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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…
Drug trafficking is no longer a problem that sits at the edge of maritime operations. It runs straight through the commercial fleet. Traffickers move cocaine,…
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…
