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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…
The upsurge of piracy in the Gulf of Aden and wider Indian Ocean in 2006 to 2009, led commercial ship owners to contract armed guards to protect their vessels…
Piracy at sea is an activity that is as old as maritime traffic for thousands of years. This activity is so present that it has become accepted as part of the…
The earliest instance of modern stock trading occurred in Amsterdam with the Dutch East India Company. In order to raise capital, it sold shares to the public…
A CANNON SHOT fired from the coast can hit a ship three nautical miles out to sea. In the 17th century, this was the basis for maritime boundaries. Countries…
