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
Inbound Hormuz tanker transits near parity with outbound as shipowner confidence returns
Inbound oil tanker transits through Hormuz are nearing parity with outbound as shipowners return to the Middle East Gulf following the US-Iran ceasefire, though analysts caution the window may be temporary
Shipping sustains pragmatic approach to Hormuz transits amid political uncertainty
Hormuz traffic surges as US-Iran talks are set to resume, but a long‑term plan is still elusive and shipping is enacting temporary workarounds not a strategic return
China’s shipping prowess pulls war risk insurance closer to Hong Kong
With persistent geopolitical tensions squeezing market capacity for war risk insurance, Hong Kong’s new pool is pitching a China-aligned alternative reflective of the country’s rapid rise in shipping
At least five Iran-flagged vessels run US blockade line
After months of restricted movements and a increasingly tight US blockade on Iranian ports, the three exits are a significant step, but the US has seized tankers far away from the blockade line in the recent past
Non-Iranian Gulf traders increasingly rely on dark transits
The number of non‑Iran‑linked vessels going dark while transiting the Strait of Hormuz surged in April and stayed elevated through May, with experts saying a shadow fleet tactic is now being adopted by the mainstream fleet as behaviour across the region converges
EU’s Mediterranean naval force joins fight against Russia’s shadow fleet
Operation Irini’s boarding of two suspected fraudulently flagged tankers is the first evidence of coordinated efforts at an EU-level to disrupt Moscow’s shadow fleet