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
The Daily View: International law is a slippery fish
Your latest edition of Lloyd’s List’s Daily View — the essential briefing on the stories shaping shipping
Dark fleet intervention raises spectre of Russian naval escalation
If Baltic states move from requesting insurance details from dark fleet ships to physically stopping ships from transiting, Russian naval escorts for dark fleet tankers will be the likely consequence
The Daily View: The ‘new normal’ is anything but
Your latest edition of Lloyd’s List’s Daily View — the essential briefing on the stories shaping shipping
International Chamber of Shipping names Thomas Kazakos as new secretary-general
‘Association man’ and Cyprus shipowner representative Thomas Kazakos pledges to strengthen the voice of shipping, as he is confirmed as Guy Platten’s successor at the helm of the ICS
Shipping is only going to get more complex, says V.Group chief executive
V.Group chief executive René Kofod-Olsen explains why the rapid influx of regulatory requirements for shipping, growing pressure to digitalise operations and decarbonise, and growing compliance risk beyond the means of many traditional shipowners has supercharged shipmanagement ambitions over recent years
The Daily View: EU sanctions reach China
Your latest edition of Lloyd’s List’s Daily View — the essential briefing on the stories shaping shipping