The LISW Daily: Nukes, London vibes and why shipping doesn’t like sharing
As London International Shipping Week gets off to a frantic start, Lloyd’s List editor-in-chief Richard Meade and reporter Joshua Minchin bring you their highlights from the first two days of the even...
16 Syys 202514min
How do we make London great again?
THREE hundred years ago, when Lloyd’s List was still a list of ships pinned to a coffee shop wall, London was the epicentre of global trade. It was the hub where the shipowning, the insurance, the f...
15 Syys 202526min
Why is shore leave heading for extinction?
Shore leave is a fundamental part of life at sea. It has been for centuries. The modern seafarer can spend up to 11 months on board a vessel during a contract, so getting on to dry land whenever poss...
8 Syys 202519min
The Top 100 Container Ports: 2024’s winners and losers
Every year, Lloyd’s List publishes a list of the world’s Top 100 container ports. And to mark the release of this year’s ranking, we’re taking a deep dive in this week’s episode to understand the key...
3 Syys 202516min
Wired for success? The double-edged sword of ship connectivity
Low Earth orbit connectivity doesn’t occupy the same number of column inches as say Houthi terror in the Red Sea, or the climate regulatory tussles at the IMO, but it has arguably changed shipping jus...
26 Elo 202521min
False flags: Why shipping’s registry system is broken and how we fix it
WHEN an oil tanker can trade internationally and switch between fictional flags and take on digital identities of ghost ships that were scrapped years ago, there is a problem. Not a fictional problem...
18 Elo 202524min
False flags: How to set up a fake ship register and get away with it
Until fairly recently the government of Malawi were blissfully unaware of the fact that they inadvertently stumbled into a tense political stand-off between Nato and Russia. Ministers in the landlock...
11 Elo 202521min
What next for the ETS?
The EU’s two big green regulations on shipping have had many consequences, whether intended or otherwise. But their original purpose was as a threat. Four years ago the International Maritime Organiz...
4 Elo 202518min
