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
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
Why increasing North Korean shipments have sparked sanctions scrutiny concerns
Deepening diplomatic ties between Russia and North Korea has increased clandestine maritime oil-for-arms trades between the two states, but that comes as Russia is seeking to end UN scrutiny of sanctions compliance and illicit maritime activity
Eswatini shipping registry flagged as ‘false’ operation by IMO
The opaque status of government authorisation for the start-up flag registry of Eswatini has prompted the International Maritime Organization to designate it a fraudulent operation, despite claims from the private company running the flag that it is a legitimate business
Hijacked bulker Abdullah released by Somali pirates
Pirates release Bangladeshi bulker and its 23 crew after a month-long ransom negotiation
UK government maritime expertise further eroded as IMO representative ousted
IMO stalwart Katy Ware removed as the UK’s permanent representative and maritime policy expert in international negotiations amid an exodus of maritime experience within the Department for Transport, and ministerial activity is on ice ahead of a general election
Somali piracy is back and a show of force from India may not be enough to stop it
There are four known pirate groups stalking the Indian Ocean for ships to hijack and 22 Indian naval assets trying to stop them. That may not be enough to deter the pirates and it will only take one successful ransom to spark a rapid escalation in piracy that stretched navies will struggle to contain