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TradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showConflict and risk as US forces gather off IranIIn 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 collisionEven more seafarers are found to have been lured from online shipping recr...
2026-01-3025 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showGreenland, Davos and identity theft at seaIn this episode:Davos: Greenland and why can't Europe act like the US and sieze dark fleet tankers an their oilRead more: Trump’s ‘surreal’ threat to seize Greenland puts container shipping on noticeRead more: Polar perspective puts new spin on Trump’s Greenland grabA Greek shipowner has success in getting its tanker off the US sanctions listRead 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 w...
2026-01-2329 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showCrude delights?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 coll...
2026-01-1619 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showVenezuelaIn 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 uncertaintyRead more: Venezuela-to-China oil flows slowed by US pressure on departures, Vortexa saysThe Singapore investigation into the allision of the Hafnia Nile with a dark fleet VLCC in 2024 has pointed the finger at the fat...
2026-01-0922 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showTradeWinds person of the year 2025In 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 corridorUAE shipowner Astro Offshore explains the group’s huge fleet expansion.Read more: From 25 to 50 ships...
2025-12-1928 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showVenezuela is on Trump's mindIn 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 VenezuelaRead more: US draws up hit list of Venezuela-linked tankers as more seizures plannedAnother Ukrainian drone attack on a sanctioned tanker in the Black Sea. Shipping warned to watch out for unexploded dronesRead more: Video shows explosions as Ukraine targets alleged dark fleet tankerRead more: Sanctioned, Ukra...
2025-12-1219 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showAttacking the dark fleetIn this episode:Examining the attacks by Ukraine forces on tankers linked to RussiaRead More: Kyiv’s shadow fleet explosions and Moscow’s empty threatsThe 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 candourWhether Trump has exceeded his powers with his trarifs and what can Republicans do if he hasRead more: Trump’s Plan B: US can ‘r...
2025-12-0522 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showDavid and Goliath. The Diana and Genco takeover that's the talk of New YorkIn 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 offIs 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 transitsRead: Red Sea warning...
2025-11-2831 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showSingapore who? Hong Kong steps up the fight to stay competitiveThis 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...
2025-11-2124 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showHas Iran captured an innocent tanker? And why 2026 will be a bleak year for shippingIn 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 approachWhy 2026 may be a bleak year for shipping and why microgrids based on renewable energy will impact shippingShipping ‘navigating increasingly uncertain waters’, says Danish Ship FinanceEverllence says its new ammonia engine is ready. Are shipowners ready to buy?‘Milestone’ hit as Everllence seeks order for ammonia dual-fuel engine
2025-11-1430 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showIs piracy rising again off SomaliaIn 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 attackLatsco tanker crew ‘safe’ after pirate attack with warship on the wayWarship hunts pirate mothership after tanker attackIs China stockpiling crude spoking ir helping the VLCC markets?China poised to pounce on more crude to keep filling strategic storage reservesand ... just how easy is it to sabotage a subsea power cable? We aske...
2025-11-0726 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showPairing US and South Korea’s shipbuilding industriesIn this week's episode:Can the US upgrade its shipbuilding capacity?‘Shipbuilding is a bipartisan issue’: Senate hearing highlights US support for boosting yard sectorWhat 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 TrumpIs the US-China trade meeting a good deal for shipping?Port fee pause: US and China declare one-year truce to maritim...
2025-10-3123 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showAnother TACO?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...
2025-10-2421 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showCarbon talk delay responseIn this week's episodeThe 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...
2025-10-1827 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showJohn Fredriksen’s game plan amid rumours of LR2 fleet sell offIn this week's Wavelength podcast:Market speculation that John Fredriksen is about to sell off his LR2 product tanker fleet. Why now?Cleaning out? Market weighs reports of $1bn deal to make John Fredriksen’s Frontline crude againShipping billionaire John Fredriksen is accelerating his long-planned succession strategyFredriksen stocking up private VLCC fleet as Frontline linked to $1bn-plus product tanker saleDetails emerge about the horrific ordeal of the VLCC crew locked up by Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria after believing a naval vessel was a pirate sh...
2025-10-1021 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showLooming chaos?In this week's Wavelength podcast:Problem solving. Cargill's Jan Dieleman explains the trading group's huge bulker deal with CostamareProblem-solving and bulker investments: Cargill shipping boss digests Costamare Bulkers dealCostamare seals tie-up with Cargill to invest in bulker assets, charter ships and transfer trading bookHow shipping can navigate the US shutdown chaosHere’s how the US government shutdown impacts federal maritime agenciesTariff collection and cargo inspections continue as US Customs stays open during shutdownThere's no alternative other th...
2025-10-0318 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showThe 800 pound US gorillaIn this week’s episode, Joe Brady reports from the Association of Ship Brokers and Agents’ Miami conference on the 14 October date for new fees by the Office of the US Trade Representative.‘It’s crazy’: Panels at ASBA Miami conference puzzle over US trade policy uncertaintyPaul Pathy: The man from Montreal tackles tariffs, port fees and trusting IMO with $30bnWe explore why International Chamber of Shipping secretary general does not want to see the IMO become a bank for shipping’s carbon cash.‘Do not make the IMO the bigges...
2025-09-2625 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showTimeout! ABS and others call for IMO to pause decarbonisation talks at 11th hourIn this episode:US class society ABS calls on the International Maritime Organisation to take a timeout on climate talks.‘LNG heavily penalised’ in IMO’s decarbonisation plans, says ABS boss Chris Wiernicki‘IMO needs to take a timeout’: ABS joins US resistance to Net-Zero Framework ahead of key voteIntertanko chief adds voice to heated fuel debate after week of ‘desire to polarise discussion’Arsenio Dominguez confident of IMO carbon vote success in OctoberGlobal Maritime Forum report shows net-zero fuels (green ammonia, green methanol and g...
2025-09-1925 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showDNV boss slams IMO approach to LNG, anti-LNG lobby slams DNVIn this week’s episode:Technology and regulation editor Craig Eason talks to Knut Orbeck Nilssen about his criticism of how LNG is being labelled under the International Maritime Organisation’s fuel standards.DNV’s Orbeck-Nilssen slams IMO for trying to stifle LNG as a future fuelWe also hear from Tristan Smith, at UCL Energy Institute, about his reaction to DNV claims and why he is worried about class getting involved in policy measures.Paul Peachey has been to the annual conference of the International Union of Marine Insure...
2025-09-1224 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showIs a tanker industry mega merger on the cards?In this episode:TradeWinds head of news Andy Pierce assesses the potential of Hafnia investing into TormHafnia chief Mikael Skov champions M&A to boost profit and woo investors after Torm swoop‘A very good nose for business’: Nordic investors weigh in on Hafnia play for tanker rival TormWall Street would welcome Torm and Hafnia merger. Deal could forge $5bn company with a fleet of 300 tankersMatt Coyne was in Donsö, the unique island off the Swedish west coast and talked to Stena Bulk chief execu...
2025-09-0523 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showGetting marine fuel makers to up their gameIn this week's episode:Wavelength host has been talking to Lloyd's Register chief executive Nick Brown about his concerns over getting enough green fuel to shipping and making it fuel the industry can trust.Tap IMO carbon money pot directly to fund fuel production and supply, says Lloyd’s Register chief Nick Brown‘Where we need to be’: Global Maritime Forum paints positive picture of methanol and ammonia fuel infrastructureSouth Korea has been meeting Trump's administration, signing trade deals and seeing opportunity in US plans...
2025-08-2920 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showProfiling a suspected Iranian shadow shipping kingpinIn this week's episode:Wavelength host Craig Eason, with the help of Blanaid Sheeran from Opportunity Green, looks at the papers sent to the International Maritime Organisation by Saudi Arabia and the US that try to derail agreement on climate rules.Environmental law group pours cold water on latest attempts to derail climate talks‘Strong opposition’: Trump administration fires torpedo at IMO’s carbon dealEric Priante profiles the huge network of an Iranian shipping kingpin linked by US authorities to shadow tankers, gas carriers and container ships.Meet...
2025-08-2225 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showTracking the man linked to a ship registry on an uninhabited islandIn this week's episode:Eric Priante Martin has been talking to the Center for Advanced Defense Studies which has been tracking the activities of Suniel Kuma Sharma. Sharma has been travelling the world opening ship registries including one on small Pacific island inhabited only by seabirds.False flag agent: Meet the man linked to a network of illicit ship registriesJonas Walsgard looks into the Norwegian Sovereign wealth fund, the largest in the world, and what shipping assets it has sold or bought in the first half of this year.
2025-08-1522 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showTanker markets, India and TrumpIn this episode:Paul Peachey looks at the fall out and likely outcome of Trump's continued threats to hike up tariffs on India.Putin and Trump plan to meet as US president threatens to extend Russia trading penalty to ChinaExpanding European sanctions herald unexpected consequencesTrump hits India with additional tariffs for Russian oil imports in bid to punish PutinEric Priante Martin dissects the results of Tidewater to give a flavour of the good and bad news for the offshore markets.Tidewater adds $400...
2025-08-0823 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showTrump targets Russia's trading partners, tanker market reactionIn this episode:In this episode:Donald Trump gets impatient with Putin and brings forward penalties on India, one of the country's main importers of crude. Eric Priante Martin reports on the response from the tanker companies, which have begun reporting their first-half results.Host Craig Eason has been talking to Interferry head of regulatory affairs Johan Roos. Interferry said something has to be done to prevent all of shipping needing to pay twice for CO2 emissions, as there will be both the international rules and the Europ...
2025-08-0126 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showBig-bucks boxship deals show big is still beautiful — but small is sublimeA $1.3bn boxship order by Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has made the front page of the TradeWinds newspaper this week.Reporter Ian Lewis speaks to host Holly Birkett about why megaship orders are still going strong, even as most other owners are favouring smaller vessels. Ian also fills us in on the rationale behind MPC Container Ships' $228m order for four 4,500-teu boxships.The US has threatened countries that trade with Russia with secondary trade tariffs. US bureau chief Eric Priante Martin explores the possible ramifications for shipping in the future. Finally, reporter Matt Coyne...
2025-07-1815 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showRisk special: Ships are under attack as militants and saboteurs take aimShipping has once again found itself in the crosshairs of conflict and military action. Militants and saboteurs have attacked vessels and their crews to show support of wider geopolitical disputes, which over the past week alone has resulted in the loss of multiple lives and the sinking of two ships in the Red Sea.TradeWinds reporters Eric Priante Martin and Harry Papachristou discuss the rapid escalation in Houthi violence in the Red Sea.And Paul Peachey, TradeWinds' insurance and risk correspondent, talks to host Holly Birkett about a series of vessel attacks with...
2025-07-1115 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showTrump's big beautiful bill vs shippingIn this week's Wavelength newscast:Donald Trump's big beautiful bill has got through the house of representatives after being passed, just, by the US senate. But what does it mean for shipping. US bureau chief Eric Priante Martin has the details.Trump’s grand maritime agenda remains mostly intact after tax-and-spending bill clears SenateA report from a group of green lawyers says that the vast money that could be raised by shipping's decarbonisation needs to have an equitable and just focus. UK -based opportunity green has argued that while shipping ne...
2025-07-0428 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showTanker rates in the aftermath of Iran attacks and why seafarers keep dyingIn this episode of the wavelength podcast:Matt Coyne examines the ongoing impact of Middle East tension on tanker rates.In the week of the Day of the Seafarer, insurance and risk reporter Paul Peachey looks at why seafarer deaths remain so high.And the ship recycling convention is now in force. What's good, what's bad about it? The father of the convention Nikos Mikelis comments on the challenges it faces from the Basel Convention, especially as it was Basel that asked the International Maritime Organization to hand...
2025-06-2721 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showSo, what happened in the Gulf this week?In this episode:TradeWinds’ Gary Dixon looks at what has happened in the Gulf after two tankers collided and caught fire. We also look at the developments in satellite spoofing and jamming and how the Israel-Iran conflict could affect shipping in and outside the region.We hear the story of a Chinese master who refused to frame his crew when drugs were found on his ship, and how he spent two years in prison without being properly charged.And Lucy Hine gives listeners a round-up of recent developments in the CO2 ship...
2025-06-2026 min
TradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showBarstad, Marinakis, Kerry, tariffs, clean fuel rules and Nottingham ForestThis week’s rundown of what is happening comes from the TradeWinds Shipowners Forum where editor-in-chief Julian Bray gets into details with Evangelos Marinakis owner of Capital Maritime & Trading, and Lars Barstad of Frontline. We also hear from Norway’s leading climate negotiator, Sveinung Oftedal, as well as Marie-Caroline Laurent of MSC Group and Andrian Dacy of JP Morgan Asset Management’s Global Transport Group. There’s also former US secretary of state John Kerry and Andrew Forest, owner and executive chair of mining giant, talking to Craig Eason on the Nor-Shipping Blue Talks stage....
2025-06-0633 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showAmmonia v LNGIn this episode:Host Craig Eason talks to Tristan Smith from University College London about a new academic paper assessing the costs of ownership for shipowners when they opt for new fuels, and why he calls ammonia fuel the 'no brainer' choice.Steve Esau from Sea-LNG is on hand to counter that position though.We have an interview with Roberto Cazzulo, current chair of the international Association of Classification Societies about the challenges facing class as they develop safety guidance for all the cleantech solutions emerging.And Eric Priante looks...
2025-05-3029 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showTurning shipping's latest sanction screwsIn this week's episode:Paul Peachey examines the latest round of UK and EU sanctions imposed on vessels and people who are believed to be involved in the shadow fleet.Eric Priante Martin has been digging into the big earners in shipping. Here's his countdownHolly Birkett has been talking to Kpler about the market movers.and Craig Eason talks to a gardening shipping executive who has turned to AI to get insights into the financial results of his old company. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...
2025-05-2327 min
TradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showOn women, and menInternational Women in Maritime Day is on May 18th every year.But is Gender equality in the maritime industries under threat as some regions appear to push back on DEI drives?Also, what can men do? Is gender a women only issue, or something from the boardroom down regardless of who you are?Craig Eason and Holly Birkett are joined in the Wavelength studio by Anne Jensen, chief operating office of Danish shipowner Norden Matt Duke, chief executive, Grieg Maritime Group for a special episode.Here's our WiM Day 2025 articles:
2025-05-1646 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showProduct tankers, bulkers, and are the seafarers on them happy?In this week's episode:Tradewinds correspondent Gary Dixon discusses the product tanker markets as the first quarter results come in. What's up and what's down? 2020 Bulkers comes under the spotlight of Holly Birkett.And are seafarer's happy? The Mission to Seafarers has issued its annual barometer of seafarer welfare, the Seafarer Happiness Index. Its founder and stalwart supporter of seafarers Steven Jones looks at the resultsNews briefs from Yannick Guerry.Host: Craig EasonProducer: Craig Eason/TradeWinds Hosted on...
2025-05-0921 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showShareholder disgruntlement at ClarksonsThis is shipping's free to access weekly news summary from the TradeWinds news team. You can also find the news show on all major podcast platforms.In this week's episode:Gary Dixon looks at what's been going on at Clarkson's one of shipping’s biggest broker houses, as shareholder disgruntlement over bonuses grows despite record profits.Eric Priante Martin talks to Alexander Saverys about merging Golden Ocean's fossil fuel-powered dry bulk fleet with CMB.Tech’s fleet of vessels.Holly Birkett picks up the mood in the drybulk market...
2025-05-0219 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showSwallowing Golden OceanIn this episode:Holly Birkett joins host Craig Eason to analyse the news that CMB.Tech has said it will merge Golden Ocean in a move many saw coming, but at what price?Eric Priante Martin digs into the finalised tariff announcements in the US and why car carriers and ro-ro operators are shocked. But does the Trump administration understand shipping yet?Sandra Boga talks to Mark Dickinson from ITF and the seafarer union Nautilus about news on crew wages going up, international requirements on fair treatment of crews and rest...
2025-04-2521 min
TradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showEaster special: have events of the past two weeks changed shipping forever?In this Easter special episode of the Wavelength podcast, TradeWinds’ editor-in-chief Julian Bray has the floor in conversation with reporter Holly Birkett.The question is: following new policies set by the IMO and by US president Donald Trump’s administration, have events of the past two weeks changed shipping forever?Are the “easy” days of shipping done? Is there any end in sight for The Age of Uncertainty?Don't expect any easy answers!Craig Eason is away. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...
2025-04-1817 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showTrump's attack on shipping and the climate battles at the IMOIn this episode Eric Priante Martin and Craig Eason examine Trump's latest moves on shipping and the fights at the IMO to find a compromise deal on how shipping will be made to decarbonise Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-04-1223 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showAre Trump's tariffs terrifying shipping?In this episode:Eric Priante Martin keeps us updated on Trump's tariffs and how they impact shippingHost, Craig Eason, talks to experts about what has been happening behind the scenes at the IMO as climate talks reach a climaxand Insurance correspondent Paul Peachey joins Craig Eason to dig into the initial accident investigation report into the Solong collision with Stena Immaculate last month Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-04-0423 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showFredriksen’s savvy play and Hing Chao’s warning that ‘global trade is under threat’In this week’s Wavelength podcast, Joe Brady tells episode host Eric Priante Martin why John Fredriksen’s purchase of a stake in Star Bulk Carriers represented a smart arbitrage move after the Norwegian shipping tycoon sold out of another bulker owner. Craig Eason interviews Wah Kwong Maritime Transport chairman Hing Chao about the threat that the policies of US President Donald Trump pose to shipping.Sandra Boga talks to Rafet Emek Kurt, who heads the Maritime Human Factors Centre at the University of Strathclyde at the UK’s University of Strathclyde, about seafar...
2025-03-2123 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showWhat really happened onboard the ships that collided in the North Sea? Update on US fees on Chinese ships and changing of the guard at CTMIn this episodeHost, Craig Eason, talks to experienced master mariner and maritime accident investigator Captain Jim Staples on the question of fatigue, technology(p.s 'gundecking' is US maritime slang for faking reports)Paul Peachey assesses the risk and liability questions around the allisionEric Priante Martin helps you unravel some of the questions about the US intention to place fees on Chinese-built shipsand Holly Birkett chats to Carlos Pena and John Michael Radziwill about the changes at Sea Transport Maritime GroupHost Craig Eason
2025-03-1421 min
TradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showReaction to Fredriksen selling Golden Ocean, Trump says US will build ships again, and at the ball with Wista UKIn this week’s episode:Gary Dixon and Jonas Walsgard on the reaction to Norwegian tycoon John Fredriksen’s sudden sale of his stake in dry bulk owner Golden Ocean to Savery’s CMB.tech.Eric Priante Martin reports on plans for the US to relaunch its commercial shipbuilding industry.And Wista UK has a ball with Sandra Boga there to pick up the mood ahead of International Women’s Day.Host and producer: Craig EasonA TradeWinds news editorial production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...
2025-03-0722 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showThe case of the ammonia-less ammonia carriers, the latest climate talks at the IMO, and is shipping being sabotaged?In this week’s episode we have a new host, TradeWinds’ Paul Peachey.Eric Priante Martin looks at the potential disparity between the sudden ammonia carrier orderbook and the supply of ammonia being seen as essential for industrial decarbonisation. It forms part of the TradeWinds’ Special Report on Energy Shipping now available for subscribers.Also, the first two months of 2025 have been full of casualty announcements, with TradeWinds reporting at least 18. But for some of these, deliberate sabotage is not being ruled out. TradeWinds casualty correspondent Gary Dixon joins the podcast to dig into the numbers...
2025-02-2118 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showIran, closed door GHG talks to change shipping for ever, P&I transfers and Gas bloodbathIn this episode:Eric Priante Martin reports on US sanctions on Iran giving shipping mixed messageUniversity College London’s Tristan Smith joins host Craig Eason to explain as the IMO kicks off five of the last 11 days of talks that will change shipping foreverHere's a link to a IMO GHG talks Q and AAlso, the protection and indemnity club transfer window is set to close as renewal season ends.And is there an LNG bloodbath? We discuss the market horrors of LNG carrier owners.Hos...
2025-02-1424 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showCan a tariff war disrupt global trade and shipping? plus Europe pushes on with green rules as US dithers and dry bulk operators get an appetite for project cargoIn the week's Wavelength podcast:Eric Priante Martin looks at the US fuelled tariff war and what it means now and later in the year.Host Craig Eason looks at how Europe has no intention in easing back on its green rhetoric as EMSA publishes its second European Maritime Transport Environment Report.and,Holly Birkett dives into the dry bulk sector to look at the growing appetite to get involved in project cargoes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-02-0718 min
TradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showThe need for a big CO2 levy, tanker market scratches its head and the scourge of seafarer abandonmentIn this week's episodeHost Craig Eason talks with UCL's leading decarbonisation researcher Tristan Smith about its latest paper showing that only a proposed levy will do the job of funding clean fuels and making the transition equitableAnd Oslo-based tanker correspondent Matt Coyne discusses the confusing messages from Donald Trump that have the tanker brokers scratching their heads.and the scourge of the industry that just keeps on going. Seafarer abandonment is not only still an issue, it seems to be getting worse. Wavelength talks to the ITF about its c...
2025-01-3122 min
TradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showTrump's orders, busting carbon budgets and huge clean fuel liabilitiesIn this week's episode of the Wavelength podcast:Eric Priante Martin looks at the executive orders by US president Donald Trump that could influence shipping,Holly Birkett talks to Fearnley's head of research Dag Kilen about the geopolitical trends set to influence shipping,Also, Wavelength host Craig Eason talks to UCL research scientists Marie Fricaudet and Nish Rehmatulla about their new report showing how shipping is emitting far too much CO2 if it wants to remain on trackAnd Haris Zografakis, partner at law firm Stephenson Harwood, joins the show to ex...
2025-01-2422 min
TradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showTrump, Putin and a ceasefire — what a start to 2025In this episode of TradeWinds Wavelength:Eric Priante Martin takes a look at the impact of Donald Trump's return to the White House on shipping.TradeWinds insurance and risk reporter Paul Peachey joins Wavelength host Craig Eason to discuss the latest round of sanctions on the dark fleet and why this time there seems to be change.And Oslo based tanker correspondent Matt Coyne analyses what an Israeli-Hamas ceasefire may mean to the Houthis and the Red Sea attacks on shipping. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-01-1719 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showSabotage ship highlights Baltic risks with old, poor quality tonnage, plusCOSCO gets blacklisted by the USIn this episode, we look at the latest news from the Baltic Sea with the help of former EMSA boss Markku Mylly, a maritime safety veteran. Did the Eagle S anchor get released by accident and how can Finland respond to the risks of a shadow tanker disaster?Eric Priante Martin looks at the implications of the US labelling COSCO a military company.Produced and hosted by Craig Eason Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-01-1017 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showThe free Baltic Exchange FuelEU calculator, UECC’s bet on biomethane and FUMES 2 chasing fugitive methaneIn this episode, Craig Eason talks to Martine Crawford-Brunt about the Baltic Exchange’s Fuel EU Maritime calculator for industry. Also, Eric Priante Martin talks to United European Car Carriers about its growing belief in biomethane, and we take a look a the ongoing battle against methane emissions from shipping, both during loading cargos of LNG and from using LNG as a fuel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-12-1321 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showBenchmarking vessels on similar routes, cyber risk taking and commodities bull runIn this episode:Danish Ship Finance innovation guru Christopher Rex explains is ideas for benchmarking fuel consumption on similar routes, setting a fuel budget and sharing the benefits, even with the ship crew.Sandra Boga talks to WFW lawyer Sumeet Malhotra on whay commodities are set for a bull run thanks to Trump's relectionand Paul Peachey looks at the continued risks being taken by shipping who do not take cyber security seriously. More cyber risk and security news from the last week can be found here.produced by Tradewinds
2024-11-1519 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showHalloween is over so what’s spooking investors in car carriers? Plus Scorpio Tankers invests in VLCC company and FuelEU edges closerIn this episode: Boo! No surprises in car carrier companies’ third-quarter results — apart from the reaction from investors. Scorpio Tankers is getting dirty by taking a stake in VLCC company DHT Holdings. We dig into the details. Two months remain before the new FuelEU law enters into force. TradeWinds speaks to those helping companies prepare. Hosted by Holly Birkett (Craig Eason is away). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-11-0114 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showSupersizing, slow fuels, risk profiling and drybulk gamesThe Wavelength podcast is produced by the editorial news team at TradeWinds, the leading maritime and shipping news site. More details on the stories can be found on TradeWindsnews.com.In this week's programme:The UCL/Getting to Zero report showing how shipping is behind on the road to decarbonisation with even the first, 2030, target likely to be missed.Just how does Wallenius Wilhelmsen justify superzising four car carrier newbuildings that will now have a 11,700 car capacity.The researcher who says port state control is not selecting the...
2024-09-2720 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showNavios’ big debt, UK shipping’s missing decarbonisation plan, Youngship’s ShipconIn this episode:Eric Priante Martin examines Navios Maritime Partners’ financial results and focuses on its debt.Sandra Boga talks to UK Chamber of Shipping director of communications Tom Bartosak-Harlow about calls for the UK government to finally publish a maritime decarbonisation plan.And Holly Birkett has been in Oslo for the Youngship conference, Shipcon.Host: Craig Eason, TradeWinds Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-08-2316 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showGrowth of the dark LNG fleet, VLCC sunshine and dry-bulk detention risksIn this week's Wavelength programme:We look at what is behind the growth of a dark fleet of LNG carriers used to beat trade sanctions with insights from Flex LNG chief executive Oystein Kalleklev and Lucy Hine.The VLCC market gets our attention as market analysts see storm clouds and sunshine. TradeWind's deputy editor Eric Priante Martin takes the temperature with help from DHT chief executive Svein Moxnes Harfjeld.And, dry bulk port state detentions get Rightship’s attention. Chief executive Steen Lund talks with podcast host Craig Eason about the role of vet...
2024-08-1619 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showMore deaths in the Red Sea, V.Group sold again, the growing influence of the Sea Cargo CharterHosted 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 Kodof Olsen.Cargo owners who are signatories to the Sea Cargo Charter reveal their data for the third year in a row, and reveal the ways they are getting the data from the shipowners whose vessels they hire.And in San Francisco, Eric Priante M...
2024-06-2120 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showGreek owners open wallets for second hand and newbuilding vessels, the Houthi attack on Laax, and is general average the answer to slow steamingIn 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 send shock waves around the insurance marketWeather damages US navy pier in Gaza halting shipments of humanitarian aid to GazaWhy general average could well become the answer to slow steaming as Blue Visby consortium assesses its successes.Host Craig Eason, produced by TradeWInds Hosted on...
2024-05-3120 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showWhat caused the Dali to crash into the bridge, inside the shipbrokers: a woman's viewThe 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 in the 'boys club' Host: Craig Eason Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-05-1720 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showTanker markets rocketing, dark fleet gets darker, ‘green corridors’ questions and seismic Baltic tweeksIn 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 (think 2nd term of Trump in the US) on shipping markets, and also at the whole idea of green corridors and they they my be flawed.Then back to the tankers market and the growing dark fleet taking oil cargoes from Russia, Venezuela etc in contravention of sanctions and price caps. We look at the...
2024-05-1024 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showGenco boardroom brawl, cargo owners sign on the line to pay extra to get clean ocean supply chainThis 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 Bureau chief Eric Priante Martin heard from shipowners about the impact of geopolitical tensions and in Singapore Craig Eason spoke to Zemba, the cargo owners alliance which has said it will pay extra for cargoes to be shipped green, and have signed a contract to do so. Show host: Holly Birkett Hosted on...
2024-04-1919 minTradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showNYSE gets excited over new tanker shipping stock, Copenhagen's musical executive chairs, and Asia's new building slot gamble 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 its a football transfer window, and Lucy Hine has the update on the surge in newbuilding orders in Asia as cash rich owners place their bets.Hosted by Craig Eason.Links to stories Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-04-1225 min
TradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news showIntroduction to the new TradeWinds Wavelength podcast with host Craig Eason and editor in chief Julian Bray Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-03-0102 min
AronnaxJune 4th 2023Craig Eason talks to: Alco Weeke, STC on the launch of METNET and seafarer training for a new industryDi Gilpin, Smart Green Shipping, on having a nuclear fuel carrier agree to instal a test wind system on a ship.Pia Meling, Grieg Green, on the risks of not understanding the transparency actsShane McArdle, CEO, Kongeberg Digital, on the future of the company now Shell Ventures and IdeKapital invest $90mSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/aronnax.
2023-06-0428 min
AronnaxShipping's in the ETS: What's the benefit?Talks are still going on in Brussels (this is early December 2022) about the changes to the European emission trading scheme.However the part about bringing shipping into it and how it will get a special fund to help decarbonise seems to have been agreedCraig Eason talks to ECSA's Sotiris Raptis and Transport & Environment's Faig Abbasov, to organisations normally on opposing side of the table, on why they agree the news is goof newsSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/aronnax. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...
2022-12-0219 min
AronnaxBuilding underwater habitatsHello again and welcome to a new episode of the Aronnax podcast.This is the podcast looking at the transformation of the shipping, ocean and maritime space. It is a podcast looking at the people, the technology and the environment of the seas, which if you did not know is why I chose the name Aronnax.My name is Craig Eason and I run the Fathom World news website and help organisations with their events.Now, staying in the realm of French unwater science fiction, today’s episode is about one dream to tu...
2022-11-1927 min
AronnaxLife cycle thinking (Episode 6)This is the final episode of the six part mini series produced in co operation with Re-Flow, where Rasmus Elsborg Jensen (ReFlow)and Craig Eason (Fathom) talk life cycle thinking, ships fuels and circularity.Life cycle assessments are becoming big business in manufacturing. This is not something that shipping companies and other transport and logistics providers can ignore as LCA's call on an understanding of a company's scope 3 emissions (those made by a supplier as it performs the service required of it).So what of the future? As shipping decarbonises the importance of...
2022-09-1630 min
AronnaxLife cycle thinking (Episode 1)Life cycle thinking is not new. But it is growing in importance. Manufacturers are seeking better data of their product supply chains, of their emissions they they themselves create and which are created as a result of the work of their suppliers and service providers. In this first episode we hear from House of Cosmetics and Viking Lifesaving, two completely different companies but with a common objective, to build up a full data focused picture of the life cycle emissions of their products and processes, including scope three emissions, those coming from suppliers, which includes t...
2022-07-0124 min
AronnaxLife cycle thinking: IntroIntroducing a new podcast mini series produced by Fathom World and in partnership with Reflow.Life Cycle assessments are becoming an important part of industrial life as companies seek emissions and sustainability data to create a clear understanding of the impact of their products and processes.This short episode introduces the hosts, Craig Eason (Fathom.World) and Rasmus Elsborg-Jensen (ReFLow) and outlines what the full six episode mini series will cover.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/aronnax. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2022-06-2310 min
AronnaxWith Orca. A ship to lead the wayLloyd's Register, Heidelberg Cement, Fellekjøpet, Egil Ulvan Rederi and Norwegian Ship Design join Fathom World's Craig Eason to discuss how cargo owners can have a big say in how shipping gets to decarbonise.WITH ORCA is a ship design set to show that while the clean fuels may be expensive, industry can use technology and ingenuity so a ship does not have to be used all the time the ship is at sea.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/aronnax. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...
2022-04-0123 min
AronnaxIntelligence hunting: Bringing in ideas from outside the boxSeven teams of maritime and logistics students took part in the latest Intelligence Hunt competition where they were given challenges by companies with real issues they want to have solutions to. The winners of the latest challenge designed a clean fuelled passenger and cargo vessel that could work in the unique waters of Finland. This episode sees Craig Eason talk to the student talent team called Rauma Decarbonisers, along with with the company that set their challenge, Rauma Marine Construction and the team's industry mentor, Poul Woodall, formerly DFDS in Denmark.Guests...
2022-02-1122 min
AronnaxNorthern Explorer & the fleet of hydrogen powered cruise shipsRolf Sandvik is ready to sign contracts and build the first of what he hopes wil be a fleet of hydrogen and battery powered luxury cruise ships. He proved his capabilities with Vision of the Fjords but this is going much further in size and ambition. He talks with Craig Eason about the plans and why he thinks it will work.A full transcript can be found on the Aronnax podcast page on the fathom.world websiteSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/aronnax. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...
2022-01-3026 min
AronnaxBound4Blue: The story of Spanish wind propulsion innovationHello again and welcome to another episode of the Aronnax podcast. I am Craig Eason, from Fathom World and podcast host.In this episode we go to Spain, to Barcelona. Because it is here that a relatively young company has begun to make waves having now installed a wind assist technology on a second vessel as it pushes ahead with its plans to join the growing market for fossil fuel free power solutions. The company is called Bound4Blue, founded in 2006 not by nautical engineers, but aeronautical engineers who had an original dream of using wind...
2022-01-2225 min
AronnaxGetting e-methanol for shipping: the story of Liquid WindLarge ships working on the deep seas need new fuels. The bunker fuels they use today - what are residual fuels and refined fuels - are all hydrocarbons which the industry needs to be weaned off as they emit greenhouse gases which while being just over 2% of the global amount of man-made GHGs is likely to be much bigger a percentage as other industries and society reduce their emissions and ship numbers grow as global trade and equity increase.The politics of decarbonisation are of course difficult to move around (lobby groups tend to have loud voices...
2022-01-1620 min
AronnaxDiane Gilpin on wind, life and financingIn this episode of the Aronnax Podcast Craig Eason caught up with Diane Gilpin one of shipping's greatest champions for a resurgence of wind-powered solutions as the industry seeks energy efficiencies and decarbonisation.In a wide ranging discussion Craig and Diane talked about her career, and what she has learned about innovation and how hard it is to seek financing (an issue for any sustainability focused green technology being pioneered by a startup or SME).Craig gets her thoughts on COP 26 in Glasgow where shipping folk turned up in greater numbers than they have ever...
2021-11-1940 min
AronnaxDigging into UCLs latest shipping transition reportUCL (with its consultancy arm UMAS) has issued a 122 page report outlining the paths shipowners can choose as they decarbonise the industry.Craig Eason speaks to two of the authors, Dr Alison Shaw and Dr Domagoj Baresic abou the content to find out how it could make a difference. He also asks about the role of both international and national/regional regulations and whether having both develop simultaneously is a hindrance or a help.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/aronnax. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...
2021-10-2932 min
AronnaxMeet Shipping's High Level Climate ChampionHello and welcome to a new episode of the Aronnax podcast the show that focuses on the transformation of the maritime and ocean space.I’m Craig Eason, editorial director at Fathom.World where the stories we cover on the podcast will be found with additional detail.So, a quick plug, visit the fathom. World website and subscribe to the newsletter if you have not already done so, and also look on your chosen podcast app and follow, like and subscribe to this podcast, let me know what you think.
2021-10-1826 min
AronnaxThe dangers of anthropogenic underwater noise4.2 underwater soundTranscriptCraig Eason, Fathom World & Podcast Host (0’00””)Hello again and welcome to the Aronnax podcast and in this episode we are looking underwater. So let’s start with some music to the ears of anyone who loves the sea. Whale song of course.Whale song is perhaps the most well-known natural sound in the oceans, after perhaps the noise of waves crashing onto beaches and other weather-related sounds.In this episode we are going to hear how anthropogenic or human- negated noise is potentially impacting the environme...
2021-09-2528 min
AronnaxAir bubbles and nuclear hydrogenGuestsRodrigo Bermelho/ValeNoah Silberschmidt/SilverstreamBrett Rampal/CATF, Links: Vale pushes giant bulk carriers down greener path - (fathom.world)Should we use nuclear power to make hydrogen fuels for shipping? - (fathom.world)UK Government eyes nuclear powered merchant vessels with late consideration of IMO codes - (fathom.world)Earlier Aronnax episodes about wind assist technologiesAronnax: Pressure and propulsion - (fathom.world)Aronnax S1-3 Wind Part 1 - The resurgence of sail...
2021-09-0536 min
AronnaxZero emission shipping at COP 26An association, made up of technology companies and others that believe shipping can achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions, was launched nearly two years ago is heading to Glasgow to UNFCCC's COP 26 to show the world what it believes can be done.The Zero Emissions Ship Technology Association believes wind propulsion, green hydrogen, batteries and fuel cells should shape shipping's future more than e-fuels. biofuels and even ammonia, options that are gaining a lot of interest in the maritime industry, especially deep sea shipping.Madadh MacLaine. ZESTAs secretary-general talked to Craig Eason (Aronnax host and...
2021-07-1312 min
AronnaxThe devil in the detail of the CII/EEXI measures to curb shippings' CO2 emissionsThe member state representatives who attended the latest meeting of the Marine Environmental Protection Committee did so remotely and battled through a growing lack of trust to finally agree the details of the two measures the IMO secretariat call the short term measures. These as anyone in shipping will likely know are the EEXI and CII. They will kick in in 2023 and while they will have an impact, have been decried by green lobby groups as not strong enough. But are they as weak as many sugest?Some of the green gorups decry the...
2021-06-2319 min
AronnaxShipping the CO2 molecule as cargoCarbon capture and storage, the process of catching industrial CO2 emissions and then storing them (sequestering them underground is seen by the IEA as a vital decarbonisation tool. Norway agrees and is supporting the efforts of Equinor, Shell and Total as they see this as a key tool for reducing Co2 emissions from their oil and gas production. (It is promoted as storage as a service, where they have emptied the oil and gas wells and can refill them with CO2). Cement makers also see the potential. But given the distances and volumes there needs to...
2021-06-1225 min
AronnaxCapturing ships carbon dioxide emissionsMany thanks to tech experts Sigurd Jenssen, Wärtsilä & Kazuki Saiki, Mitsubishi Shipbuilding for their input talking to Craig Eason. Shipping is on a path to reduce its CO2 emissions. A lot of the talk is about new fuels, but what about using the industrial technology found ashore to capture CO2 and then either sequester it or use it again? TranscriptKazuki Saiki It's like a scrubber, a SOx scrubber and you create a shower of the amine solution through the exhaust gas...
2021-05-3114 min
AronnaxThe jungle shipCraig Eason Hello, and welcome to the Aronnax Show, a podcast about the shipping and ocean space. It’spowered by Fathom.World. I am Craig Eason and that is Danielle Doggett, the CEO of Sail Cargo a company she launched to do something very, very different.This episode of the Aronnax Show is dedicated to the ship in the jungle. A wooden ship being built in a wooden shipyard on the coast of Costa Rica and destined to sail with sustainable cargoes by shippers seeking sustainable shipping up and down the west coast of the Ame...
2021-05-0730 minAronnaxTraining for autonomoy & electronic lookouts This episode looks at attracting youngsters into shipping with an apprenticeship focused on autonomy and unmanned ships and how technology can be the eyes and ears of a ship officer on the bridge (as a proposed electornic lookout function).WithGordon Meadow, CEO, SeaBot XREero Lehtovaara, Head of Regulatory Affairs, ABBIndustry updates fromNick Chubb, Founder, ThetiusHostCraig Eason, Fathom.WorldFull transcript belowCraig Eason
2021-04-1620 minAronnaxShipping's future ammonia engineHello and welcome to the Aronnax Show a podcast focused nt he transformation of the shipping, maritime and ocean space My name is Craig Eason, and I own and edit the Fathom World website.Today’s show is focused on the efforts being made in the industry to develop the first engines capable of being powered by ammonia.Ammonia is being seen by some as a key fuel for international shipping to decarbonise. It’s chemical composition (one nitrogen atom and three hydrogen atoms in each molecule) mean that it has no carbon that can be f...
2021-04-1022 minAronnaxArdmore ShippingIn this episode of the Aronnax Show, Craig Eason talks to Mark Cameron, Chief Operating Officer at Irish shipowner Ardmore Shipping about the company's unusual decision to launch a join venture commercial enterprise looking to marinise methanol reformers for shipping.The technology takes liquid methanol and makes hydrogen which can be fed into a PEM fuel cell. The company believes this technology could be used to replace electrical generators and auxiliary engines in ocean going ships and main engines of inland waterway vessels.Additionally we hear brief comment from MAN ES about their new engine...
2021-03-2128 minAronnaxStena goes electric and the ammonia reportIn the first episode of 2021 we hear about the TransZero Partnership between the Port of Göteborg, Stena Line, Scania and Volvo, especially the decision by the Swedish shipowner to build a pair of battery powered freight and passenger vessels to sail across from the Swedish Port to Denmark. We also look at the potential of ammonia production to meet shipping's potential demand for the fuel, providing it can be made from renewable hydrogen.Voices in this episode:Craig Eason, Host & Editorial Director, Fathom WorldStena LIne C...
2021-02-0816 minAronnaxSeamanship is dead, long live the seafarerThis particular podcast episode looks at two stories that have been in the news. One deals with changing definition of seamanship in connection with the technologies, and the other the search for technologies to help seafarers.First we have an academic paper published in Norway (NTNU) which has raised the question about what seamanship is ….and whether it is the right word to be using in modern shipping.Then we look at how fatigue, tiredness, the COVID-19 Pandemic, and the mandatory requirements for rest hours have led to new technologies from software startups to give se...
2020-12-1326 minAronnaxAllureIn this episode of Aronnax, host Craig Eason is in France (albeit remotely) to talk to two people working in the field of wind-powered systems to see what can make shipping a more attractive industry for today's young professional.Is shipping sexy enough for the millennials that are today's university graduates and tomorrow's game changers.He asks a naval architect and project manager, SImon Watin about switching from the glittery world of high octane ocean racing yachts and luxury cruisers to the more industrial commercial world. Simon works at VPLP and is working on the...
2020-10-1137 minAronnaxWill shipping going into Europe's ETS hurt both?The European Parliament voted on amendments to a proposal that will have sweeping implications. Craig Eason, Editorial Director at Fathom.World the shipping and maritime news portal speaks to Martin Dorsman at the European Community Shipowners' Associations, which represents national shipowner associations in policy issues in Brussels. Craig also talks to Jasper Faber, maritime specialist at CE Delft, who has been a key author of the IMO's 4th study into shipping's greenhouse gas emissions, to find out how this report differs from the rest and how it makes shipping more visible and likely to change.
2020-09-2124 minAronnaxEurope's latest thrust towards shipping's decarbonisationCraig Eason speaks to Jutta Paulus, Green MEP about her push to include shipping in Europe's emission trading scheme, as well as her proposal to force existing ships to improve efficiency by 40% by 2030. He also talks to Adam Berman (International Emissions Trading Association) to explain how the ETS works, what impact shipping's introduction may have on other sectors and finds out what he has heard about a Carbon Border Mechanism that could also have an impact on vessels coming into European ports.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/aronnax. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...
2020-09-1431 minAronnaxWhere's all the autonomous ships?There's a lot of talk about autonomous and unmanned planes, trains, cars and rockets, and in the marine sphere a lot of talk about unmanned autonomous ships. In the first of three episodes Craig Eason talks to experts about current developments to assess where the market currently stands and what it all means.In the first episode he e-meets Pia Meling from Massterly- the manager of the Yara Birkelend project - and Ørnulf Rødseth at SINTEF Ocean a research group in Norway, to talk about commercial developments, and he talks to Brett Phaneuf the energy behind th...
2020-06-1926 minAronnaxLNG & the hydrogen next stepKnut Ørbeck Nilssen,head of DNV GL Maritime and Madadh MacLaine, secretary general of the Zero Emission Ship Technology Association talk to Craig Eason about the role of LNG as a transition fuel towards a decarbonised shipping future, with comments from Brian Østergaard Sørensen at MAN ES about fuel systems and the future diesel engine.Plus Thetius CEO Nick Chubb offers his insights to the latest technology trends.
2020-06-0721 minAronnaxThe return of sail? It's not as simple as you thinkWhile a return to the days of sailing vessels taking cargo around the world sounds romantic, it is also unrealistic. The great sails of old were no where near as efficient as ships are today. However with shipping being forced down a decarbonisation road, it is likely that some modern alternatives will be part of the mix of fossil fuel free solutions.Many of the solutions that have been demonstrated so far are retrofitted onto ships. There are few newbuild vessels with a wind assist technology installed. In this episode of Aronnax we look at the need...
2020-05-1117 minAronnaxA new role for the IMO: Is the leviathan changing course?The global effort to significantly lower the amount of man-made carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases has seen a lot of government-backed collaborative efforts in recent years. In the shipping maritime and ocean spaces this has been somewhat fragmented, with different international agencies taking on different responsibilities.The UN's shipping agency, the International Maritime Organization, recently announced an internal reform that has led to the creation of a new partnerships and projects department that will see it reach out to both industry and international funding mechanism and agencies to expand this effort.Head of the...
2020-05-0128 minAronnaxKeeping ships' crews in our mindsGlobal trade is largely based on just-in-time, lean.supply chains with goods shipped around the world as they are needed. The Covid-19 lockdowns have brought this into stark relief. It also raises the profile of the ships crews that are needed to keep the ships going that keep these ships going. There are stories of crews being forced to stay on board and work much longer than they should, which will impact mental health and abilities, as well as crews finding themselves off a ship, but stranded in the countries where they disembarked because there is no way for...
2020-04-1916 minAronnaxThe wind oneA new age of sail is emerging for shipping. It's true, we may be able to say once more that ships are sailing and mean it. It may lack the image of the great tea clippers and multi-sailed vessels of the previous centuries, but a new breed of companies and engineers are re-examining what can be done with the wind as shipping looks to decarbonise.They are not looking to bring back multi-rigged sailing ships, despite how wonderful that thought and image may be, but to use a new breed of sail designs, wing designs, spinning rotors...
2020-03-2528 minAronnaxShipping wants to pay for a $5bn R&D fundWith international regulator, The IMO, working on how it can make international shipping, which means up to 60,000 very large ships, decarbonise, the main shipowner groups have put forward their own version of a research and development fund that could be created by the International Maritime Organisation to help with the industry reach its goal. Read more on the website:https://fathom.world/shipowners-unprecedented-self-financed-decarbonisation-fund/In this episode of Aronnax, Craig Eason, Editorial Director of Fathom World talks to Guy Platten and Simon Bennett at the International Chamber of Shipping about the proposal...
2020-03-0917 minAronnaxMAN and the Plan (to drop CO2 from ships into the seabed)Welcome to the inaugural episode of the Aronnax podcast focused on the transformation of the maritime and shipping space, powered by Fathom.World and presented by Craig EasonIn our first episode we visit MAN, (yes, the engine maker owned by the Volkswagen Group) that changed one of its business unit names from MAN Diesel and Turbo to MAN Energy Solutions, as it recognised the writing on the wall. Most MAN engines burn a range of hydrocarbon fuels in large amounts to power the world's biggest ships. We were able to talk to the head of...
2020-02-2423 min