1+ hour, 25+ min ago  (388+ words) EU sellers of tankers must now conduct documented risk assessments of onward transfer to Russia, build proportionate controls into the sale, and include a mandatory contractual clause prohibiting onward sale or transfer to Russia. A new scrapping derogation allows sanctioned…...

11+ mon, 5+ day ago  (639+ words) High-profile undersea sabotage is becoming a frequent form of "gray warfare" against critical maritime infrastructure....

5+ mon, 3+ day ago  (376+ words) Learn how governments can protect undersea cables, pipelines, and offshore assets using Remote Sensing Intelligence and multi-sensor maritime visibility....

1+ hour, 33+ min ago  (758+ words) The image above, captured on the Windward Maritime AI" platform, shows the cable lattice that ties the Middle East Gulf to South Asia, East Africa, and Europe. Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, Oman, then onward to Karachi, Mumbai, and the…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago  (835+ words) The Strait of Hormuz operating environment remained heavily constrained between May 11 and May 13 as Iranian export infrastructure continued operating below normal capacity, dark tanker staging expanded across protected Iranian waters, and IRGC-linked maritime activity intensified throughout the corridor. EO and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1603+ words) The Bab el-Mandeb Strait is a narrow maritime passage connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea, forming a critical gateway between Europe, Asia, and global shipping routes. The strait is approximately 20 miles (32 kilometers) wide…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago  (913+ words) Across maritime, defense, and commercial operations, UAVs extend the sensing perimeter of ports, naval units, and offshore assets. They do so by supporting vessel surveillance, persistent ISR, dark activity investigation, emissions monitoring, search and rescue, and inspection of platforms and…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago  (1634+ words) Commercial shipping and maritime security activity around the Strait of Hormuz are increasingly shifting into dark or emissions-controlled conditions. During the reporting period, Windward observed expanded IRGC fast craft activity near commercial corridors, continued dark and EMCON tanker transits through…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (1198+ words) One month after the ceasefire, the Strait of Hormuz remains operationally unstable. Although Project Freedom was partially suspended following reported diplomatic progress, the maritime environment never returned to normal conditions. Instead, commercial shipping across Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1696+ words) Maritime conditions around the Strait of Hormuz are entering a significantly more unstable phase as kinetic attacks, electronic interference, and coercive maritime control converge into a single operating environment. Since the launch of Project Freedom, commercial shipping has faced simultaneous…...