Could Your Cable Operation End Up on the EU’s July CER List?
At a Glance The Policy Arc That Brought Cable Operators Into Scope The September 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage and the wave of subsequent incidents on European subsea infrastructure brought cable risk firmly into the policy picture. Debates followed over who bears responsibility for protecting critical subsea assets, governments or commercial operators. The EU Action…
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Hormuz Reopens After MoU Signing: Chinese-Led First Movers Alongside Sanctioned Iran Tonnage
At a Glance Operational Overview The Strait of Hormuz is reopening. Following the June 17 signing of the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding, the first commercial vessels stranded inside the Arabian Gulf since the war began transited the corridor on June 18. The June 17 to 18 window recorded 18 transits, the highest single-window count of…
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From Hormuz Closure to Cautious Reopening: What Marine Insurers Are Facing
With the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding now signed electronically by both presidents and in effect as of Wednesday, June 17, 2026, the maritime industry is entering a phase of cautious reopening. Windward hosted an executive briefing to analyze the implications for the marine insurance market. While stranded ships have started their engines, the current atmosphere…
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What Is GPS Jamming and Why Are We Seeing So Much of It?
At a Glance What Is GPS Jamming? GPS jamming is the deliberate interference with GPS signals that disrupts the ability of receivers to determine accurate location. It operates in two primary modes. The first is signal denial, where jamming equipment overwhelms the GPS signal with radio frequency interference, preventing a receiver from establishing a positioning…
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