Bull markets and red flags

In this week's episode of the Wavelength podcast:

TradeWinds' China correspondent Huaqing Ma brings back all the hottest talking points from Pudong Maritime Week in Shanghai. Turns out super-strong markets are raising 'red flags' for financiers and concerns over how much longer the good times can last. Read more: Chinese ship financiers flush with deals as threats lurk on the horizon Read more: ‘New price paradigm’: Cheap newbuildings may never return, shipowner warns Read more: ‘We can’t just switch overnight’: IMO chief makes case for LNG

Tanker rates appear to have become unsustainably high. Matt Coyne is here to talk about what might realistically bring them down – and what probably won’t. Read more: Crude reality: moving barrel of oil now costs more than hauling tonne of iron ore Read more: Chinese oil buyers tipped to be cautious amid high costs and freight Read more: Trump sanctions plan sends ‘wrong signal’ to mainstream tanker owners, says Intertanko Read more: BRS and Clarksons join doubts over US tanker waiver

Japan usually takes a progressive stance at the International Maritime Organization, but a green legal firm has slammed Japan’s latest proposal for an alternative net-zero framework for decarbonising shipping. Opportunity Green has published a critique. Read more: Japan’s new net-zero proposal slammed as a compromise too far

And we have a clip from this week’s episode of Wavelength Plus, in which Craig Eason looks at the role of venture capital in maritime tech. This is also the first-ever video episode of Wavelength Plus, linked below. (The audio version is available as usual on all good podcast platforms.) Read more: Lifting the lid on the world of maritime venture capital

Host and producer: Holly Birkett. Additional reporting or research: Matt Coyne, Huaqing Ma, Craig Eason and Yannick Guerry. A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.