New Obama Iran sanctions hit maritime companies
More maritime companies have fallen foul of U.S. efforts to shut down Iran’s nuclear program — including Israel’s Ofer Brothers Group. It is one of two companies on which sanctions are being
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VIDEO: U.S. forces board sanctioned tanker M/T Davina
Overnight, U.S. forces carried out a maritime interdiction and right-of-visit boarding of the sanctioned stateless vessel M/T Davina, located in the Indian Ocean within the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) area of responsibility.
Windward names retired Navy Vice Adm. Robert “Bob” Sharp its CMIO
Maritime AI specialist Windward has named VADM Robert “Bob” Sharp, USN (Ret.) its chief maritime intelligence officer (CMIO). Sharp comes to the position with decades of experience at the highest levels of
Op-Ed: Technology alone will not secure shipping’s Future
Ships don’t decarbonize themselves. Algorithms don’t assume accountability. Yet as shipping accelerates into alternative fuels, deeper digitalization and a more complicated security environment, the industry still tends to describe the challenge primarily
VIDEO: U.S. disables two Iranian tankers
Whatever else is happening in the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports remains in place and is being enforced. Today U.S. forces disabled two Iranian-flagged unladen oil tankers, M/T
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Trump pauses Project Freedom, Iran presses ahead on toll collection
Citing “great progress” in negotiations with Iran, President Trump said yesterday that, while, the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports will continue, the Project Freedom initiative to escort ships through the Strait of
Windward AI appoints Ron Kraitsman as CFO
Windward AI, whose insights into the Strait of Hormuz situation have been pretty much required reading in recent weeks. has named Ron Kraitsman its chief financial officer (CFO). Kraitsman joins Windward as
Op-Ed: An evolving tide of cyber threats
Marco Ayala, technical director, Global Energy for ABS Consulting, offers a critical analysis of the industrial control systems and cybersecurity landscape’s escalating risk, pinpointing what’s at stake for the nation’s largest energy
Mines add to escalating threat environment in Strait of Hormuz
In its latest daily update on the situation in and around the Strait of Hormuz, where multiple vessels remain trapped, Windward Ai reports that maritime activity remains constrained —and the threat environment
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U.S. seeks forfeiture of seized tanker Skipper and 1.8M barrels of crude
In another move against the “ghost fleet,” the U.S. Department of Justice says that a complaint has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia seeking to forfeit