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Channel 16 tracks maritime events and publishes Dryad Global's public analysis of what is changing, why it matters and what it could disrupt.
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…
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…
When Yemen's United Nations-brokered truce lapsed in October 2022, the immediate consequence was political: two warring sides walking away from the negotiating…
When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, it did more than start a land war. It closed one of the world's most important grain and steel export corridors…
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