Ece Göksedef
Senior reporter, Lloyd’s List
Ece Göksedef is a London-based senior reporter at Lloyd’s List, specialising in data-driven investigations and risk analyses. She joined the publication in 2025 and focuses on in-depth reporting on global shipping, trade and the geopolitical dynamics shaping the maritime industry.
Before joining Lloyd’s List, Ece worked as an investigative journalist for the BBC and Al Jazeera, where she covered diplomacy, conflict and political developments across the Middle East.
She holds a master’s degree in politics of conflict, rights, and justice from SOAS, University of London, and a graduate degree in political science and international relations from Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, Türkiye.
Latest From Ece Göksedef
Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz falls further
As attacks surged in the Middle East Gulf last week, traffic volumes dropped massively, by about 59%
Shrinking Hormuz flows reflect deepening regional tensions
Transit volumes through the Strait of Hormuz continue to drop amid escalating security concerns, with weekly figures from Lloyd’s List Intelligence showing a fall from 44 to 39 passages
Libya’s growing fuel-smuggling empire starts to shift from tankers to containers
A UN investigation has uncovered a rapidly expanding Libyan fuel‑smuggling empire, shifting from tankers into containerised flexi‑tanks that are misdeclared as paint solvent or metal scrap
Red Sea tanker transits surpass pre-Houthi crisis levels in rush to secure Saudi barrels
Resurgence in crude oil tanker transits driven by Strait of Hormuz shutdown, but no evidence of a Red Sea revival as Bab el Mandeb traffic down 45% on 2023 volumes
Hormuz transits collapsed last week after brief reopening
Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz more than halved last week after Iran reinstated restrictions and tensions escalated into vessel attacks and seizures, leaving only a trickle of non‑Iranian ships willing to transit
Hormuz transits dry up following spate of attacks and seizures
Several attacks and claimed seizures of vessels by the IRGC have dissuaded shipping from transiting the chokepoint, while the US continues to board Iran-linked tankers in the Indian Ocean