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
EU tentatively targets Russian LNG
Latest round of EU sanctions will target LNG transhipment operations, but will stop short of restricting Russian gas imports amid a finely balanced energy market and warnings of energy security disruptions
US to launch new sanctions as North Korea breaches cap on petroleum imports
Russia is shipping refined petroleum to North Korea at levels that exceed UN Security Council limits, according to the White House, which has signalled new sanctions targeting shipments are due later this month
Iran releases crew from MSC Aries
Iranian foreign minister announces that the 25 crew of MSC Aries have been released and are free to go home, but MSC Aries itself remains under Iranian control on the grounds that it has ‘jeopardised the security of navigation’
Insurers tell UK government that oil price cap is ‘increasingly unenforceable’
Shipping’s P&I clubs have been struggling with the requirements of the G7 oil price cap since its inception. But as the UK government prepares to examine whether Russian sanctions are working, shipping’s insurers have gone on the offensive to explain why the price cap is flawed and is driving more ships directly into the dark fleet
Maersk’s reported $600m investment in Nigeria is news to Maersk
Nigerian president Bola Tinubu claims to have secured an investment of $600m from Danish shipping and logistics giant Maersk, but that appears to be news to Maersk
Low-emission freight tender shows pragmatic approach to decarbonisation
Hapag-Lloyd’s win in a low-emission freight tender with its bio-LNG bid is seen as the best commercial decision for shipping today, although it is far from a popular one