Legal

Comment & Analysis on Gulf Shipping, War Risks Etc

Some recent comments here from Tim Johnson, legal director at Kennedys: The 2026 US-Israel-Iran conflict has profoundly disrupted Persian Gulf shipping. Traffic through this critical chokepoint, which normally handles around a quarter of the global […]

News

Pole Star Global Offers Data on Russian Shadow Fleet

 Some interesting data given the recent international tensions; Pole Star Global, the global leader in maritime intelligence, today released data showing 301 Russian shadow fleet vessel events in UK waters in the first three months […]

Opinion

Dark Fleets, Maritime Sanctions Evasion & How To Combat The Problem

Recent years have seen a notable increase in deceptive shipping practices (DSPs), particularly in the form of AIS spoofing and dark fleet activity. The implementation of Russia-related sanctions and a price cap on the sale of Russian […]

Global insurance trends

Willis Towers Report Looks at Political Related Risks

 Nine out of ten companies have suffered a political risk loss in the past year, transforming Political Risk from a low frequency, high severity peril into “everyone’s risk,” according to How are global businesses managing today’s […]

Global insurance trends

Resilience Survey Finds Denmark is Most Stable

After a year of supply chain disruption, political tension and growing climate worries, resilience has become a prized commodity for global businesses, and it’s more prevalent in some places than in others. One such place is Denmark, which […]