Ch16 Maritime Risk Intelligence

Ukraine’s Long-Range Drone Operation in the Mediterranean: What the Qendil Strike Means for Shipping Risk

The recent strike on the Oman-flagged tanker Qendil (IMO: 9310525), claimed by Ukraine's Security Service (SBU), marks an unprecedented extension of Ukraine's drone campaign targeting vessels..

Analyst-verified maritime intelligence vs automated aggregation: what’s the operational difference?

Automation has changed how maritime teams consume information. It’s easier than ever to pull headlines, scrape alerts, and generate summaries. But in high-consequence environments — shipping..

Maritime Intelligence Brief Preview: Escalation Risks in the Black Sea and a First in the Caspian

Maritime risk isn’t only about where you sail — it’s increasingly about what spills over into commercial operations when states and non-state actors push boundaries.

The Maritime Intelligence Brief (MIB) is moving to subscriber-only in January — here’s why

For more than five years, Dryad Global’s Maritime Intelligence Brief (MIB) has been produced weekly to help maritime professionals track what’s changing and what to do about it across the global..

Maritime Intelligence Brief – 1 December 2025

This week’s Maritime Intelligence Brief – 1 December 2025 highlights how quickly the risk picture is shifting across both traditional and emerging theatres. From Black Sea sabotage to cyber-enabled..

Chokepoints & interference: using Secure Voyager Hub to de‑risk Suez, Red Sea, Black Sea/Baltic and Malacca

Chokepoints concentrate risk. In the Suez and Red Sea, interference can escalate quickly; in the Black Sea and Baltic, AIS/GNSS spoofing challenges navigation and compliance; in the Malacca Strait,..