TradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news show

Trump and Xi talk Strait and Intertanko puts pressure on action not words

TradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news show

Show Notes

In this week's episode of Wavelength:

Donald Trump and ChIna's Xi Jinping meet and talk trade and Iran. Is there any impact for shipping? Read more: China presses for Strait of Hormuz reopening as Trump and Xi meet Read more: China opposes toll and ‘militarised’ Strait of Hormuz, US officials say Read more: Xi-Trump summit heralds tariff easing plan

Danish Ship Finance warns shipping not to under estimate CHina's ambitions to wean itself off global commodity imports Read more: Chinese energy plans to shake up shipping, warns Danish Ship Finance Read more: Beijing elevates shipping, ports and maritime logistics in new five-year plan

Wallenius Line and Alfa Laval joint venture is soon to get wings and fly to China. It also wants to see wind become the ne engine of the ship Read more: How new Oceanbird boss wants to see wind become shipping’s primary power source Read more: Wallenius and Alfa Laval’s windtech solution Oceanbird rises

Production and host: Craig Eason Additional editorial reporting: Yannick Guerry, Huaqing Ma, Paul Peachey A TradWinds/DN Media podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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