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: Biden’s parting gift
Your latest edition of Lloyd’s List’s Daily View — the essential briefing on the stories shaping shipping
The Daily View: Into the grey zone
Your latest edition of Lloyd’s List’s Daily View — the essential briefing on the stories shaping shipping
How the Sounion salvage exposed a fundamental gap in shipping’s crisis response capabilities
The dramatic story behind the 135-day operation to save the fire-ravaged tanker Sounion reveals a remarkable international effort to prevent an environmental catastrophe, but it also exposes just how unprepared shipping is to respond to the increasingly dangerous and complicated risks it faces
The Daily View: Time to think the unthinkable?
Your latest edition of Lloyd’s List’s Daily View — the essential briefing on the stories shaping shipping
The Daily View: Rules ripped up
Your latest edition of Lloyd’s List’s Daily View — the essential briefing on the stories shaping shipping
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