Verihelm Insights
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.
For any operator routing a vessel through contested waters, the High Risk Area, or HRA, is one of the first lines on the chart that shapes a voyage. It drives…
A modern ship is a floating data centre. Navigation, propulsion, cargo handling and crew welfare all now depend on networked systems that talk to shore, to…
For any operator routing tonnage through the Gulf of Guinea, Nigeria's Deep Blue Project is the single most consequential change to the regional security…
The shipping container is the most trusted object in global trade. It is also, increasingly, a weapons platform. A standard forty-foot box can now conceal an…
For any operator running ships through commercial ports, the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code is the rulebook that decides whether a…
For any operator moving tonnage through the Gulf of Oman, the Arabian Gulf or the southern Red Sea, the long-running confrontation between Iran and Israel is…
The threat to commercial shipping in the Red Sea has reshaped routing decisions across the maritime industry. This analysis sets out how the threat has…
The so-called shadow fleet has made sanctions evasion a daily concern for compliance and trade-finance teams. This analysis explains how deceptive shipping…
Stowaways remain a persistent, costly problem for the shipping industry, particularly on trades off West Africa, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela and the…
