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
Shadow fleet scenarios suggest muted impact if Russian sanctions are lifted
The uncertain prospect of a peace deal in Ukraine has sent tanker analysts scrambling to reassess the fate of the shadow fleet and what impact lifting Russian sanctions might have on the market for 2026. The result is more underwhelming than many would have hoped for
Political heat on Russian gas is unlikely to freeze Arctic LNG flows
EU and UK sanctions will require a reshuffle in Russia’s LNG supply chains but in the absence of any US enforcement volumes will simply divert to Asia, even through the winter period