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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In this week’s episode:
TradeWinds’ tanker correspondent, Matt Coyne, is in the studio to unravel yet more superlatives about the crude markets as geopolitics and turmoil feed into rocketing rates.
Read more: Oslo-listed VLCC giants sitting on $2bn in paper profit on newbuildings (https://www.tradewindsnews.com/tankers/oslo-listed-vlcc-giants-sitting-on-2bn-in-paper-profit-on-newbuildings/2-1-2051000)
Read more: ‘Extraordinary’ tanker boom could last through next year, says Clarksons (https://www.tradewindsnews.com/tankers/-extraordinary-tanker-boom-could-last-through-next-year-says-clarksons/2-1-2052128)
Was it hacked or is there a disinformation campaign? We look at new cyber rules, an attempt to exaggerate a cyber hack on a ship and just how difficult it is in the cyber resilience market.
Read more: Is there a cyber disinformation campaign targeting shipping? (https://www.tradewindsnews.com/technology/is-there-a-cyber-disinformation-campaign-targeting-shipping-/2-1-2044189)
Holly Birkett is in the studio with the monthly edition of Granular, our regular look at a key area in the dry bulk market.
Read more: Fertiliser will lose out to copper industry as sulphur shortage shifts trade flows (https://www.tradewindsnews.com/bulkers/fertiliser-will-lose-out-to-copper-industry-as-sulphur-shortage-shifts-trade-flows/2-1-2052676)
Host and producer: Craig Eason
Additional reporting: Matt Coyne, Holly Birkett, Yannick Guerry
A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast
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25 Sept 2026
The Trafigura VLCC IPO
In this week’s podcast:
Trafigura is bringing its VLCC tanker division, now called Volare Shipping, to the Oslo Stock Exchange with a planned IPO.
Lucy Hine joins host Craig Eason to talk through the listing and how the tanker market has reacted.
Read more: Trafigura launches $500m Oslo IPO for new VLCC spin-off Volare Shipping (https://www.tradewindsnews.com/tankers/trafigura-launches-500m-oslo-ipo-for-new-vlcc-spin-off-volare-shipping/2-1-2046194)
Read more: Volare Shipping sells $500m new shares boosting value to $1.2bn ahead of IPO (https://www.tradewindsnews.com/tankers/volare-shipping-sells-500m-new-shares-boosting-value-to-1-2bn-ahead-of-ipo/2-1-2047693)
Read more: Trafigura banks $38m profit on sale of product tanker pair (https://www.tradewindsnews.com/tankers/trafigura-banks-38m-profit-on-sale-of-product-tanker-pair/2-1-2049588)
The International Union of Marine Insurance held its annual gathering in Rotterdam this week. TradeWinds risk correspondent Paul Peachey talks to new IUMI president Sean Dalton and discusses key issues around the state of the insurance markets, war, chokepoints and the risks of car batteries.
Read more: The open-and-shut Hormuz case gives war risk insurers the jitters (https://www.tradewindsnews.com/opinion/the-open-and-shut-hormuz-case-gives-war-risk-insurers-the-jitters/2-1-2047022)
Read more: Hull underwriters hit by rising costs and war losses (https://www.tradewindsnews.com/insurance/hull-underwriters-hit-by-rising-costs-and-war-losses/2-1-2048305)
Read more: Idle ships in Gulf pose threat for maritime insurers when they start moving (https://www.tradewindsnews.com/insurance/idle-ships-in-gulf-pose-threat-for-maritime-insurers-when-they-start-moving/2-1-2046757)
Host and producer: Craig Eason
Additional reporting: Yannick Guerry, Lucy Hine and Paul Peachey
A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast
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18 Sept 2026
Riding shipping's highest-ever rate wave
In this week's Wavelength podcast.
The spoils of war are revealed as listed shipping companies announce profits and dividends as charter rates continue to climb skywards.
Any Pierce talks to host Craig Eason about the trends and how it could scare some investors off.
Read more: War drives shipping’s biggest ever bull run as rates smash records (https://www.tradewindsnews.com/tankers/war-drives-shipping-s-biggest-ever-bull-run-as-rates-smash-records/2-1-2044385)
Read more: Public shipowners shower $3.24bn in dividends on investors in peak quarter (https://www.tradewindsnews.com/finance/public-shipowners-shower-3-24bn-in-dividends-on-investors-in-peak-quarter/2-1-2044704)
Read more: Record tanker markets scare off shipping investors (https://www.tradewindsnews.com/finance/record-tanker-markets-scare-off-shipping-investors/2-1-2043712)
The Houthis have made ground in broadening their reach and posing even more of a threat to Red Sea merchant traffic. Eric Priante Martin has been looking at the impact of the 'merchants of chaos'.
Read more: ‘Merchants of chaos’: Experts say Houthis not likely to limit targets to Saudi ships after land grab (https://www.tradewindsnews.com/insight/-merchants-of-chaos-experts-say-houthis-not-likely-to-limit-targets-to-saudi-ships-after-land-grab/2-1-2043460)
Read more: US officials reportedly met with Houthis after advance to Bab el-Mandeb Strait (https://www.tradewindsnews.com/casualties/us-officials-reportedly-met-with-houthis-after-advance-to-bab-el-mandeb-strait/2-1-2044734)
And TradeWinds gas correspondent Lucy Hine has spent the week at Gastech in Bangkok getting a feel for the latest mood in the markets.
Read more: LNG supply unlikely to catch up with sector’s fleet growth until late 2028, Vortexa says (https://www.tradewindsnews.com/gas/lng-supply-unlikely-to-catch-up-with-sector-s-fleet-growth-until-late-2028-vortexa-says/2-1-2042913)
Read more: Exmar stays hungry for FSRU business as company builds on its specialisms (https://www.tradewindsnews.com/gas/exmar-stays-hungry-for-fsru-business-as-company-builds-on-its-specialisms/2-1-2044792)
Host and production: Craig Eason
Additional reporting: Yannick Guerry, Andy Pierce, Lucy Hine, Eric Priante Martin.
A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
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