Richard Meade
Editor at Lloyd's List
Editor of shipping industry bible @Lloydslist. Host of Lloyd’s List Shipping Podcast. DMs open. [email protected]. Views my own.
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3 days ago |
lloydslist.com | Richard Meade
News While Chinese leasing houses insist the fallout from US ports fees will be minimal, European banks are receiving a growing volume of calls from nervous owners looking to line up potential exit strategies FREE TO READ Source: ABN Amro SEVERAL major European banks are actively pursuing shipowners looking to exit Chinese leasing arrangements amid growing concern that punitive US port fees could present a risk.
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4 days ago |
lloydslist.com | Richard Meade
Opinion DONALD Trump signed an executive order late last month, mandating the overhaul of research-integrity policies, to ensure that the federal government promotes “gold standard science”. This bid to Make Science Great Again has inevitably left some in the scientific community slightly concerned that the order will, in fact, do the opposite, by putting US scientists and science under the thumb of political appointees.
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5 days ago |
lloydslist.com | Richard Meade
Opinion THE rise of Chinese leasing in the wake of the global financial crisis was something of a godsend for shipping. The retrenchment of Western banking had opened up a dangerous sinkhole underneath shipping’s finances and what the enterprising lessors filled it with has remained in place ever since, transforming the ship finance sector in the process.
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5 days ago |
lloydslist.com | Richard Meade
Analysis Higher freight rates in a tonne-mile driven market have prompted shipowners to delay scrapping older vessels to maximise earning potential, but the consequences of an aging fleet are now clearly visible in worsening safety statistics Source: DNV AN “alarming growth” in maritime casualties is being fueled by an ageing global fleet with over half of all safety incidents attributed to vessels over 20 years old.
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6 days ago |
lloydslist.com | Richard Meade
News ‘We must plan for the worst’ says Swedish prime minister as government raises concerns that shadow fleet is circumventing international rules and threatening safety FREE TO READ Source: Trygve - stock.adobe.com SWEDEN is joining Estonia and Finland in stepping up inspections of so-called shadow fleet ships passing through the Baltic, with new regulations set to enter into force next month.
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🚨 Scoop alert🚨 @LloydsList's @bridget_diakun has teamed up with @bellingcat again to reveal how a Russian bulk carrier that has been routinely calling in occupied Crimea failed to raise any flags when it sought UN approval to unload in the Houthi-controlled port of Saleef
A Russian vessel was granted clearance by a UN inspection body to call at a Houthi-controlled port in Yemen after surreptitiously exporting grain from occupied Crimea, an investigation by Bellingcat and @lloydslist finds. https://t.co/X8vNFEXZCX
