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In this week’s episode: The Solong captain found guilty of manslaughter has been sentenced, but questions remain unanswered Read more: Russian master jailed for six years for fiery North Sea collision caused by ‘complacency and arrogance’ The Sinokor VLCC buying spree has analysts asking questions. Here’s why Read more: Charterers on the hunt for period VLCC deals as ‘the aggregator’ eyes more assets Introducing shipping’s Guiding Stars who you think are making a difference Read more: ‘Competitive edge’: Laurence Odfjell sees sustainability as good business with fast payback Capturing shipping’s CO2 emissions and burying them in concrete Read more: CEO of carbon capture firm Seabound wins Nor-Shipping Young Entrepreneur award Producer and host: Craig Eason Additional editorial input from: Matt Coyne, Paul Peachey, Holly Birkett, Eric Priante Martin A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IIn this week’s episode:  Energy shipping in the Middle East is on alert after Trump sends naval forces to threaten Iran. Read more: Iran official threatens ‘control over’ Hormuz traffic as Trump brandishes ‘massive armada’ The captain of the Solong testified in London courts about the incident in which his ship collided with a laden tanker, resulting in the death of a seafarer. Read more: Russian master denies falling asleep before North Sea collision Even more seafarers are found to have been lured from online shipping recruitment sites and kidnapped to work in illegal scam centres. Read more: Vanishing Chinese seafarers spark fears over criminal gangs catfishing victims Granular. Holly Birkett’s regular look at the dry bulk market as she focuses on the impact of unseasonal weather on trade.  Producer and host: Craig Eason Additional editorial from: Eric Priante Martin, Huaqing Ma, Holly Birkett and Yannick Guerry A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast The Wavelength archive Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode: Davos: Greenland and why can't Europe act like the US and sieze dark fleet tankers an their oil Read more: Trump’s ‘surreal’ threat to seize Greenland puts container shipping on notice Read more: Polar perspective puts new spin on Trump’s Greenland grab A Greek shipowner has success in getting its tanker off the US sanctions list Read more: US removes Altomare from blacklist after Greek shipowner hit with ‘comprehensive identity theft’ ITF issues annual figures on seafarer abandonment figures and they look worse than ever. What's happening? Read more: ‘Nothing short of a disgrace’: Seafarer abandonments hit new record And the lobby group promoting the use of liquid natural gas as a fuel, Sea-LNG turns 10. What next as the fuel debate goes on? Read more: LNG fuelling ‘cleared for take-off’ with bio-methane uptake ‘exploding’, SEA-LNG says Producer and host: Craig Eason Additional reporting: Lucy Hine, Eric Priante Martin and Yannick Guerry A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IIn this episode: Eric Priante Martin takes a peek into the tanker markets that have begun to react to the impact of Donald Trump’s moves on Venezuelan crude and Iran. Read more: US-seized tanker emerges off Venezuela as two sit in Texas waters. Where will the latest land? Paul Peachey has been in the UK courts listening to the trial of Captain Vladimir Motin, charged with manslaughter after his boxship, the Solong, rammed into an anchored laden tanker, creating a fireball. Read more: Jury shown moment of fiery collision in North Sea that killed seafarer Huaqing Ma followed the case of a missing seafarer who thought he had a job offer to join a ship, only to disappear, believed to have been abducted to work in an illegal call centre compound in Cambodia. Read more: Are criminal syndicates kidnapping seafarers to work in scam call centres? The wife of a missing Chinese sailor believes so Host and producer: Craig Eason Additional reporting: Huaqing Ma, Eric Priante Martin, Paul Peachey, Yannick Guerry A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week’s episode: Holly Birkett and Matt Coyne dissect what’s been going on in Venezuela and how it is likely to impact tanker markets, plus Claire Jungman from Vortexa on the impact on China. Read more:  Trump uses old Latin America playbook to bring new dimension to geopolitical uncertainty Read more: Venezuela-to-China oil flows slowed by US pressure on departures, Vortexa says The Singapore investigation into the allision of the Hafnia Nile with a dark fleet VLCC in 2024 has pointed the finger at the fatigue and actions of the officer on the Hafnia product tanker. Karen Ng examines the report findings. Read more: Fatal collision between Hafnia tanker and dark fleet VLCC unpicked in safety report And Craig Eason talks to Rene Kofod-Olsen, chief executive of V.Group, on the company’s decision to purchase decarbonisation technology advisory Njord from Maersk Tankers and what it says about the evolution of ship management. Read more: V.Group takes over fuel-efficiency firm founded by Maersk Tankers Host: Holly Birkett Producer: Craig Eason Additional reporting: Yannick Guerry, Matt Coyne, Karen Ng, Huaqing Ma and Craig Eason A TradeWinds/DN media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode: TradeWinds editor in chief Julian Bray introduces the “Person of the Year.” Read more:  ‘Person of the Year’: Chen Jianhua has resuscitated a shipyard giant to leave Korean rivals ‘very worried’ Odfjell chief executive Harald Fotland explains why the Norwegian tanker owner has gone it alone with its own green corridor. Read more:  Odfjell signs biofuel offtake deal with Petrobas to launch its own green corridor UAE shipowner Astro Offshore explains the group’s huge fleet expansion. Read more: From 25 to 50 ships in a year — and Astro Offshore CEO says expansion is far from over ..... and who would you have for dinner? We preview your wish list dinner invites. Producer and host: Craig Eason Additional editorial: Julian Bray, Huaqing Ma, Eric Priante Martin A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode: US forces seize tanker laden with Venezuelan crude. What does this mean for shipping and the battle against the dark fleet? Read more: US sanctions six VLCCs as Trump ramps up pressure on Venezuela Read more: US draws up hit list of Venezuela-linked tankers as more seizures planned Another Ukrainian drone attack on a sanctioned tanker in the Black Sea. Shipping warned to watch out for unexploded drones Read more: Video shows explosions as Ukraine targets alleged dark fleet tanker Read more: Sanctioned, Ukraine-hit tanker evacuated again after bungled salvage operation On location. TradeWinds enjoys a Singapore anchorage and sees a hull cleaning operation up close Read more: ‘Last Breath’ moment drives engineer to swap human divers with hull-cleaning robots Producer and host: Craig Eason Additional reporting: Eric Priante Martin, Huaqing Ma, Yannick Guerry A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode: Examining the attacks by Ukraine forces on tankers linked to Russia Read More: Kyiv’s shadow fleet explosions and Moscow’s empty threats The need to strengthen the US Maritime Security Program (MSP) and the Tanker Security Program (TSP) Read More: ‘It’s the cargo, stupid!’ US maritime revival hopes get a dose of Louisiana candour Whether Trump has exceeded his powers with his trarifs and what can Republicans do if he has Read more: Trump’s Plan B: US can ‘recreate’ tariffs if Supreme Court shoots them down, official says Production and host: Craig Eason Additional reporting: Paul Peachey, Joe Brady, Eric Priante Martin and Yannick Guerry A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode: TradeWinds finance correspondent Joe Brady comes into the studio to dissect the likelihood of Diana Shipping managing its acquisition of Genco, its bigger more stable peer on the New York Exchange. Read: ‘Cash is king’: Why Diana Shipping’s ‘bizarre’ bid for Genco could pay off Is shipping about to flood back to Red Sea transits? If so, what are the risks and what will it do to the markets? Read: Container carriers brace for market turbulence amid talk of resuming Suez transits Read: Red Sea warning: Tanker rates face hit as return of ships ‘appears closer than ever’ Green corridors are supposed to shape and encourage maritime decarbonisation. So far, they are a little behind target with only two active when there should be six. There are 84 initiatives underway, however, and China has joined the buzz. Read: Green shipping corridor drive shows little progress, says Getting to Zero report Is ship finance happier in Singapore than in Hong Kong or China? Read: Chinese leasing faces prolonged USTR pressure as financiers warn of shifting capital flows Host and producer: Craig Eason Additional reporting: Joe Brady, Yannick Guerry and Huaqing Ma A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's episode of Wavelength is a Hong Kong Special, following Hong Kong Maritime Week in the Chinese city-state this week. Craig Eason and Huaqing Ma are here to report back on all the hot topics from Hong Kong Maritime Week and also from our TradeWinds Ship Recycling Forum, where scrapping dark-fleet vessels was hotly debated. Eric Martin is here to wrap up the findings of the investigation into the ship crash in Baltimore that brought down a bridge, and resulted in the loss of lives. The probable cause of the accident was so tiny that investigators might easily have missed it, were it not for help from the ship's builder. Finally, our newbuilding queens Lucy Hine and Irene Ang are here to discuss their upcoming special report on the shipbuilding sector, which will be published in TradeWinds next week. What has newbuilding business been like this year? Kind of muted, Irene and Lucy agreed. Host and producer: Holly Birkett. Additional reporting: Craig Eason, Huaqing Ma, Eric Priante Martin, Lucy Hine and Irene Ang. A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's Wavelength podcast from TradeWinds: Has Iran snatched a loaded tanker leaving the Gulf and bound for Singapore? Tanker ‘heads towards Iran’ in sudden course change after suspicious approach Why 2026 may be a bleak year for shipping and why microgrids based on renewable energy will impact shipping Shipping ‘navigating increasingly uncertain waters’, says Danish Ship Finance Everllence says its new ammonia engine is ready. Are shipowners ready to buy? ‘Milestone’ hit as Everllence seeks order for ammonia dual-fuel engine and introducing new podcast mini series looking at what happened to the containership Dali that led to a deadly collision with a bridge in Baltimore and what next in the story Host and producer: Craig Eason Additional reporting: Gary Dixon, Eric Priante Martin A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast The Wavelength archive Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode: Piracy rising: Are recent attacks a sign that Somali piracy is ramping up again? Somali pirates target LNG carrier after Latsco tanker attack Latsco tanker crew ‘safe’ after pirate attack with warship on the way Warship hunts pirate mothership after tanker attack Is China stockpiling crude spoking ir helping the VLCC markets? China poised to pounce on more crude to keep filling strategic storage reserves and ... just how easy is it to sabotage a subsea power cable? We asked cable maker Nexans Host and producer: Craig Eason Additional editorial content: Eric Priante Martin, Lucy Hine, Yannick Guerry A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode: Can the US upgrade its shipbuilding capacity? ‘Shipbuilding is a bipartisan issue’: Senate hearing highlights US support for boosting yard sector What role for South Korea's shipbuilders as they sign up to help their ally? Dealmaker Trump secures pledges from South Korea’s big three shipbuilders ‘Master of shipbuilding’ South Korea strikes $150bn trade and security deal with Trump Is the US-China trade meeting a good deal for shipping? Port fee pause: US and China declare one-year truce to maritime trade war measures And, what does the grounding of a shadow fleet tanker say about the ongoing risks to shipping and the environment? Suez Canal tanker grounding highlights how sanctions have struggled to land a glove on Russia Sanctioned tanker that grounded in Suez Canal one of four blacklisted ships in convoy Editorial contributions: Eric Priante Martin, Huaqing Ma, Matt Coyne Production and host: Craig Eason A TradeWinds podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode of Wavelength: Shippers and shipping companies in the US await news from President Trump -- and President Xi, as Eric Martin reports,Can South Korea help make American shipbuilding great again or is China too competitive? Irene Ang looks at the issues.And Arsenio Dominguez, secretary general of the International Maritime Organization, reflects on last week's all-important MEPC vote with Holly Birkett. The full interview will follow on Tuesday in an episode of Wavelength+. Host: Craig Eason. Production: Eric Martin/Craig Eason. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode The talks on IMO carbon rules go no where as nations call time out and delay a decision for a year. Not the ending anyone thought, but there may be a silver lining. Also. While international climate talks stumble, African nations are taking control of their own destiny and a number of countries are following Djibouti's idea of setting their own price on shipping's carbon emissions. Is it a model that can spread further afield? And we look at the response in the US to China's port tariffs which are in response to the US tariffs reporting by Paul Peachey and Eric Priante Martin Host and producer: Craig Eason A TradeWinds podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.