In this week's episode:

Wavelength host Craig Eason, with the help of Blanaid Sheeran from Opportunity Green, looks at the papers sent to the International Maritime Organisation by Saudi Arabia and the US that try to derail agreement on climate rules.

Environmental law group pours cold water on latest attempts to derail climate talks

‘Strong opposition’: Trump administration fires torpedo at IMO’s carbon deal

Eric Priante profiles the huge network of an Iranian shipping kingpin linked by US authorities to shadow tankers, gas carriers and container ships.

Meet the dark-fleet kingpin whose network stretches from shadow tankers to alleged arms trading

And Holly Birkett is back with the regular look at the dry bulk market, this week with the help of Michael Jorgensen, head of dry bulk at the Torvald Klaveness group.

Extra news from Yannick Guerry on the TradeWind newsdesk

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Lloyd’s Register ship manager Santiago Suarez de la Fuente and ANEMOI’s technical director Luke McEwan discuss the challenges historically facing the industry as well as the demands and investment opportunities for wind propulsion technology.

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In this week's episode:

Eric Priante Martin has been talking to the Center for Advanced Defense Studies which has been tracking the activities of Suniel Kuma Sharma. Sharma has been travelling the world opening ship registries including one on small Pacific island inhabited only by seabirds.

False flag agent: Meet the man linked to a network of illicit ship registries

Jonas Walsgard looks into the Norwegian Sovereign wealth fund, the largest in the world, and what shipping assets it has sold or bought in the first half of this year.

Norwegian sovereign wealth fund swoops for Maersk shares as shipping book grows to $4.8bn

And Holly Birkett is on the podcast to talk about the reaction to her opinion piece on the role of shipbrokers and sanctions regimes that has got our subscribers' attention.

Producer and host: Craig Eason.

Editorial input from: Eric Priante Martin, Jonas Walsgard, Holly Birkett, Yannick Guerry.

A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast.

Other news in this episode

Short of cash: Tor Olav Troim VLCC venture pushes back shipyard payments to buy time

Blacklisted oil trader 2Rivers to wind up under ‘extraordinary’ sanctions pressure

New US-listed Latsis family vehicle pivots to product tanker investments

Torm buys 13 leased tankers and sells older vessels as profit slashed

Why tankers are to blame for jellyfish stowaways shutting down a French nuclear power station

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