Commercial shipping risk in the Strait of Hormuz remains elevated compared with the brief recovery period that followed the mid-June de-escalation. Visible AIS traffic remains significantly below ...

The Ch16 Maritime Risk Blog is your free resource for insights and analysis on maritime risks, safety, and (Cyber) security for the maritime professional. Following the Day of the Seafarer on Sunday ...

The Indian Ocean carries a large share of the world's energy and trade, and almost all of it funnels through a handful of narrow chokepoints. That geography makes the region both indispensable and ...

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 tradition of many nations. Although it ...

Maritime risk is no longer defined by one threat at a time. Two patterns are intensifying together: armed piracy is reasserting itself in the western Indian Ocean after years of suppression, and state ...

The latest Dryad Global Maritime Intelligence Brief highlights a rapidly shifting maritime security environment across two of the world’s most strategically important waterways: the Black Sea and the ...

Security conditions across two critical maritime theatres have deteriorated sharply, with the Strait of Hormuz and English Channel both showing signs of heightened operational risk. In the Gulf, ...

The Ch16 Maritime Risk Blog is your free resource for insights and analysis on maritime risks, safety, and (Cyber) security for the maritime professional.

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 and paid dividends based on the success ...

Baltic Sea Risk: Russia-Ukraine Conflict Extends Into the Gulf of Finland As of early June 2026, the Russia-Ukraine conflict is no longer confined to the Black Sea theatre. Reported long-range ...

The latest Dryad Global Maritime Intelligence Brief examines a shifting maritime security picture across two very different operating environments: the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, and the Caribbean. In ...

Security conditions across two critical maritime theatres have deteriorated sharply, with the Strait of Hormuz and English Channel both showing signs of… ...