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
Naval escorts would cap tanker transits at under 10% of normal volumes
Naval escorts remain a political possibility rather than operational plan, but even if they did emerge a best-case scenario would only allow tanker transits to get back up to less than 10% of normal traffic, with capacity further constrained by mines, narrow waters and limited US-EU naval assets
Shadow fleet dominates Hormuz crossings as Iran ramps up bypass loadings
As the Middle East crisis enters its second week, the picture of who is willing to transit and who isn’t is becoming clear: shadow fleet tankers are passing through, with compliant passes mostly limited to Dynacom. Meanwhile, a vessel has loaded in Iran’s Jask terminal south of the strait for only the fifth time in five years
US launches $20bn reinsurance facility for Gulf shipping
Development Finance Corporation to offer US state-backed coverage in hopes of restarting shipping through Strait of Hormuz, but details remain unclear