TradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news show
Craig Eason
Regular updates on the top stories in the shipping industry from the editoral team of leading maritime news outlet TradeWinds. Hosted and produced by Craig Eason and the TradeWinds editorial team.
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This is episode 100 of the Wavelength podcast and published in the midst of turmoil and uncertainty in shipping
In this week’s episode:
The impact on shipping of the attacks by the US and Israel on IranWe look at the potential lack of planning by the Trump Administration to take into account how Operation Epic Fury will impact shipping and global trade
Matt Coyne talks about how VLCC rates skyrocket on the back of conflict and crude oil shortage.
Read more: ‘All about war’ for VLCCs as Embiricos nears record-setting $700,000 per day fixture
Paul Peachey reports that vessels heading to or in the Gulf region can not get war risk insurance are not true. He also talks to the IMO secretary general about seafarers stuck in the Gulf.
Read more: Strait of Hormuz insurance cover available to shipping, insists London market
European Commission revealed its broadest ever plan to invest in shipping and the maritime industries. We get the response from European Shipowners secretary-general Sotiris Raptis.
Read more: EU aims to anchor Europe as ‘leading waterborne continent’
Producer and host: Craig Eason
Additional editorial input: Julian Bray, Matt Coyne, Paul Peachey, Yannick Guerry
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Previous episodes
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104 - War, global trade and riskFri, 06 Mar 2026 - 0h
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103 - The story behind US shipbuilding being great againFri, 27 Feb 2026 - 0h
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102 - Zim and the golden shareFri, 20 Feb 2026 - 0h
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101 - The VLCC mega orderbook, and why Scorpio Tankers is bucking the trendFri, 13 Feb 2026 - 0h
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100 - The VLCC aggregator unnerving analysts, and sentencing the manslaughter masterFri, 06 Feb 2026 - 0h
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99 - Conflict and risk as US forces gather off IranFri, 30 Jan 2026 - 0h
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98 - Greenland, Davos and identity theft at seaFri, 23 Jan 2026 - 0h
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97 - Crude delights?Fri, 16 Jan 2026 - 0h
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96 - VenezuelaFri, 09 Jan 2026 - 0h
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95 - TradeWinds person of the year 2025Fri, 19 Dec 2025 - 0h
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94 - Venezuela is on Trump's mindFri, 12 Dec 2025 - 0h
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93 - Attacking the dark fleetFri, 05 Dec 2025 - 0h
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92 - David and Goliath. The Diana and Genco takeover that's the talk of New YorkFri, 28 Nov 2025 - 0h
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91 - Singapore who? Hong Kong steps up the fight to stay competitiveFri, 21 Nov 2025 - 0h
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90 - Has Iran captured an innocent tanker? And why 2026 will be a bleak year for shippingFri, 14 Nov 2025 - 0h
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89 - Is piracy rising again off SomaliaFri, 07 Nov 2025 - 0h
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88 - Pairing US and South Korea’s shipbuilding industriesFri, 31 Oct 2025 - 0h
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87 - Another TACO?Fri, 24 Oct 2025 - 0h
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86 - Carbon talk delay responseSat, 18 Oct 2025 - 0h
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85 - John Fredriksen’s game plan amid rumours of LR2 fleet sell offFri, 10 Oct 2025 - 0h
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84 - Looming chaos?Fri, 03 Oct 2025 - 0h
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83 - The 800 pound US gorillaFri, 26 Sep 2025 - 0h
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82 - Introducing Wavelength PlusWed, 24 Sep 2025 - 0h
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81 - Timeout! ABS and others call for IMO to pause decarbonisation talks at 11th hourFri, 19 Sep 2025 - 0h
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80 - DNV boss slams IMO approach to LNG, anti-LNG lobby slams DNVFri, 12 Sep 2025 - 0h
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79 - Is a tanker industry mega merger on the cards?Fri, 05 Sep 2025 - 0h
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78 - Getting marine fuel makers to up their gameFri, 29 Aug 2025 - 0h
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77 - Profiling a suspected Iranian shadow shipping kingpinFri, 22 Aug 2025 - 0h
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76 - Lloyd’s Register and Anemoi: The innovations of wind propulsion technologyWed, 20 Aug 2025 - 0h
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75 - Tracking the man linked to a ship registry on an uninhabited islandFri, 15 Aug 2025 - 0h
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74 - Tanker markets, India and TrumpFri, 08 Aug 2025 - 0h
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73 - Trump targets Russia's trading partners, tanker market reactionFri, 01 Aug 2025 - 0h
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72 - New Russia sanctions examined and LNG shipbuilding returns to USFri, 25 Jul 2025 - 0h
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71 - Big-bucks boxship deals show big is still beautiful — but small is sublimeFri, 18 Jul 2025 - 0h
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70 - Risk special: Ships are under attack as militants and saboteurs take aimFri, 11 Jul 2025 - 0h
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69 - Trump's big beautiful bill vs shippingFri, 04 Jul 2025 - 0h
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68 - Tanker rates in the aftermath of Iran attacks and why seafarers keep dyingFri, 27 Jun 2025 - 0h
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67 - So, what happened in the Gulf this week?Fri, 20 Jun 2025 - 0h
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66 - A cut in the Russia oil price cap and US car carrier fees back downFri, 13 Jun 2025 - 0h
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65 - Barstad, Marinakis, Kerry, tariffs, clean fuel rules and Nottingham ForestFri, 06 Jun 2025 - 0h
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64 - Ammonia v LNGFri, 30 May 2025 - 0h
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63 - Turning shipping's latest sanction screwsFri, 23 May 2025 - 0h
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62 - On women, and menFri, 16 May 2025 - 0h
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61 - Product tankers, bulkers, and are the seafarers on them happy?Fri, 09 May 2025 - 0h
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60 - Shareholder disgruntlement at ClarksonsFri, 02 May 2025 - 0h
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59 - Swallowing Golden OceanFri, 25 Apr 2025 - 0h
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58 - Easter special: have events of the past two weeks changed shipping forever?Fri, 18 Apr 2025 - 0h
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57 - Trump's attack on shipping and the climate battles at the IMOFri, 11 Apr 2025 - 0h
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56 - Are Trump's tariffs terrifying shipping?Fri, 04 Apr 2025 - 0h
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55 - Trump policies spark concern and criticism in Washington and SingaporeFri, 28 Mar 2025 - 0h
