
The Lloyd's List Shipping Podcast
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Shipping’s critical juncture
Lloyd’s List reporter Joshua Minchin reflects on a disappointing set of results from the IMO/Wista survey of women in maritime and asks whether shipping is at a crossroads when it comes to female representation in the industry

Shipping’s secret trade: the fightback
Lloyd’s List reporter Joshua Minchin looks again at the secret illegal trades using our vessels and ports to understand how industry, NGOs and law enforcement are taking the fight to the smugglers

Shipping’s secret trade: the problem
Lloyd’s List news reporter Joshua Minchin speaks to several frontline experts on how they tackle smuggling, whether it be illegal narcotics or wildlife

Are e-fuels a waste of time?
Lloyd’s List’s senior reporter Declan Bush asks whether the prohibitive cost of green hydrogen makes e-fuels an unviable decarbonisation solution for shipping

What happens next in the Baltimore bridge case?
Lloyd’s List law and marine insurance editor David Osler examines the next steps in the maritime casualty of the decade

The MEPC post-mortem
Senior reporter Declan Bush brings you immediate reaction from a momentous week in shipping’s decarbonisation journey and gathers three experts to discuss the impact of what was agreed at the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee

Can green ship finance deliver in 2025?
Lloyd’s List senior reporter Declan Bush asks what’s next for green ship finance amid an ESG backlash, a second Trump presidency and big questions over technology and regulation

Shipping’s shame: It’s time to talk about abandonment, again
After a massive spike in cases of seafarer abandonment was reported in 2024, Lloyd’s List reporter Joshua Minchin asks what can be done to reduce a persistent problem in the shipping industry

Shipping’s critical juncture
Lloyd’s List reporter Joshua Minchin reflects on a disappointing set of results from the IMO/Wista survey of women in maritime and asks whether shipping is at a crossroads when it comes to female representation in the industry

Are e-fuels a waste of time?
Lloyd’s List’s senior reporter Declan Bush asks whether the prohibitive cost of green hydrogen makes e-fuels an unviable decarbonisation solution for shipping

The MEPC post-mortem
Senior reporter Declan Bush brings you immediate reaction from a momentous week in shipping’s decarbonisation journey and gathers three experts to discuss the impact of what was agreed at the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee

Why shipping has hit the pause button on investment
Lloyd’s List editor-in-chief Richard Meade reports from Singapore Maritime Week and tries to find out why the best thing to do at the moment in shipping… is nothing

Is freedom of navigation under threat? Part II
Lloyd’s List editor-in-chief Richard Meade returns to the freedom of navigation debate and asks whether states risk breaking international law in their efforts to curb Russia’s oil exports

What to look out for in 2025 in risk and compliance
Lloyd’s List’s editorial team gives you a head start for 2025 by discussing the most important things to look out for this year in their field

The Lloyd’s List Outlook Forum: Is the dark fleet getting darker?
We bring you more highlights from the Lloyd’s List outlook forum held in London earlier this month, featuring foremost sanctions lawyers and Lloyd’s List Intelligence analysts

The unintended consequences of sanctions
Navigating the rapid escalation of sanctions has proved to be a steep and expensive learning curve for P&I clubs as they try to enforce the unenforceable. They now walk a precarious regulatory tightrope through the dark fleet, which now presents a global threat in terms of uninsured risk. But if you think this is just a problem for the insurers — think again

Shipping’s secret trade: the fightback
Lloyd’s List reporter Joshua Minchin looks again at the secret illegal trades using our vessels and ports to understand how industry, NGOs and law enforcement are taking the fight to the smugglers

Shipping’s secret trade: the problem
Lloyd’s List news reporter Joshua Minchin speaks to several frontline experts on how they tackle smuggling, whether it be illegal narcotics or wildlife

What happens next in the Baltimore bridge case?
Lloyd’s List law and marine insurance editor David Osler examines the next steps in the maritime casualty of the decade

Is freedom of navigation under threat? Part II
Lloyd’s List editor-in-chief Richard Meade returns to the freedom of navigation debate and asks whether states risk breaking international law in their efforts to curb Russia’s oil exports

What happened to shipping’s innovation boom? Part II
Lloyd’s List editor-in-chief Richard Meade brings you the second half of his deep dive into innovation within shipping, this time focusing on the human factor

What happened to shipping’s innovation boom?
Lloyd’s List editor-in-chief Richard Meade speaks to shipping’s thought leaders to find out where the true innovation in the industry is happening

How worried should we really be about cyber security?
Lloyd’s List reporter Joshua Minchin talks to cyber security experts to assess the current threat level to shipping and ask whether shipowners should be more worried now than they have been before

How does an economist solve shipping’s climate conundrum?
Two of the shipping industry’s leading academics, Professor Siri Pettersen Strandenes and Dr Martin Stopford, join the podcast this week to discuss everything from the shifting nature of shipping economics to the digital and logistic solutions they would urge the industry to consider in response

Why shipping has hit the pause button on investment
Lloyd’s List editor-in-chief Richard Meade reports from Singapore Maritime Week and tries to find out why the best thing to do at the moment in shipping… is nothing

The Lloyd’s List Outlook Forum: Live from Singapore
Lloyd’s List’s editor-in-chief Richard Meade leads a star-studded line-up at Singapore Maritime Week and asks how the industry can invest long-term when volatility is at an all-time high

Can green ship finance deliver in 2025?
Lloyd’s List senior reporter Declan Bush asks what’s next for green ship finance amid an ESG backlash, a second Trump presidency and big questions over technology and regulation

Can the P&I market handle an increasingly volatile shipping industry?
Lloyd’s List’s marine insurance editor David Osler speaks to key P&I executives to take the temperature of the market after this year’s renewal round

Shipping’s secret trade: the problem
Lloyd’s List news reporter Joshua Minchin speaks to several frontline experts on how they tackle smuggling, whether it be illegal narcotics or wildlife

Is freedom of navigation under threat?
From the Red and Black Seas to the Baltic and the Taiwan Strait: shipping’s access to trade lanes is coming under fire while a political and legal war is being waged in the background to redefine what is and is not acceptable under the law of the sea. Is freedom of navigation, a fundamental principle of the law of the sea and a pillar of modern international law, something we have quietly given up on?

How worried should we really be about cyber security?
Lloyd’s List reporter Joshua Minchin talks to cyber security experts to assess the current threat level to shipping and ask whether shipowners should be more worried now than they have been before

Can navies protect shipping?
In this week’s edition of the Lloyd’s List podcast, security experts join maritime risk analyst Bridget Diakun to ask whether navies can protect shipping from the threats facing seafarers on a daily basis

Ships learn how to learn
Fincantieri’s new shipbuilding paradigm Navis Sapiens introduces the ‘smart ship’ concept

Time for change in crew management
Digital platforms streamlining crew management are delivering safety and efficiencies for both shipping companies and seafarers

Management by Exception could be shipping’s future
Richard Buckley named his company 90 Percent of Everything to reflect shipping’s vital role in transporting the vast majority of everything that is traded worldwide. He is convinced that we’re on the threshold of a new way of looking at shipmanagement, based on his experience of developing software to support what he calls ‘Management by Exception’ (MbE)

Voyage optimisation delivers performance and competitive advantages
The cost of inefficient voyages is no longer sustainable, so optimisation is essential
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