Opinion

The Shadow Fleet’s Hidden Liability: Oil Spills and Environmental Risk

In these turbulent times, it’s worth thinking about the oil spill risks from tanker attacks. More accurate tracking, and ID verification, of all tankers has to be an urgent goal as regards marine insurance right […]

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 […]