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 Aug 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 Aug 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 Aug 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 Aug 202518min
Is shipping ready for the Hong Kong Convention?
This episode of the Lloyd’s List Podcast was brought to you by Veson. Visit veson.com for more information. MOST end-of-life ships usually meet their demise on the beaches of the Indian subcontinent ...
28 Jul 202529min
The FSO Safer Story: How the world failed to contain the Houthi threat
This episode of the Lloyd's List Podcast was brought to you by Veson. Visit veson.com for more information. Moored off Yemen’s coast, the FSO Safer is a decaying supertanker that could have spilled m...
23 Jul 202521min
The FSO Safer Story: How the world gave the Houthis an oil tanker
This episode of the Lloyd's List Podcast was brought to you by Veson. Visit veson.com for more information. This is a story about a ship that has been used as a floating bomb, as political leverage, ...
22 Jul 202515min
The half-year outlook 2025: Dry bulk
Amid all of the seemingly endless ups and downs that have dominated 2025 so far, dry bulk, as it always does, just keeps on going, moving some of the world’s most important commodities across our ocea...
15 Jul 202514min
