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

Piracy activity off Somalia has flared sharply since late October. Coordinated Pirate Action Groups (PAGs) are using hijacked dhows as motherships to push attacks far offshore with RPGs and automatic ...

Direct oil-for-arms linkages. The paper documents October 2025 negotiations between IRGC/AFGS and Chinese firms (e.g., Haokan) that explicitly tie oil shipments to missile/drone component ...

This week’s brief highlights a high-impact UAV strike in the Black Sea, a renewed spike in Somali piracy activity, seasonal risk signals in the Gulf of Guinea, and a busy Indo-Pacific security picture ...

The Ch16 Maritime Risk Blog is your free resource for insights and analysis on maritime risks, safety, and (Cyber) security for the maritime professional. Maritime risk moves fast — and without ...

Corey will lead a discussion with senior leaders from across Florida’s port community, focused on the leadership challenges and opportunities facing U.S. ports right now.

Risk is multi-domain and dynamic. Fragile truces, grey-zone maritime enforcement, and cyber pre-positioning can combine quickly to raise exposure on a single voyage. Dryad Global recommends continuous ...

This week’s picture is defined by a U.S. naval surge in the southern Caribbean, major weather-driven disruption across Chinese ports, and renewed tension at Scarborough Shoal. Below we summarise the ...

The global maritime domain continues to face escalating risks across geopolitical, cyber, and operational fronts. This week’s analysis highlights three critical developments with direct implications ...

Focus: Real-world risk drivers across the fleet/port ecosystem—intrusion vectors, OT/IT convergence, threat actors, regulatory exposure, and legal liabilities. Focus: Deployable defences and ...

Key developments in maritime security, cyber threats, and global shipping risks As geopolitical tensions, organised crime, and cyberattacks continue to shape the global maritime environment, Dryad ...