Energy transition, Greece v IMO and the shadow of 2008

In this week's episode of TradeWinds Wavelength podcast Can Greece get what it wants from the IMO when it comes to changing the Net-Zero framework? We heard from George Procopiou, Maria Angelicousis, IMO secretary General Arsenio Dominguez and Bo Cerup-Simonsen, head of the Maersk-McKinney Moller Centre for Zero Carbon Shipping: Read more: Big name shipowning trio turn guns on ‘asinine’ Net-Zero Framework ‘Unbroken optimism’: IMO boss defies ‘negativity’ to green plan

Is shipping living in the shadow of another 2008 market crash? To get an angle on that, we hear from Harry Vafias, CEO, The Vafias Group, Polys Hajioannou, Chairman & CEO, Safe Bulkers, Takeshi Hashimoto, Chairman of the Board, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and Andrian Dacy, CEO & CIO, J.P. Morgan Asset Management's Global Transportation Group Read more: ‘Euphoria time’: Echoes of 2008 and the canary in the coal mine More cash in shipping than ever before, says Clarksons Research chief

And in Singapore, a big defence summit took place recently: The Shangri-La Dialogue. Our Correspondent Huaqing Ma went to see what it is alloa bout and found shipping came up in many different contexts- Read more: The shipping stories hidden inside the Shangri-La Dialogue ‘Shadow fleet is becoming a weapon,’ Australian official tells Shangri-La defence summit

And in the US, Trump offered a waiver of its Jones Act where US vessels would be used to ship cargoes between US ports. It is the longest waiver of the law in history A review us under way with the Federal Maritime Commission and the US Maritime Administration asked to give evidence Read more ‘It’s a horrible policy’: Lawmakers take aim at Trump’s historically long Jones Act waiver

Audio taken from the TradeWinds Shipowner Forum which took place in Athens during Posidonia. Details of the Forums and how you can be involved can be found here.

Host and producer: Craig Eason Additional reporting: Eric Priante Martin, Yannick Guerry, Huaqing Ma, Julian Bray

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