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Dryad Global | Weekly Maritime Intelligence Brief — Updated 26 January 2026

This week’s Maritime Intelligence Brief (MIB) brings together the signals that matter to operators, insurers, and security teams: shifting state posture, piracy and maritime crime patterns, and the..
January 27, 2026

A week is a long time at sea: why 7-day oversight keeps operations resilient

Our Maritime Intelligence Brief distils hundreds of signals into a weekly picture built for decisions — not dashboards.
January 23, 2026

Weekly Maritime Intelligence Brief — Updated 12 January 2026

This week’s Maritime Intelligence Brief (MIB) tracks a shifting risk picture across key chokepoints and conflict-adjacent trade routes combining geopolitical warning signals, incident reporting, and..
January 15, 2026

This Week’s Maritime Intelligence Brief: Five Flashpoints To Watch As 2026 Begins

The first week of the year has delivered a familiar message to shipowners, operators and insurers: risk doesn’t reset on 1 January, it compounds.
January 06, 2026

Q4 maritime risk patterns: what changed — and how teams used Secure Voyager Hub

As Q4 closed, three patterns stood out in operator workflows: Med migrant activity shaping port call prep, LATAM drug interdiction influencing screening and checks, and Baltic infrastructure risks..
January 05, 2026

Analyst-verified maritime intelligence vs automated aggregation: what’s the operational difference?

Automation has changed how maritime teams consume information. It’s easier than ever to pull headlines, scrape alerts, and generate summaries. But in high-consequence environments — shipping..
December 27, 2025

Maritime Intelligence Brief Preview: Escalation Risks in the Black Sea and a First in the Caspian

Maritime risk isn’t only about where you sail — it’s increasingly about what spills over into commercial operations when states and non-state actors push boundaries.
December 16, 2025

The Maritime Intelligence Brief (MIB) is moving to subscriber-only in January — here’s why

For more than five years, Dryad Global’s Maritime Intelligence Brief (MIB) has been produced weekly to help maritime professionals track what’s changing and what to do about it across the global..
December 16, 2025

Maritime Intelligence Brief – 1 December 2025

This week’s Maritime Intelligence Brief – 1 December 2025 highlights how quickly the risk picture is shifting across both traditional and emerging theatres. From Black Sea sabotage to cyber-enabled..
December 02, 2025

Chokepoints & interference: using Secure Voyager Hub to de‑risk Suez, Red Sea, Black Sea/Baltic and Malacca

Chokepoints concentrate risk. In the Suez and Red Sea, interference can escalate quickly; in the Black Sea and Baltic, AIS/GNSS spoofing challenges navigation and compliance; in the Malacca Strait,..
December 01, 2025