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The Channel 16 Maritime Risk Blog is your free resource for insights and analysis on maritime risks, safety, and cyber security for the maritime professional.
Boarding and unauthorised access remain among the most persistent threats a merchant ship faces, whether alongside a high-risk terminal, swinging at an exposed…
Maritime security (MARSEC) levels are the common language that tells a ship and a port facility how much protective security to apply at any given moment.…
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…
If your vessel is routed through a piracy or armed-robbery hotspot, Best Management Practices (BMP) is the single most important piece of guidance you will…
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…
For shipowners, charterers and operators with exposure to the Black Sea, the Black Sea Grain Initiative was never just a humanitarian story. It was the single…
