East Mediterranean

The East Med in the Spotlight as PSTF Challenges and Opportunities for Further Cruise Growth in the Region

As the 8th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum (PSTF) opens its doors in Heraklion this May, the spotlight is firmly on the Eastern Mediterranean, where the cruise industry faces multiple challenges potentially slowing its growth. These range from concerns about overcrowding and its strain on local environments and resources to port infrastructure deficiencies and geopolitical uncertainties.

Under the theme “The Med: A Compelling Need for New Marquee Ports & Destinations,” this year’s forum will bring...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/04/02/the-east-med-in-the-spotlight-as-pstf-challenges-and-opportunities-for-further-cruise-growth-in-the-region/

Insight: Merchant shipping lacks safety net as GPS disruptions intensify

In the second part of this double feature, Katherine Dunn investigates an emerging security risk for the shipping industry, as maritime authorities report a rising number of GPS failures

Interrupting GPS— even the GPS of a large vessel — requires just three simple steps.

“Disrupting GPS signals into these vessels is as easy as buying a GPS jammer off the Internet, hooking this to an amplifier and an antenna, and pointing the antenna at the intended target vessel,” says Todd Humphreys, who directs...

https://blogs.platts.com/2018/11/22/merchant-shipping-gps-disruptions/

Insight: Cyber threats to shipping grow in East Mediterranean

In the first part of this double feature, Katherine Dunn investigates an emerging security risk for the shipping industry, as maritime authorities report a rising number of GPS failures

Early one Sunday in mid-March, a ship in Port Said, the northern gateway to Egypt’s Suez Canal, suddenly and inexplicably lost all connection to GPS on board.

“All of them affected,” the vessel’s crew wrote in a March 18 report to the US Navigation Centre of Excellence (NAVCEN), after a total of seven receivers...

https://blogs.platts.com/2018/11/21/insight-cyber-threats-shipping-east-mediterranean/