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On 6 November 2025, the product tanker HELLAS APHRODITE became the first merchant vessel successfully boarded by Somali pirates in the Western Indian Ocean Basin since 2018. The incident – …

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 threats …

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, robbery/boarding …

When most people look at a superyacht, they see the glamour: polished teak, polished steel, and polished service. What they don’t see are the systems, decisions, and regulations that keep …

Iranian cyber operators pulling live AIS data before a missile launch. U.S. bombers circling the Caribbean as tensions with Venezuela rise. Shadow fleets, cyber campaigns and regional flashpoints reshaping risk …

Black Sea escalation, Hormuz tension, and rising pressure in the East China Sea. Commercial shipping is navigating another complex week of geopolitical tension, targeted attacks, and evolving regulatory and cyber …

Every week, Dryad Global’s Maritime Intelligence Brief distils hundreds of data points into a single, decision-ready picture of global maritime risk. This week’s brief highlights how threats are stretching from …

The global maritime security landscape continues to shift rapidly, with new threats emerging across strategic waterways from the Gulf of Aden to the Arabian Sea. This week’s Dryad Global Maritime …

This week’s picture is defined by a fragile Israel–Hamas ceasefire, a conditional Houthi pause that does not remove risk to Red Sea trade, a coast-guard confrontation in the South China …

On Tuesday, 4 November 2025, Dryad Global CEO Corey Ranslem will facilitate the Port Leadership panel at the Global and National Security Institute (GNSI) Port & Maritime Security: Risks and …

Last week (14–16 October 2025), the CIRM Annual Conference gathered the marine-electronics community in Lisbon to tackle the biggest technical and operational issues facing shipping today. Representing Dryad Global, Frank …

The Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show (FLIBS) returns October 29–November 2, 2025, bringing the world’s largest in-water showcase of yachts, tech, and services across multiple sites including Bahia Mar, Las …

Maritime risk moves fast — and without context, it’s hard to act. The upgraded Secure Voyager Hub (SVH) brings the live global picture together with analyst‑verified insights so bridge teams …

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 …

Dryad Global has released a new Metis Insights report that maps the fast-evolving China–Iran oil-for-weapons loop—and what it means for shipowners, charterers, P&I, ports and traders. Authored by Dryad analyst …

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 …