GPS Jamming is Now a Mainstream Maritime Threat
At a Glance What Three Quarters of GPS Jamming Reveal About Maritime Risk In 2025, GPS jamming became maritime’s fastest-growing and most disruptive operational challenges. What began as concentrated interference in a few high risk zones quickly escalated into a global-scale disruption with thousands of vessels broadcasting false locations and incidents reported in every major…
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Spoofing Tanker Reveals Russia’s Hidden Baltic LPG Exports
A Russia-bound LPG tanker sailing for the Baltic port of Ust-Luga spoofed its location for 10 days in the Gulf of Finland, concealing the loading of its cargo of propane or butane. The 22-year-old vessel was sold to a newly incorporated single-ship company in India in late September and immediately sailed for the Baltic Sea…
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Iran-Flagged Tankers Briefly End, Then Resume, AIS Dark Activity
Many Iran-flagged tankers simultaneously ended a sustained period of dark activity for three days, starting October 12, only for most of the fleet to resume the deceptive shipping practice 48 hours later. Of the 88 tankers flying the Iranian flag (most belonging to the National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC), 52 were transmitting AIS signals between…
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Generative AI Will Reshape Shipping Within 18 Months
At the 17th Annual Capital Link Shipping & Marine Services Forum, held during London International Shipping Week, Windward’s Co-Founder and CEO, Ami Daniel, issued a striking forecast: “In the next 12 to 18 months, you’ll see generative AI change how people analyze and make decisions. In my view, everybody will be a PhD-level analyst with…
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