In this episode of the Wavelength podcast:Dof Group of Norway this week announced a plan to buy fellow offshore supply vessel owner Maersk Supply Service for $1.1bn — could similar deals be on the way?Gianluigi Aponte’s Mediterranean Shipping C

Cyber resilience rules kick in, pushing newbuilding orders forward, Arctic fuel oil ban has gaping exemptions and meeting the Essbergers

9 days ago 21m 2s

In this episodeOn 1 July new cyber resilience requirements come into force for newbuildings. It’s made shipowners speed up orders.There is a ban on fuel oil use in the Arctic. It could have little impact due to gaping exemptions.We met with Joh

More deaths in the Red Sea, V.Group sold again, the growing influence of the Sea Cargo Charter

16 days ago 20m 26s

Hosted by Craig Eason, in this week's episode, we keep our attention fixed on what is going on in the Red Sea as the MV Tutor sinks. The sale of the ship manager V.Group is also in our sights as Gary Dixon talks to its chief executive Rene Kodo

Altera Infrastructure v police prosecutor over scrapping tankers in India, behind the scenes at Stolt Nielsen and the dark fleet from Ukraine's perspective

23 days ago 14m 59s

In this week’s Wavelength podcast, we hear from the police prosecutor who issued Altera Infrastructure with a $700,000 fine for exporting two shuttle tankers for scrapping in India in contravention of the European waste shipping directive.We ta

Dark fleet dominates Posidonia discussions, Panama Canal seeks more water and the biggest ever wind propulsion order

29 days ago 17m 29s

In this episode we focus on a topic that kept recurring during the Posidonia TradeWinds Shipowner Forum, the dangers of an ageing dark fleet tankers, that often secretly meet to perform ship to ship transfers.We hear from Julian Bray, TradeWind

Greek owners open wallets for second hand and newbuilding vessels, the Houthi attack on Laax, and is general average the answer to slow steaming

May 31st, 2024 20m 37s

In Wavelength this week we look at the Greek orderbook as big names go big with their wallets ratcheting up both second hand purchases and $40bn of newbuilding orders ahead of PosidoniaHouthi attacks on a bulk vessel, Laax, and other vessels se

Are flag states influencing port state inspections? Shippings safety barometer published by Allianz, and what's behind broker houses getting fined

May 24th, 2024 18m 45s

In this week's episode of Wavelength.Are Port State Control inspectors being urged to turn a blind eye to glaring safety deficiencies and not retain substandard ships?Shipping's annual safety and risk barometer is published. We hear form the au

What caused the Dali to crash into the bridge, inside the shipbrokers: a woman's view

May 17th, 2024 20m 40s

The US National Transportation Safety Board publishes preliminary findings into the Dali accident in Baltimore with focus on the ship's electricity switchboardandHolly Birkett and Lucy Hine have been talking to female shipbrokers about working

Tanker markets rocketing, dark fleet gets darker, ‘green corridors’ questions and seismic Baltic tweeks

May 10th, 2024 24m 37s

In this episode US Bureau Chief Eric Priante Martin looks at the bullish tanker markets who are reaping the benefits of a solid market.We visit the TradeWinds Shipowner Forum in Singapore where discussions turned to possible impact of elections

Marine insurers' upset with Russia price cap regime, hundreds of gas carriers on order, are we still decarbonising. Carnival's big gas bet

May 3rd, 2024 25m 6s

This week's episode of TradeWinds Wavelength: Sanctions and the oil price cap, a UK Parliamentary inquiry into them wants to see what is working and what is not. Marine insurers and P&I clubs have an idea. The huge LNG orderbook train rumbles o

Laissez-faire about climate, focused on profit? containers and car carriers. The threats to whistleblowers

Apr 26th, 2024 20m 41s

In this episode Eric Priante Martin has been talking to US-listed shipowners about their priorities, and the lack of pressure they have to decarbonise their operations.We delve into the car carrier markets with news that the Aponte led MSC has

Genco boardroom brawl, cargo owners sign on the line to pay extra to get clean ocean supply chain

Apr 19th, 2024 19m 6s

This week the TradeWinds news team look at boardroom brawl at listed bulk operator Genco. At the TradeWinds Shipowners Forum USA in New York, Joe Brady asked Genco chief executive John Wobensmith what has been going on. Also on the Forum Us Bur

NYSE gets excited over new tanker shipping stock, Copenhagen's musical executive chairs, and Asia's new building slot gamble

Apr 12th, 2024 25m 48s

TradeWinds' NY correspondent Joe Brady talks us through recent IPO of Hafnia on the NYSE and what this implies for both NY and Oslo. Holly Birkett is back from Copenhagen where she found a swather of senior shipping names are moving about like

Is bad fuel to blame for the Dali accident? How are the crew on the ship? And can the Baltic Exchange get more investors interested in shipping?

Apr 5th, 2024 17m 48s

The investigation continues into what caused the blackout of the containership Dali and how it led to the collapse of a major road bridge in Baltimore, but how are the crew doing? and are fuel impurities a cause of the blackout and power issues

Steps closer to decarbonisation, Norway's shipowners get taxed, drybulk buyers hit by bubble and the unknown Jones Act

Mar 22nd, 2024 20m 43s

In the TradeWinds Wavelength podcast this week we update you on the IMO talks about decarbonising the industry, ask if shipowners are being hounded out of Norway, examine the dry bulk bubble which may soon burst, and discover that the Jones Act

Rerouting benefits for container lines hang in the balance, diving into impacts of the IMO market based measure proposals

Mar 15th, 2024 24m 46s

In this episode of the TradeWInds Wavelength Podcast we dive into the impact of the red sea situation on container rates and the benefit that some owners have seen vanishing should the Houthi threats be removed and shipping resume transits of t

Red Sea escalation: Death, insurance and charter rates

Mar 8th, 2024 23m 43s

In this week's Wavelength Podcast the focus is squarely on the impact of recent attacks on shipping by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. With two vessels being hit, one sinking and one leading to the tragic death of three seafarers