TradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news show

Ship ID theft

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 revealed [https://www.tradewindsnews.com/tankers/uae-seizes-tankers-after-phantom-insurance-network-revealed/2-1-1992509] How 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 shipping [https://www.tradewindsnews.com/technology/tech-firms-come-together-to-unify-hydrogen-supply-for-shipping/2-1-1990807] And why maritime needs women more than ever. Read more: Shipping firms must plan for when women at sea have children [https://www.tradewindsnews.com/sustainability/global-maritime-forum-shipping-firms-must-plan-for-when-women-at-sea-have-children/2-1-1990743] Producer and host: Craig Eason Additional editorial input from: Holly Birkett, Paul Peachey and Yannick Guerry A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Trump and Xi talk Strait and Intertanko puts pressure on action not words

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 meet [https://www.tradewindsnews.com/tankers/china-presses-for-strait-of-hormuz-reopening-as-trump-and-xi-meet/2-1-1990078] Read more: China opposes toll and ‘militarised’ Strait of Hormuz, US officials say [https://www.tradewindsnews.com/tankers/china-opposes-toll-and-militarised-strait-of-hormuz-us-officials-say/2-1-1990025] Read more: Xi-Trump summit heralds tariff easing plan [https://www.tradewindsnews.com/finance/xi-trump-summit-heralds-tariff-easing-plan/2-1-1990471] Danish Ship Finance warns shipping not to under estimate CHina's ambitions to wean itself off global commodity imports Read more: Chinese energy plans to shake up shipping, warns Danish Ship Finance [https://www.tradewindsnews.com/tankers/chinese-energy-plans-to-shake-up-shipping-warns-danish-ship-finance/2-1-1988805] Read more: Beijing elevates shipping, ports and maritime logistics in new five-year plan [https://www.tradewindsnews.com/insight/beijing-elevates-shipping-ports-and-maritime-logistics-in-new-five-year-plan/2-1-1960186] Wallenius 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 ship Read more: How new Oceanbird boss wants to see wind become shipping’s primary power source [https://www.tradewindsnews.com/people/how-new-oceanbird-boss-wants-to-see-wind-become-shipping-s-primary-power-source/2-1-1986122] Read more: Wallenius and Alfa Laval’s windtech solution Oceanbird rises [https://www.tradewindsnews.com/technology/wallenius-and-alfa-laval-s-windtech-solution-oceanbird-rises/2-1-1862268] Production and host: Craig Eason Additional editorial reporting: Yannick Guerry, Huaqing Ma, Paul Peachey A TradWinds/DN Media podcast ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Not shooting Strait, confusion in the Gulf

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 attack [https://www.tradewindsnews.com/casualties/-just-a-love-tap-us-hits-iranian-ports-after-destroyers-face-sustained-hormuz-attack/2-1-1987196] Read more: Consensus building that Strait of Hormuz reopening impact will trickle down to shipping [https://www.tradewindsnews.com/tankers/consensus-building-that-strait-of-hormuz-reopening-impact-will-trickle-down-to-shipping/2-1-1987051] Read more: US Strait of Hormuz insurance scheme still closed for business [https://www.tradewindsnews.com/insurance/us-strait-of-hormuz-insurance-scheme-still-closed-for-business/2-1-1986494] In 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 sector [https://www.tradewindsnews.com/technology/trump-administration-looks-to-nuclear-propulsion-to-revitalise-us-maritime-sector/2-1-1987167] Read more: ‘We can act’: Trump’s FMC chair threatens to create penalties for Net-Zero Framework tax [https://www.tradewindsnews.com/regulation/-we-can-act-trump-s-fmc-chair-threatens-to-create-penalties-for-net-zero-framework-tax/2-1-1986344] And 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 tax [https://www.tradewindsnews.com/regulation/-we-can-act-trump-s-fmc-chair-threatens-to-create-penalties-for-net-zero-framework-tax/2-1-1986344] Listen to the whole interview on Wavelength Plus. [https://shows.acast.com/tradewinds-greenseas/episodes/in-conversation-laura-di-bella-chair-us-federal-maritime-com] Production and host: Craig Eason Additional editorial input: Paul Peachey, Eric Priante Martin, Yannick Guerry A TradeWinds/ DN Media Podcast ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Tanker market insights as Gulf conflict continues and UAE leaves OPEC

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 highs [https://www.tradewindsnews.com/tankers/tanker-market-finds-delicate-balance-as-oil-prices-surge-to-multi-year-highs/2-1-1983360] Read more: Oil surges as blockades set to cause months of disruption [https://www.tradewindsnews.com/tankers/oil-surges-as-blockades-set-to-cause-months-of-disruption/2-1-1983078] Industry 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 week Read more: IMO chief urges nations to bridge gaps and clinch shipping decarbonisation deal [https://www.tradewindsnews.com/sustainability/imo-chief-urges-nations-to-bridge-gaps-and-clinch-shipping-decarbonisation-deal/2-1-1981666] Read more: Don’t expect too much out of the IMO this week [https://www.tradewindsnews.com/opinion/don-t-expect-too-much-out-of-the-imo-this-week/2-1-1980350] And Holly is back with another episode of Granular, this time from Geneva Dry   Producer and host: Craig Eason Additional reporting: Paul Peachey, Yannick Guerry and Holly Birkett A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Shipping figures talk carbon cuts in Singapore

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 tensions [https://www.tradewindsnews.com/containers/container-shipping-remains-paralysed-in-middle-east-gulf-as-msc-seizures-ramp-up-tensions/2-1-1980584] Read more: Clearing Iran’s Strait of Hormuz mines could take six months, US defence officials tell lawmakers [https://www.tradewindsnews.com/tankers/clearing-iran-s-strait-of-hormuz-mines-could-take-six-months-us-defence-officials-tell-lawmakers/2-1-1979596] •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 times [https://www.tradewindsnews.com/people/eastern-pacific-shipping-boss-explains-how-to-outperform-the-market-in-volatile-times/2-1-1977323] Read more: Eastern Pacific Shipping sees wind of change in Singapore [https://www.tradewindsnews.com/tankers/eastern-pacific-shipping-sees-wind-of-change-in-singapore/2-1-1979438] •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 [https://www.tradewindsnews.com/sustainability/-we-have-to-have-teeth-poseidon-principles-boss-signals-strategic-shift/2-1-1977533] •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 wrong [https://www.tradewindsnews.com/sustainability/shipowners-face-major-pooling-losses-after-eu-gets-its-sums-wrong/2-1-1980333] Read more: Don’t pay the penalty: FuelEU non-compliance costs will hurt [https://www.tradewindsnews.com/regulation/don-t-pay-the-penalty-fueleu-non-compliance-costs-will-hurt/2-1-1980161] •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 them [https://www.tradewindsnews.com/people/the-kings-of-shipping-and-commodities-as-only-hardo-sees-them/2-1-1971564] Read more: Meet the ‘Banksy of shipping’. The anonymous artist committing dry bulk markets to canvas [https://www.tradewindsnews.com/people/meet-the-banksy-of-shipping-the-anonymous-artist-committing-dry-bulk-markets-to-canvas/2-1-1503269] Host 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 [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.