Richard Meade
Editor-in-Chief
Richard Meade is the Editor-in-Chief of Lloyd’s List.
He is an award-winning journalist and has been writing and talking about all aspects of the maritime industry and global trade for the past twenty years.
As Editor he is responsible for navigating The List’s subscribers through the volatile politics, policy, deals and market movements that make up nearly 90% of global trade.
He is also the host of the popular Lloyd’s List Shipping Podcast and a regular industry speaker and media commentator on all things shipping.
He joined Lloyd’s List in 2006 as News Editor after jumping ship from the weekly maritime magazine Fairplay and prior to that started his career at the Financial Times.
Latest From Richard Meade
Russia ramps up retaliatory rhetoric ahead of EU sanctions decision
Kremlin maritime security chief warns EU not to overstep, warning Russia could deploy its navy to prevent European powers from seizing its vessels
Madagascar flags fraudulent ship scam
Madagascar’s government has flagged a problem with fraudulent ship certification being issued in its name. It joins a growing list of African states being used by scammers to provide fake cover identities to sanctioned vessels
Cameroon pledges flag crackdown amid shadow fleet surge
Cameroon’s government-run ship register has been booming as a result of other flags ejecting sanctioned tonnage under pressure from the EU. Now the Yaoundé government is under pressure to crackdown as well