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
Malawi becomes latest fraudulent registry as fake fleet grows 170%
The addition of four sanctioned tankers to a fake Malawi flag has taken the number of fraudulently registered ships to nearly 300, a 170% increase in the past 24 months
Landlocked Malawi latest flag targeted by sanctioned tankers
Malawi has emerged as the latest flag registry targeted by the shadow fleet, with four UK- and EU-sanctioned tankers broadcasting AIS messages indicating Malawi as their flag. It is not clear whether the Malawi government is aware and has authorised these registrations
Oil and shipping markets nervously eye potential disruption scenarios
Shipping and oil brokers are nervously calculating the impact of ‘what if’ scenarios and how long they might impact the market
EU plans to lower Russia oil price cap meet political headwinds
Trump appears to be unconvinced by EU and UK calls for more action over Ukraine war, but even those EU member states pushing for a stricter regime are balking at the prospect of a two-tier price cap regime