Analysis

A Romanian ship captain and a British chief security officer died on 29 July 2021 off the coast of Oman while working aboard the Japanese-owned merchant tanker Mercer Street.

The cause of the incident, a suicide drone attack, was attributed by the UK, the US and Israeli governments to the Iranian regime as part of the “shadow war” at sea conducted by Tehran and Tel-Aviv in the last few years. Suicide drones are remotely-controlled UAVs that self-detonate when reaching their target. Their use has...

https://www.ship-technology.com/features/how-shadow-war-between-iran-israel-is-affecting-shipping/

Shipping, to many, is something of an afterthought. Raw materials and goods are moved around the globe thanks to the vast network of routes around our oceans, and many of us are naive to the fact that the products we use in our everyday lives are available thanks to this – that is, until something goes wrong.

In our cover story, we look at the shadow conflict between Iran and Israel, and how geopolitics can have an impact on the logistics of goods from region to region.

In this issue, we also...

https://www.ship-technology.com/features/in-the-shadows-ship-technology-global-issue-79/