THREAT & RISK ASSESSMENT BRIEF UPDATE
Brief Update No 25/08 Date: 07 Mar 2025
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https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/03/07/sea-guardian-threat-risk-assessment-01-07-march-2025/
by John Faraclas
This is the ideal moment to refer again to the Death of Diplomacy following our first comment which coincided with the US elections last November.
Situation on Planet Ocean and in particular the messy Ukrainian and Middle Eastern wars are not yet over and we are going to witness incalculable repercussions affecting us all and many more conflicts which are about to surface.
In certain quarters, diplomacy (so-called) is being replaced by overt bullying, insults and role-play (aimed...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/03/03/death-of-diplomacy-part-2/
On 10 February, US President Donald Trump announced that he would consider scrapping the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement if the hostages in Gaza were not released by mid-February. He also mentioned the possibility of withholding aid from Jordan and Egypt unless they accept Palestinian refugees relocating from Gaza.
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https://container-news.com/uncertainty-global-shipping-trump-statement-ceasefire/
As the Chinese New Year has concluded, some deals have emerged in the cape segment. Chinese owners are once again purchasing, despite a prolonged period of depression in the market, while famous Israeli shipowners reportedly have sold three ships in the 20-year-old age bracket. The Moshe...
El cese al fuego entre Israel y Hamas ya lleva más de una semana y pone un alto temporal a quince meses de enfrentamientos, que también hicieron que los hutíes empezaran a atacar a gran parte de las embarcaciones que transitaban por el Mar Rojo. Los hutíes informaron que, mientras el cese al fuego...
Splash has obtained an advanced copy of the tentative ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, expected to be agreed upon shortly. Shipping analysts contacted by Splash, however, remain cautious on prospects for a swift resumption of merchant trade along the Red Sea. Qatar has been hosting...
https://splash247.com/shipping-cautious-as-gaza-ceasefire-agreement-nears/
(Bloomberg) — An unusually large flotilla of merchant vessels has backed up near Yemen’s Ras Isa port in the Red Sea after Israeli air raids damaged the tugboats needed to…
https://gcaptain.com/oil-tankers-back-up-near-yemeni-port-after-israel-hits-tugs/
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations on Monday issued what he called a final warning to Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militants to halt missile attacks on Israel, saying they risked the same “miserable fate” as Hamas, Hezbollah and Syria’s Bashar al-Assad if they persisted.
https://gcaptain.com/at-un-israel-warns-houthis-risk-same-fate-as-hamas-and-hezbollah/
(Bloomberg) — Israel struck multiple targets in Yemen it said were controlled by Houthis, the last of the Iran-backed groups still fully engaged in the regional war that began 14…
https://gcaptain.com/israel-hits-the-houthis-in-yemen-after-their-slow-escalation/
Israel struck multiple targets linked to the Iran-aligned Houthi movement in Yemen on Thursday, including Sanaa International Airport, and Houthi media said three people were killed.