President Biden claims to be “viscerally angry” about the container lines who he blames for inflation, soaring freight rates, supply chain congestion and much in between. The political theatre of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act was on show in the US this week, but to help explain what it really means for shipping this week’s Lloyd’s List Podcast features two people who really know what’s going on: Federal Maritime Commissioner chairman Daniel Maffei President and CEO of the World Shipping Council John Butler.

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One week on from the extraordinary meeting of the Marine Environment Protection Committee at the IMO, and many in shipping are still asking themselves the same question: what on earth happens next?

Here at Lloyd’s List we’ve been busy gathering the thoughts of as many people as possible from across the sector to help answer that question.

Earlier this week, Declan Bush explained what actually went down on a crazy Friday afternoon last week at the Albert Embankment, giving a blow by blow account of how the US and Saudi Arabia were able to successfully postpone the vote on the Net-Zero Framework for an entire year.

But now we’re looking at what comes next. Can the IMO come back around the table next year and get consensus on the world’s first carbon price? Or are the divisions simply too great to heal?

Joining Joshua on the podcast are:

Arsenio Dominguez, secretary-general, International Maritime Organization (IMO) 

Tristan Smith, professor of energy and transport, UCL

Emma Scheiris, deputy director of environment, INTERTANKO 

Stuart Neil, director of strategy and communications, International Chamber of Shipping

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The Gulf of Guinea has been a persistent problem when it comes to maritime security and there is good reason to be concerned that 2019 is only going to get worse. This week’s podcast examines the security situation for shipping talking to Bimco’s head of security Jakob Larsen and Senior Maritime Analyst at Control Risks, Cormac Mc Garry.

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