A 90-day Windward review found one tanker meeting 15 partners across two anchorages, relaying cargo across Hormuz so no ...

The Houthis took Perim Island, Saudi Arabia's Petroline was hit, and VLCC spot rates crossed $1 million a day as alternatives ...

An analysis of the 77 vessels blacklisted by Iran's PGSA shows that all vessels used the southern corridor or crossed the ...

Windward tracked state-linked vessels above 11 subsea cable systems across the Pacific, Atlantic, and Baltic this summer.

OFAC now requires 10 years of records. OFSI, the EU, and the UN set different clocks. Learn what a defensible sanctions audit ...

Marine underwriters price at binding and reassess at renewal. See how the current environment is reshaping both, and what ...

The final quarter of 2025 marked a decisive shift in the maritime operating environment. For U.S. agencies tasked with monitoring sanctions evasion, protecting maritime commerce, and assessing global ...

Open registries, also known as flags of convenience, play a pivotal role in facilitating the shipment of Western-sanctioned Russian, Iranian, and Venezuelan oil and gas. Fraudulent registries and flag ...

Operation Epic Fury began on February 28 and has since pushed the global maritime system into a new phase of sustained disruption. The disruption is no longer limited to isolated vessel attacks or ...

One month after the launch of Operation Epic Fury, the maritime system is no longer reacting to disruption. It is operating within it. By the fourth week, this model matured into a controlled system.

The Red Sea has reopened as a second active front. The Houthis resumed attacks on July 22 following a September 2025 ceasefire, hit a Saudi Aramco refinery at Jizan on July 25, and launched missiles ...