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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 security, LNG schedules, cruise itineraries, tanker routing, crew transfer planning — speed without verification can become risk.
December 27, 2025

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.
December 16, 2025

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..
December 16, 2025

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..
December 02, 2025

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,..
December 01, 2025

Resilient Seas: Corey Ranslem joins Wards Way to talk intelligence, cyber and advocacy in yachting

When most people look at a superyacht, they see the glamour: polished teak, polished steel, and polished service. What they don’t see are the systems, decisions, and regulations that keep those..
November 26, 2025

Maritime Intelligence Brief – 24 November 2025

Iranian cyber operators pulling live AIS data before a missile launch. U.S. bombers circling the Caribbean as tensions with Venezuela rise. Shadow fleets, cyber campaigns and regional flashpoints..
November 25, 2025

Maritime Intelligence Brief – 17 November 2025

Black Sea escalation, Hormuz tension, and rising pressure in the East China Sea. Commercial shipping is navigating another complex week of geopolitical tension, targeted attacks, and evolving..
November 18, 2025

Somali piracy, South China Sea tensions and shore-side cyber risk: this week in maritime intelligence

Every week, Dryad Global’s Maritime Intelligence Brief distils hundreds of data points into a single, decision-ready picture of global maritime risk. This week’s brief highlights how threats are..
November 11, 2025

Somali Basin piracy surges offshore

Piracy activity off Somalia has flared sharply since late October. Coordinated Pirate Action Groups (PAGs) are using hijacked dhows as motherships to push attacks far offshore with RPGs and automatic..
November 06, 2025