China Sets Its Sights on the Tropics: Belt and Road in the Caribbean Sea Lanes
For operators routing through the Caribbean basin, Central America and the wider tropical shipping lanes, the strategic ground is shifting beneath the keel.…
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For operators routing through the Caribbean basin, Central America and the wider tropical shipping lanes, the strategic ground is shifting beneath the keel.…
For any operator weighing a Europe-to-Asia voyage, the Arctic looks like a tempting shortcut: a route that can cut thousands of nautical miles off the long…
For a maritime operator, illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing looks like someone else's problem until the moment it isn't. The same fishing fleets…
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…