Group for a special episode.

Here's our WiM Day 2025 articles:

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In this week's episode:

Tradewinds correspondent Gary Dixon discusses the product tanker markets as the first quarter results come in. What's up and what's down?

2020 Bulkers comes under the spotlight of Holly Birkett.

And are seafarer's happy? The Mission to Seafarers has issued its annual barometer of seafarer welfare, the Seafarer Happiness Index. Its founder and stalwart supporter of seafarers Steven Jones looks at the results

News briefs from Yannick Guerry.

Host: Craig Eason

Producer: Craig Eason/TradeWinds

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This is shipping's free to access weekly news summary from the TradeWinds news team. You can also find the news show on all major podcast platforms.

In this week's episode:

Gary Dixon looks at what's been going on at Clarkson's one of shipping’s biggest broker houses, as shareholder disgruntlement over bonuses grows despite record profits.

Eric Priante Martin talks to Alexander Saverys about merging Golden Ocean's fossil fuel-powered dry bulk fleet with CMB.Tech’s fleet of vessels.

Holly Birkett picks up the mood in the drybulk market after spending time in Geneva.

Other news read by Yannick Guerry.

Podcast host and producer: Craig Eason/TradeWinds.

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In this episode:

Holly Birkett joins host Craig Eason to analyse the news that CMB.Tech has said it will merge Golden Ocean in a move many saw coming, but at what price?

Eric Priante Martin digs into the finalised tariff announcements in the US and why car carriers and ro-ro operators are shocked. But does the Trump administration understand shipping yet?

Sandra Boga talks to Mark Dickinson from ITF and the seafarer union Nautilus about news on crew wages going up, international requirements on fair treatment of crews and rest hours aimed at tackling fatigue.

Hosted and produced by Craig Eason/TradeWinds

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In this Easter special episode of the Wavelength podcast, TradeWinds’ editor-in-chief Julian Bray has the floor in conversation with reporter Holly Birkett.

The question is: following new policies set by the IMO and by US president Donald Trump’s administration, have events of the past two weeks changed shipping forever?

Are the “easy” days of shipping done? 

Is there any end in sight for The Age of Uncertainty?

Don't expect any easy answers!

Craig Eason is away. 

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In this episode:

Eric Priante Martin keeps us updated on Trump's tariffs and how they impact shipping

Host, Craig Eason, talks to experts about what has been happening behind the scenes at the IMO as climate talks reach a climax

and Insurance correspondent Paul Peachey joins Craig Eason to dig into the initial accident investigation report into the Solong collision with Stena Immaculate last month

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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. 

Produced by TradeWinds.

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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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