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Reviewed: 22 August 2026 A sanctions-list search can tell you whether the vessel or entity you entered matches a record on a supported list. It cannot, on its…
Boarding and unauthorised access remain among the most persistent threats a merchant ship faces, whether alongside a high-risk terminal, swinging at an exposed…
Reviewed: 22 August 2026 The phrase “MARSEC level” is widely used in maritime conversation, but it can blur two related systems.
Putting armed guards aboard a merchant ship is one of the most consequential decisions a shipowner or master can take. Done properly, a vetted team of…
Reviewed: 22 August 2026 Best Management Practices for Maritime Security does not assign one security posture to every ship in a region. It gives companies and…
For most of the last decade, the Gulf of Guinea was the most dangerous piracy hotspot in the world. By the early 2020s it accounted for the overwhelming…
Ask whether a cyber attack can seize control of a ship and the honest answer is layered: not as easily as a film would suggest, but more readily than many…
For any operator running tankers, offshore supply vessels or survey ships through the South China Sea, the energy dispute between China and its neighbours is…
The Taiwan Strait carries a large share of the world's container traffic and the bulk of the semiconductor trade that modern economies depend on. For a…
