TradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news show

Hafnia offloads and a P&I first as Brittania promotes first female lead underwriter

In this week's Wavelength episode: Hafnia offloads vessels and kills two of its tanker pools Read more: Hafnia to wind down two tanker pools in strategy shift [https://www.tradewindsnews.com/tankers/hafnia-to-wind-down-two-tanker-pools-in-strategy-shift/2-1-1995913] Read more: Hafnia up another $118m on Torm investment with M&A still on the table [https://www.tradewindsnews.com/tankers/hafnia-up-another-118m-on-torm-investment-with-m-a-still-on-the-table/2-1-1995011] Brittania 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 history [https://www.tradewindsnews.com/insurance/britannia-appoints-first-female-chief-underwriter-in-industry-s-171-year-history/2-1-1996304] Capsize rates rise as bauxite, coal and iron ore volumes increase Read more: Capesize bulker rates soar to highest level since 2023 as futures curve also rises [https://www.tradewindsnews.com/bulkers/capesize-bulker-rates-soar-to-highest-level-since-2023-as-futures-curve-also-rises/2-1-1996425] India Register Shipping boss wants class to re-engage with sanctioned tonnage to help keep them safe Read more: Indian Register boss wants dark fleet ships allowed into class [https://www.tradewindsnews.com/people/indian-register-boss-wants-dark-fleet-ships-allowed-into-class/2-1-1994406] And from the Wavelength plus podcast, how Anglo-Eastern has responded to crews and ships being stuck on the Gulf Read and listen: Podcast: Hormuz crisis reshaping ship management, Anglo-Eastern warns [https://www.tradewindsnews.com/tankers/podcast-hormuz-crisis-reshaping-ship-management-anglo-eastern-warns/2-1-1994253] Producer and host: Craig Eason Additional reporting: Gary Dixon, Paul Peachey, Huaqing Ma and Yannick Guerry A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

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.