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• Should the mariner be the fall guy when shadow vessels break sanctions? 17.07.2026 21хв

  The ceasefire in the Middle East Gulf is over and Iranian forces appear to be attacking merchant vessels even further afield than previously. TradeWinds reporter Matt Coyne tells us how vessel traffic is responding. Read more: US boards VLCC as fighting reignites in GulfMiddle East Gulf tanker shuttle service slows as Iran-US trade blowsThree-quarters of ships in Strait of Hormuz go dark as missiles rain downThe master of a dark fleet tanker is being criminally prosecuted in London for breaching UK sanctions on Russia – the first case of its kind. TradeWinds' Paul Peachey is back from the courtroom with this report.Read more: Master of tanker accused of sanctions busting has trial date set for DecemberCaptain of shadow fleet tanker seized in the Mediterranean released by FranceAll the cool stuff comes out of Copenhagen these days – including maritime finance. TradeWinds' Nordic finance lead Jonas Walgard is back from Denmark to tell us how the sector is evolving, with remarks from Danish Ship Finance CEO Kristian Skovmand.Read more: Danske Bank’s shipping book expands as it takes ‘larger bite out of the market’ financeZeaside Capital targets bigger tankers as platform strategy takes shapeNewbuildings and new customers to drive ‘solid growth’, says Nordea global shipping bossAnd MPC Container Ships is getting into bigger boxships. Ian Lewis speaks to CEO Constantin Baack about what that means for the firm. Read more: MPC Container is following the market, not changing course, says Constantin BaackProduction and host: Holly Birkett.Additional reporting: Matt Coyne, Paul Peachey, Jonas Walsgard, Ian Lewis and Yannick Guerry.A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• Risky business — are we going back to square one in Hormuz? 10.07.2026 23хв

  Not even a month after the Strait of Hormuz "re-opened", President Trump has said he considers the ceasefire with Iran to be "OVER!" in the Middle East Gulf.Vessel traffic in the Gulf has responded to the more risky environment. TradeWinds reporter Matt Coyne is here to round up what has been happening.Read more: Ships steer clear of Omani route through Strait of Hormuz as US-Iran deal collapsesTrump says US has agreed to talks with Iran — but ceasefire still ‘OVER!Meanwhile, the northern hemisphere is HOT. El Nino has arrived, according to US authorities, and water levels are falling in major shipping waterways around the world. All eyes are, of course, on the Panama Canal. Ian Lewis joins us to talk about how container lines are passing extra costs on to customers and what we might see next.Read more: How low-water surcharges are becoming the new normal for container shippingPanama Canal braced for El Nino impact as vital waterway cuts lock draught limitsWhy China’s coal surge matters for panamax bulker ownersTradeWinds' gas expert Lucy Hine has spoken to top management at shipowner BW LNG about a new vessel design that could make shipping gas even more efficient. She is here with a snippet from this week's long-form Wavelength Plus podcast.Read more: LNG carriers: Four tanks good, three tanks — even better, BW LNG saysAnd finally, why does shipping — a 'people business' — enjoy a challenge so much? TradeWinds' editor-in-chief Julian Bray tells us about his trip to Barcelona for le grand départ of the Tour de France, and whether the power of 'alternative networking' is behind the rise of shipping businesses sponsoring sports teams and sometimes even buying them. But will shipping ever kick the booze?Read more: Tour de France reveals how cycling truly is ‘the new golf’Shipping teams take on 24 Peaks Challenge for The Seafarers’ CharityProduction and host: Holly Birkett.Additional reporting: Matt Coyne, Ian Lewis, Lucy Hine, Julian Bray and Yannick Guerry.A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• Faking a Norwegian 03.07.2026 24хв

  In this week’s episode: TradeWinds has reported on sanctioned tankers often flying false flags, but perhaps none so brazenly as those pretending to fly under the Norwegian International Register. TradeWinds’ Matt Coyne looks at what this means and why it is happening.Read more: Sanctioned tanker tycoon turns to false Norwegian flagShipping is now included in the UK’s emission trading scheme and and any vessel over 5,000 gt is included. TradeWinds talks to Lloyd’s Register and the UK Chamber of Shipping about the impact. Read more: Any large ship calling at a UK port set to fall into new emissions trading schemeShipping researchers at UCL have devised a unique tool to help create a future risk score for tonnage to give financiers and charterers a better understanding of shipowners tonnage. UCL’s Professor Tristan Smith offers the insights. Read more: Climate researchers roll out risk scorecard tool for commercial ship financeProduction and host: Craig EasonAdditional reporting: Yannick Guerry, Matt CoyneA TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• Deal no deal, the on/off situation in the Gulf 26.06.2026 33хв

  In this weeks episode:The situation with the Strait of Hormuz remains as confusing as ever, yet despite talks of evacuation corridors and new attacks vessels have been transitingRead more: After the attack: How shipping is navigating fragile Strait of HormuzRead more: Day of violence and threats in Strait of Hormuz as Iran turns back five tankersThe day of the seafarer is a day of celebration of an important role, but with so much to point to how seafarers get treated there is more that needs to be done.Sascha Meijer, new secretary general at seafarer union Nautilus International has a few ideas.We also have an audio postcard from one seafarer to show it is not all bad news.Read more: Stop reinventing the wheel: Union chief on seafarer crisesRead more: Try accused crews in their home countries, union and lawyer urgeUS gears up to make its shipbuilding and shipping industry great (again)Read more: More Senate Republicans join team behind Ships for America ActRead more: Trump’s maritime bill revealed: Much-anticipated legislative proposal handed to US Congress Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• Peace at last? Shipping cautiously resumes as Hormuz re-opens 19.06.2026 21хв

  It's what shipping has been waiting for since early March: the Strait of Hormuz is re-opening to vessel traffic, following a temporary peace deal signed between the US and Iran this week.The reporters who have been leading TradeWinds' coverage of the conflict — Harry Papachristou, Matt Coyne and Paul Peachey — are here to round up what it will mean for traffic, trade and safety going forward.Read more: Mine spotted in Strait of Hormuz as ship traffic climbsChubb turns to London after failure of $40bn Strait of Hormuz insurance projectUS fully lifts Iran blockade, as Tehran promises swift Hormuz transit handlingTradeWinds' gas expert Lucy Hine is here to talk to us about how Russia is growing its shadow fleet of LNG Carriers and why now.Read more: Russia adds sixth LNG carrier buy of 2026 to its burgeoning shadow fleetRussia poised to deliver second home-grown Arc7 LNG carrier newbuildingAnd after pounding the pavement in New York this week, TradeWinds' finance chief Joe Brady is here to tell us what we can expect after another failed move by Diana Shipping to take over Genco Shipping. Plot twist: could Diana become the acquisition target?Read more: Genco Shipping repels Diana advances in clean-sweep shareholders voteProduction and host: Holly Birkett.Additional reporting: Harry Papachristou, Matt Coyne, Paul Peachey, Lucy Hine, Joe Brady and Yannick Guerry.A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• War! Huh, what is it good for? Shipping! 12.06.2026 31хв

  In this episode of TradeWinds’ Wavelength podcast, we look at the spate of attacks by US forces on merchant vessels in the Middle East Gulf region in recent days, including missile strikes which have led to the deaths of seafarers.The attacks have come from all sides as Iran, the US, Russia and Ukraine target shipping, adding heightened risks, but for some hefty rewards.TradeWinds risk correspondent Paul Peachey and reporter Gary Dixon look at the latest attacks and what they mean for shipping.Read more:Ship hit in Strait of Hormuz as Trump talks up peace prospectsUS confirms strike on third Indian-linked tanker off OmanOnassis VLCC sailed for four days with Iranian missile lodged in fuel tankContainer shipping is having a bumper second quarter. We hear from Hapag-Lloyd chief executive Rolf Haben Jansen on how and why, and TradeWinds’ Ian Lewis looks to the near future with a warning.Read more: Hapag-Lloyd chief: Strong demand driving tight container shipping marketThe Sea Cargo Charter signatories published their annual emissions reduction report, benchmarking against the International Maritime’s net-zero trajectory. The gap has not got much smaller.Read more: Sea Cargo Charter emissions reduction stagnates under pressure of global frictionsNorwegian owner Eitzen consolidates tech subsidiary Zen and orders the first fully electric shortsea container vessels.Read more: Eitzen orders electric powered boxship pairProduction and host: Craig EasonAdditional reporting: Paul Peachey, Gary Dixon, Ian Lewis, Matt Coyne and Yannick GuerryA TradeWinds/DN Media podcast   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• Energy transition, Greece v IMO and the shadow of 2008 05.06.2026 30хв

  In this week's episode of TradeWinds Wavelength podcastCan Greece get what it wants from the IMO when it comes to changing the Net-Zero framework? We heard from George Procopiou, Maria Angelicousis, IMO secretary General Arsenio Dominguez and Bo Cerup-Simonsen, head of the Maersk-McKinney Moller Centre for Zero Carbon Shipping:Read more:Big name shipowning trio turn guns on ‘asinine’ Net-Zero Framework‘Unbroken optimism’: IMO boss defies ‘negativity’ to green planIs shipping living in the shadow of another 2008 market crash? To get an angle on that, we hear from Harry Vafias, CEO, The Vafias Group, Polys Hajioannou, Chairman & CEO, Safe Bulkers, Takeshi Hashimoto, Chairman of the Board, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and Andrian Dacy, CEO & CIO, J.P. Morgan Asset Management's Global Transportation GroupRead more:‘Euphoria time’: Echoes of 2008 and the canary in the coal mineMore cash in shipping than ever before, says Clarksons Research chiefAnd in Singapore, a big defence summit took place recently: The Shangri-La Dialogue. Our Correspondent Huaqing Ma went to see what it is alloa bout and found shipping came up in many different contexts-Read more:The shipping stories hidden inside the Shangri-La Dialogue‘Shadow fleet is becoming a weapon,’ Australian official tells Shangri-La defence summitAnd in the US, Trump offered a waiver of its Jones Act where US vessels would be used to ship cargoes between US ports. It is the longest waiver of the law in historyA review us under way with the Federal Maritime Commission and the US Maritime Administration asked to give evidenceRead more‘It’s a horrible policy’: Lawmakers take aim at Trump’s historically long Jones Act waiverAudio taken from the TradeWinds Shipowner Forum which took place in Athens during Posidonia. Details of the Forums and how you can be involved can be found here.Host and producer: Craig EasonAdditional reporting: Eric Priante Martin, Yannick Guerry, Huaqing Ma, Julian BrayA TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• Hafnia offloads and a P&I first as Britannia promotes first female lead underwriter 29.05.2026 23хв

  In this week's Wavelength episode:Hafnia offloads vessels and kills two of its tanker poolsRead more: Hafnia to wind down two tanker pools in strategy shiftRead more: Hafnia up another $118m on Torm investment with M&A still on the tableBritannia Club, the world’s oldest protection and indemnity club has appointed a woman as chief underwriting officer for the first time in the industry’s 171-year history.Read more: Britannia appoints first female chief underwriter in industry’s 171-year historyCapsize rates rise as bauxite, coal and iron ore volumes increaseRead more: Capesize bulker rates soar to highest level since 2023 as futures curve also risesIndia Register Shipping boss wants class to re-engage with sanctioned tonnage to help keep them safeRead more: Indian Register boss wants dark fleet ships allowed into classAnd from the Wavelength plus podcast, how Anglo-Eastern has responded to crews and ships being stuck on the GulfRead and listen: Podcast: Hormuz crisis reshaping ship management, Anglo-Eastern warnsProducer and host: Craig EasonAdditional reporting: Gary Dixon, Paul Peachey, Huaqing Ma and Yannick GuerryA TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• Ship ID theft 22.05.2026 21хв

  In this episode:How two ships ended up having their IDs stolen, including fake websites for insurance and class certification.Read more: UAE seizes tankers after phantom insurance network revealedHow suppliers and tech firms are collaborating to make hydrogen more enticing and available for shipping.Read more: Tech firms come together to unify hydrogen supply for shippingAnd why maritime needs women more than ever.Read more: Shipping firms must plan for when women at sea have childrenProducer and host: Craig EasonAdditional editorial input from: Holly Birkett, Paul Peachey and Yannick GuerryA TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• Trump and Xi talk Strait and Intertanko puts pressure on action not words 15.05.2026 29хв

  In this week's episode of Wavelength:Donald Trump and ChIna's Xi Jinping meet and talk trade and Iran. Is there any impact for shipping?Read more: China presses for Strait of Hormuz reopening as Trump and Xi meetRead more: China opposes toll and ‘militarised’ Strait of Hormuz, US officials sayRead more: Xi-Trump summit heralds tariff easing planDanish Ship Finance warns shipping not to under estimate CHina's ambitions to wean itself off global commodity importsRead more: Chinese energy plans to shake up shipping, warns Danish Ship FinanceRead more: Beijing elevates shipping, ports and maritime logistics in new five-year planWallenius Line and Alfa Laval joint venture is soon to get wings and fly to China. It also wants to see wind become the ne engine of the shipRead more: How new Oceanbird boss wants to see wind become shipping’s primary power sourceRead more: Wallenius and Alfa Laval’s windtech solution Oceanbird risesProduction and host: Craig EasonAdditional editorial reporting: Yannick Guerry, Huaqing Ma, Paul PeacheyA TradWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• Not shooting Strait, confusion in the Gulf 08.05.2026 23хв

  In this week’s Wavelength:Paul Peachey, TradeWinds risk correspondent, joins Craig Eason to assess the latest events in the Gulf as US and Iranian blockades continue, as do attacks and talks of a ceasefire. Read more: ‘Just a love tap’: US hits Iranian ports after destroyers face sustained Hormuz attackRead more: Consensus building that Strait of Hormuz reopening impact will trickle down to shippingRead more: US Strait of Hormuz insurance scheme still closed for businessIn the US, experts continue to support proposals to back up a national shipbuilding programme, but where is the demand?Read more: Trump administration looks to nuclear propulsion to revitalise US maritime sectorRead more: ‘We can act’: Trump’s FMC chair threatens to create penalties for Net-Zero Framework taxAnd why the new chair of the US Federal Maritime Commission went to the IMO to push against the net-zero fund.Read more: ‘We can act’: Trump’s FMC chair threatens to create penalties for Net-Zero Framework taxListen to the whole interview on Wavelength Plus.Production and host: Craig EasonAdditional editorial input: Paul Peachey, Eric Priante Martin, Yannick GuerryA TradeWinds/ DN Media Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• Tanker market insights as Gulf conflict continues and UAE leaves OPEC 01.05.2026 28хв

   In this episode:As the Iran and US/Israeli ceasefire tentatively holds, so do the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Angelica Kemene, head of market and climate strategy at Optima Shipping Services joins Wavelength host Craig Eason to discuss the ongoing impact on the tanker market rates and how the UAE leaving OPEC could impact trades once the Strait of Hormuz opens.Read more: Tanker market finds delicate balance as oil prices surge to multi-year highsRead more: Oil surges as blockades set to cause months of disruptionIndustry climate talks. have been continuing in London for the last two weeks with the sides seemingly well entrenched in their positions not putting talk of compromise into action. Can the net zero framework be saved? Or is it back to the drawing board. Craig talks to UCL professor Tristan Smith about the outcome of the two weeks and TradeWinds risk correspondent Paul Peachey is int he studio having been canvassing opinions in the corridors of the IMO over the last weekRead more: IMO chief urges nations to bridge gaps and clinch shipping decarbonisation dealRead more: Don’t expect too much out of the IMO this weekAnd Holly is back with another episode of Granular, this time from Geneva Dry Producer and host: Craig EasonAdditional reporting: Paul Peachey, Yannick Guerry and Holly BirkettA TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• Shipping figures talk carbon cuts in Singapore 24.04.2026 29хв

  Decarbonisation was high on the agenda Singapore Maritime Week, where TradeWinds held its Shipowners' Forum this week. Shipping companies are taking another look at their green strategies in the absence of an adopted Net-Zero Framework regulation from the International Maritime Organization. Meanwhile in Europe, the next FuelEU Maritime deadline will hit at the end of this month for owners who have operated ships to, from and within Europe over the past 12 months. In this week's episode: •In the Strait of Hormuz this week, there have been ship seizures and rising concerns about sea mines. TradeWinds reporter Matt Coyne gives us an update.Read more: Container shipping remains paralysed in Middle East Gulf as MSC seizures ramp up tensionsRead more: Clearing Iran’s Strait of Hormuz mines could take six months, US defence officials tell lawmakers•As the IMO begins another week of talks to see if its Net-Zero Framework can either be pushed through or rewritten, we hear from Eastern Pacific Shipping boss Cyril Ducau on his company’s decarbonisation plan.Read more: Eastern Pacific Shipping boss explains how to ‘outperform the market’ in volatile timesRead more: Eastern Pacific Shipping sees wind of change in Singapore•The Poseidon Principles launched almost seven years ago. Its new chairman Paul Taylor tells TradeWinds about how the initiative will aid shipowners in cutting carbon emissions. Read more: ‘We have to have teeth’: Poseidon Principles boss signals strategic shift•Shipowners with tonnage that sailed to or around Europe last year have just days left to decide if they want to pool vessels to share emissions credits or face potentially huge penalties from FuelEU Maritime. Craig Eason looks at the options with Frederike Hesse, co-founder of emissions accounting platform Zero44.Read more: Shipowners face major pooling losses after EU gets its sums wrongRead more: Don’t pay the penalty: FuelEU non-compliance costs will hurt•And finally, we speak to the artist known as "Hardo", who trades commodities by day and makes art by night – this time, it’s all about shipping. He talks about how anyone and everyone in shipping and finance can tap into their creativity.Read more: The kings of shipping and commodities — as only Hardo sees themRead more: Meet the ‘Banksy of shipping’. The anonymous artist committing dry bulk markets to canvasHost and producer: Holly Birkett.Additional reporting: Matt Coyne, Craig Eason and Julian Bray.A DN Media/TradeWinds podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• Who's ordering all these giant crude oil carriers? 17.04.2026 22хв

  In this episode:TradeWinds newbuilding expert Irene Ang joins host Craig Eason in the studio to run through the surge in orders for VLCCs, looking at who, where, when and why.Read more: Yangzijiang Maritime orders eight VLCCs in deal worth close to $1bnRead more: JP Morgan tipped to enter VLCC arena with $500m newbuilding dealThe US goes on the hunt for more Iranian ships.Read more: US ramps up scope of Iran blockade to target ships ‘regardless of location’Lomar Shipping offers its ships for start-ups to use as testbeds. We speak to Lomarlabs managing director Stylianos Papageorgiou about why.Read more: Lomarlabs boss lifts the lid on its cleantech portfolioAlso in this edition: our Singapore special report, including a profile of dry bulk operator Dava.Read more:How Singapore became a launchpad for global ambitionsDava eyes expansion as shifting trade routes reshape bulk marketsHost and producer: Craig EasonAdditional reporting: Irene Ang, Eric Priante Martin and Huaqing MaA DN Media/TradeWinds podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• Ceasefire or confusion in the Middle East 10.04.2026 29хв

  In this week's episode:A fragile ceasefire in the Middle East does not mean shipping can easily flow again through the Strait of Hormuz. TradeWinds Holly Birkett and Matt Coyne run through the impact and implications of the ceasefire and the reluctance for shipping to think it is safe.Read more: Shipping stocks fall as Trump hits out at Iran over Hormuz handlingRead more: Strait of Hormuz crossings at near standstill as MOL awaits government guidanceGard boss and new chair of the International Group of P&I Clubs Rolf Torre Roppestad talks to TradeWinds risk correspondent Paul Peachey about the impact of conflicts and sanctions on casualties and insurance implicationsRead more: Conflict and sanctions threaten global shipping order, warns world’s largest marine insurerBelgium gas carrier owner and operator Exmar has just taken possession of two ammonia dual-fuelled carriers, the industry's first. Lucy Hine spoke to Exmar chief executive Carl-Antoine Saverys about the delivery and whether the vessels will be using green ammonia.Read more: Exmar ships that can slash emissions by 95% debut into changed world order(The full interview can be found on Wavelength Plus podcast)There's a new boss at the US Federal Maritime Commission and she does not intend to just sit on the sidelines and the country seeks to revitalise its maritime industryRead more: Trump’s Federal Maritime chair sets sights on boosting US-flag shippingAnd shipyards and hull coating makers claim an EU bottleneck in approving new biocide chemicals for hull coatings is detrimental to the blocs competitiveness as Asian yards can offer more innovative solutions to tackle biofouling. Craig Eason talks to i-Tech, one of the biocide additive makers that is feeling the impact.Read more: Europe restricts shipowner hull coating choices as new additive approvals slow to a trickleProducer and host: Craig EasonAdditional reporting: Holly Birkett, Lucy Hine, Eric Priante Martin, Matt CoyneA TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• What to do with the floating wreck of the gas carrier Arctic Metagaz 27.03.2026 37хв

   In this week’s episode:What to do with 23-year old LNG carrier Arctic Metagaz, adrift in the Mediterranean after being attacked and gutted, and can any lessons be learned?Read more: Cargo and fuel to be removed from damaged Russian LNG carrier next weekInternational Maritime Organization decarbonisation talks will restart soon. What next? Craig Eason talks to Tristan Smith at University College London about the proposals that are coming in and the two camps emerging in the battleRead more: Trump team looks to kill off Net-Zero Framework for shippingMaria Ogbugo from the African Future Policies Hub joins the podcast to talk about unifying the voice of Africa at the IMO despite some countries having very different views.Read More: Divided African states seek to unite for next IMO climate talksAnd the Climate Ethanol Alliance is urging US farmers and ethanol producers to see the huge potential in shipping’s decarbonisation.Read more: Can US farmers sway Trump to make a U-turn on IMO decarbonisation policy?Host/producer: Craig EasonAdditional reporting: Lucy Hine, Yannick GuerryA DN Media/TradeWinds podcastThe Wavelength archive Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• One week, two landmark deals for crude tankers 20.03.2026 16хв

  In this week’s Wavelength podcast:It has been a landmark week for deals in the crude tanker space, but the big-money investments and fundraising come as around 20,000 seafarers remain trapped the Middle East Gulf.It was confirmed this week that Gianluigi Aponte’s MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company is buying into South Korea’s Sinokor Maritime Co.Sinokor’s buying and chartering spree this year has given the company a potential 20% to 25% market share in VLCCs.Read more: Official: World’s richest shipowner equal partner with Sinokor in VLCC superpowerRead more: Is VLCC consolidator Sinokor Maritime about to raid the suezmax sector?Meanwhile in Oslo, Capital Tankers completed its initial public offering of shares marking the first shipping IPO anywhere for five years. Raising $500m, it was the biggest shipping public offering anywhere in two decades.The Evangelos Marinakis-backed company had a great start on the bourse, but the share price was rocked by the war in the Middle East. Questions are beginning to swirl about how crude tankers will be affected if there is less oil on the water, if the blockade of Hormuz drags on.Read more: Capital Tankers: War offers ‘sobering illustration of how quickly energy trade routes can be disrupted’Read more: Evangelos Marinakis can build a rival to Frontline on John Fredriksen’s home turfThe International Maritime Organization this week called an emergency meeting to make plans for a humanitarian corridor that would allow ships and their crews to be evacuated from the Gulf through Hormuz. But, as international politics clashed, the IMO meeting found that drawing up a viable plan and executing it quickly will be easier said than done.Read more: Time is short: IMO chief urges action for 20,000 seafarers trapped in Middle East GulfRead more: Strait of Hormuz safe corridor plan wins backing from UN shipping regulatorThe idea for an humanitarian corridor through Hormuz was supported this week by the vice president of the China Shipowners’ Association, Zhao Qingfeng.Speaking at the TradeWinds Shipowners’ Forum in Shanghai, Zhao supported a specific window of time to allow vessels to leave the war zone.Read more: ‘We will not make war money’: Chinese shipowners call for Hormuz windowHost: Craig Eason.Producer: Holly Birkett.Reporters: Andy Pierce, Paul Peachey, Matt Coyne and Yannick Guerry.A TradeWinds/DN Media Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• The impacts of war 13.03.2026 26хв

  In this week’s Wavelength episode: As the conflict drags towards its third week, we examine the impact so far, including in China and the US.Read more: Oil flows will take ‘months’ to recover after the war: IEARead more: US eases sanctions on Russian shadow fleet amid oil price spikeRead more: Day 14: US claims protection convoy always part of war planningWe also look at a new voluntary injury compensation scheme for Bangladesh recycling workers.Read more: Injury fund launched for Bangladeshi recyclersAnd the intensifying debate over how to get sanctioned shadow fleet tankers out of the water and into the hands of recyclers.Listen to the full interview on Wavelength Plus on ACASTProducer and host: Craig EasonAdditional editorial input: Yannick Guerry, Eric Priante Martin and Huaqing Ma.A TradeWinds/DN Media Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• War, global trade and risk 06.03.2026 34хв

  This is episode 100 of the Wavelength podcast and published in the midst of turmoil and uncertainty in shippingIn this week’s episode:The impact on shipping of the attacks by the US and Israel on IranWe look at the potential lack of planning by the Trump Administration to take into account how Operation Epic Fury will impact shipping and global tradeRead our full coverage hereMatt Coyne talks about how VLCC rates skyrocket on the back of conflict and crude oil shortage.Read more: ‘All about war’ for VLCCs as Embiricos nears record-setting $700,000 per day fixturePaul Peachey reports that vessels heading to or in the Gulf region can not get war risk insurance are not true. He also talks to the IMO secretary general about seafarers stuck in the Gulf.Read more: Strait of Hormuz insurance cover available to shipping, insists London marketEuropean Commission revealed its broadest ever plan to invest in shipping and the maritime industries. We get the response from European Shipowners secretary-general Sotiris Raptis.Read more: EU aims to anchor Europe as ‘leading waterborne continent’Producer and host: Craig EasonAdditional editorial input: Julian Bray, Matt Coyne, Paul Peachey, Yannick GuerryA TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• The story behind US shipbuilding being great again 27.02.2026 24хв

  In this episode of Wavelength:TradeWinds’ Eric Priante Martin looks at the story of US shipbuilding as the industry turns to Donald Trump’s policies to make it great again. Read more: Here’s how much shipowners have saved up to invest in US-built tonnageOslo correspondent Jonas Walsgard talks to Norwegian Shipowners’ Association chief executive Knut Arild Hareide about its members’ attempts to go green and why they want more state help.Read more: Norwegian shipowners call for more energy efficiency measures as ship emissions growHolly Birkett is back with Granular, our monthly look at key topics in the dry bulk market. This week it is about build quality.Read more: Granular: Bulker age is nothing. Condition and quality are everythingAnd nuclear? Craig Eason introduces the Wavelength Plus, a two-part series examining renewed interest in nuclear power in shipping.Read more ‘Going critical’: Shipping takes a step closer to nuclear realityProducer and host: Craig EasonAdditional editorial input from: Eric Priante Martin, Jonas Walsgard, Holly Birkett and Yannick Guerry.A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.