Bridget Diakun
Maritime Risk Analyst, Lloyd's List Intelligence
Bridget Diakun joined Lloyd’s List Intelligence in January 2022 as a data journalist. She initially worked on understanding the impact that the war in Ukraine had on commercial shipping in the Black and Caspian seas.
In 2023, she was named 'Multimedia Journalist of the Year' by the Seahorse Freight Association for her extensive investigation into the trade out of the occupied ports of Mariupol and Berdyansk.
Now a Maritime Risk Analyst, Bridget focuses on the intersection of geopolitics and commercial shipping. She assesses the impact of conflict on seaborne trade, how the maritime industry adapts to sanctions and investigates tactics used by vessels to disguise illicit activities.
Latest From Bridget Diakun
Red Sea monthly transits fall slightly after relatively busy March
The Houthis have not directly targeted commercial shipping in many months but the threat to vessels remains
Timor-Leste and Oman latest safe havens for sanctioned vessels
The vessels have reflagged with these registries over the past two months
Ukraine detains vessel for Sevastopol export
Seizures of vessels said to be engaged in Crimea trades are uncommon, with the most recent one taking place in July 2024
Flag hopping hits unprecedented levels among sanctioned fleet
There have been 215 flag changes recorded this year alone
Panama’s expedited sanctions purge a boon for Guyana’s fraudulent registry
Since October 2024, there have been 135 vessels directly eligible for registration cancellation because of sanctions, 73 of these have reflagged once and eight have reflagged twice
Tracking sanctioned ships is a more difficult task as vessels share critical identification numbers
Vessels are using the same Maritime Mobile Service Identity numbers, a practice which can confuse the systems that ingest Automatic Identification System data