GPS Jamming Is Now a Mainstream Maritime Threat: What Changed Between 2025 and 2026
At a Glance What Changed Across 2025 and 2026 GPS jamming was not new before 2025. As a military and intelligence capability, it has existed for decades. What changed between 2025 and 2026 is the scale, geographic spread, and operational normalization of jamming events affecting global commercial shipping. The 2025 picture established that jamming had…
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Hormuz Re-Closure Meets Market Resistance as Traffic Returns
At a Glance Operational Overview The June 18-22 reporting period captures a rapid shift from cautious normalization to renewed uncertainty. Following the June 17 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and the formal lifting of the blockade on June 18, commercial shipping responded immediately. Transit volumes rose above 20 crossings per day, Chinese-affiliated and European-owned vessels resumed…
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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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