4/13 Hormuz air and sea impacts plus new UK transport laws

About this episode

Christian discusses the impacts of the Strait of Hormuz closure on transport and new UK transport laws.

Christian examines two aspects of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz for the transport sector: civil aviation with Simon Calder, Travel Correspondent of The Independent [1:40]; and maritime shipping with Sascha Meijer, General Secretary of the Nautilus International trade union [13:10]. Christian then discusses with co-presenter Mark Walker the five transport bills announced through the King's Speech by the UK Government for the new session of Parliament [27:45]. In his final thought from the departure lounge, Christian reflects on the contrasting approaches to cycling in the UK and the Netherlands [39:44]. Find 'Calling All Stations - the transport podcast' on social media channels here: X (formerly Twitter) - https://x.com/AllStationsPod Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/Calling_all_Stations_podcast/ Threads - https://www.threads.net/@calling_all_stations_podcast Facebook - https://m.facebook.com/p/Calling-All-Stations-The-Transport-Podcast-61551736964201/ Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/callingallstations.bsky.social

People in this episode

Host: Christian Wolmar

Guests: Simon Calder, Sascha Meijer

Topics covered

• transport sector
• civil aviation
• maritime shipping
• UK transport laws
• cycling
• government legislation

Keywords

• Strait of Hormuz
• civil aviation
• maritime shipping
• UK transport laws
• cycling
• government bills

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Independent, Nautilus International, UK Government

Places: Strait of Hormuz, UK, Netherlands

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