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
More than 90% of shadow fleet ships are producing insurance certificates when challenged
Data collected from European government agencies indicates that well over 90% of the shadow fleet tankers being challenged to produce evidence of insurance are responding, but none of the governments collecting that information are prepared to disclose how many are deemed to be credible
Shipping sanctions in the balance as EU mulls price cap and Trump touts Russia bill
Supporters of the bipartisan Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025 seem to think that president Trump is about to back their plans to impose 500% tariffs on countries buying Russian oil. If that goes ahead, stalling EU sanctions will likely get accelerated and pressure on Russian oil exports will be supercharged
Red Sea rescue falls to private security in the absence of any naval assets
The conspicuous absence of any naval vessels available to help defend two ships sunk by the Houthis this week, or assist in the search and rescue operation for 19 missing crew has left industry officials calling for more robust protection of international sea lanes
Houthis take ‘several’ of sunk bulker’s crew
UPDATED: A number of the crew from Eternity C who abandoned ship have been picked up by Houthi forces. The vessel was targeted because ships with the same owner continue to call at Israeli ports, the Houthis said in a statement