Limpet Mine Attacks in the Mediterranean: A New Era of Hull Sabotage
A weapon most operators had filed under twentieth-century naval history has returned to one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. Across 2025, a run of…
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A weapon most operators had filed under twentieth-century naval history has returned to one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. Across 2025, a run of…
Reviewed: 22 August 2026 Environmental rules can change the cost of a voyage, the fuel a ship can use, the records it must produce and, in some circumstances,…
The maritime risk picture for 2025 is defined less by any single flashpoint than by the way several threats now reinforce one another. State conflict,…
Reviewed: 22 August 2026 There is no single global sanctions list and no list that can answer every question around a vessel, company or transaction.
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…
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