Maritime and Trade Talk
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
EP28: Economic impact of armed conflicts
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The prolongation of existing — and emergence of new — armed conflicts will likely remain a major source of geopolitical instability in the world e...
EP27: Geopolitical reordering in 2024
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We see five key overlapping themes for the year ahead. In this episode, we explore the theme of geopolitical reordering. National interest objectiv...
EP26: Logistics rewired − The world's largest ocean container shipping event
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One of our key themes for 2024 is logistics rewired. At the world's largest ocean container shipping event, TPM, shippers and their transportation pro...
EP25: The storm before the storm - Q1'24 trade and supply chain outlook
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
2023 was a year of recovery, giving the air of a return to normal. Unfortunately, normal for supply chains means guiding operations through the middle...
EP24: Water stress and the 2024 sustainability outlook
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Droughts and flood events in recent years have highlighted the importance of water as a strategic global resource. Climate change will impact access t...
EP23: Deceptive shipping practices
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Deceptive shipping practices began to emerge as a topic of interest in 2020, following guidance from the U.S. Treasury Department. Subterfuge shipp...
EP22: Q4'23 Trade and Supply Chain Outlook
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The supply chain story of 2023 so far has been one of normalization. Demand has slowed down with U. S. seaborne imports of consumer goods falling in t...
EP21: Sustainability at Sea - Port performance and Emissions
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We may be stuck in road traffic for an hour, but ships can be waiting for many hours to enter a port, generating emissions all the while. In this e...
EP20: A Long War in Ukraine
08 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Roughly 18 months ago, Russia invaded Ukraine, sending shock waves through financial and commodities markets. Since then, we've seen rounds of sanctio...
EP19: The EU's 11th Package on the Circumvention of Sanctions and Vessel STS Transfers: Risks and Challenges for Trade Finance and Supply Chain Firms
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The EU's 11th package of sanctions targeted against Russian trade is to close loopholes and tackle the circumvention of trade through re-exports of go...
EP18: Right Place, Right Time - Q3'23 Trade and Supply Chain Outlook
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How close are supply chains to normality? Which industrial policies provide the biggest risks? What strategies should firms be pursuing in the face of...
EP17: Striving For Normality – Q2'23 Trade and Supply Chain Outlook
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The global supply chain landscape is returning to "normal" conditions in the second quarter of 2023, with supplier delivery times improving and shippi...
EP16: Ghosting sanctions with a shadow fleet
11 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Russia has repeatedly stated that it will not work with the G7 oil price cap for crude oil that took effect in December 2022, or with the subsequent p...
EP15: How Effective Are Sanctions in Curtailing the Russian Conflict in Ukraine?
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Russia is the most sanctioned country in the world, with many thousands of individuals, entities and traded goods placed under controlled measures by ...
EP14: Analyzing the U.S.-China Trade Relationship
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Trade between the U.S. and China reached a record in 2022 with imports and exports between the countries exceeding $690 billion. What are the forces s...
EP13: Assessing the impact of the U.S. Government Accountability Office recommendations' on Export Control Compliance at universities
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In June 2022, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) provided multiple recommendations to U.S. universities with assistance from the U.S. Dep...
EP12: Oil Price Cap - Implications for Trade and Shipping Risk
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The implementation of a price cap covering Russian-origin crude oil on 5th December has raised a variety of questions regarding its implications; How...
EP11: Trade Outlook - Response To Geopolitical Events
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Jakub M. Kwiatkowski, a senior economist within the Global Trade Analytics Suite (GTAS) Forecasting team of S&P Global Market Int...
EP10: An Insurers' Perspective - Navigating Maritime Risks in a sea of New and Emerging Challenges
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The global shipping and maritime industry is facing a myriad of challenges and there is ever greater importance to have a sense of clarity on the role...
EP9: The Impact of Russia's Invasion of Ukraine - A Trade Finance Compliance Perspective II
10 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Download the whitepaper: https://ihsmarkit.com/Info/0722/impact-russia-invasion-ukraine-trade-finance-compliance-perspective-ii.html As the Russian wa...
EP8: The Container Port Performance Index 2021
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The launch of the second comparable index of global container port performance. In this episode, joint members of the World Bank Group and S&P Global ...
EP7: Game On - The path to decarbonize maritime emissions
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With concrete action awaiting to lay out the path to decarbonize maritime emissions, Patrick Verhoeven, managing director of the International Associa...
EP6: The Impact of Russia's Invasion of Ukraine - A Trade Finance Compliance Perspective
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Download the whitepaper: https://ihsmarkit.com/Info/0522/impact-russia-invasion-ukraine-trade-finance-compliance-perspective.html In response to Russi...
EP5: Stirring the Melting Pot
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Following IMO Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 104) in October 2021, consideration was given to IAPH's submission outlining the recently finalised versi...
EP4: Forging an Alliance
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 2020, the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) surveyed its members looking at their compliance with the IMO Facilitation on Inter...
EP3: Sanctions Advisories for the Maritime Industry
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Office of Foreign Assets Control's (OFAC) advisory on 'Guidance to Address Illicit Shipping and Sanctions Evasion Practices' of 2020 outlined a number...
EP2: Part 2 - The Basics Of AIS
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What is AIS, what it's designed to do, how does it work? The Basics of AIS Part I and Part II intends to assist users new to AIS to make informed deci...
EP1: Part 1 - The Basics Of AIS
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What is AIS, what it's designed to do, how does it work? The Basics of AIS Part I and Part II intends to assist users new to AIS to make informed deci...