Richard Meade
Editor-in-Chief
Richard Meade is the Editor-in-Chief of Lloyd’s List.
He is an award-winning journalist and has been writing and talking about all aspects of the maritime industry and global trade for the past twenty years.
As Editor he is responsible for navigating The List’s subscribers through the volatile politics, policy, deals and market movements that make up nearly 90% of global trade.
He is also the host of the popular Lloyd’s List Shipping Podcast and a regular industry speaker and media commentator on all things shipping.
He joined Lloyd’s List in 2006 as News Editor after jumping ship from the weekly maritime magazine Fairplay and prior to that started his career at the Financial Times.
Latest From Richard Meade
Indian Navy rescues hijacked bulker Ruen from Somali pirates
All 17 hostages freed uninjured from hijacked bulker Ruen on Saturday after a two-day, anti-piracy operation that saw Indian commandoes parachute onto the vessel and capture 35 Somali pirates
Houthis to target Indian Ocean transits as attacks continue
Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi pledges to extend missile attacks against ships diverting around the Cape of Good Hope
Houthi attacks will continue thanks to their robust weapons supply chain
Naval operations protecting shipping from Houthi attacks, which are set to increase during Ramadan, are not focused on stemming the re-supply of weapons, allowing the attacks to continue
Cargill prototype proves that wind wings could be a win-win, eventually
Capex is still too high for wind technology to be scalable with conventional fuel savings, but for more expensive zero-carbon fuels the investment is ‘a no regret move’, says Jan Dieleman, president of Cargill’s ocean transport business
Bangladesh-flagged bulker hijacked off Somalia as resurgent piracy threat escalates
Pirates have taken control of a Bangladesh bulker, Abdullah, with 23 crew on board as it sailed from Mozambique to UAE carrying coal. It is just the latest in a recent surge in piracy incidents being carried out by several groups of pirates now stalking the Indian Ocean in hijacked ‘motherships’
More consolidation on the cards for shipping’s digital tech sector
ZeroNorth chief Søren Meyer has more acquisitions in his sights as shipping’s once-fragmented tech sector accelerates its consolidation