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
The Houthis are still calling the shots in the Red Sea
The segments of the shipping industry that were either forced to reroute or freely chose to are not relying on naval escorts or diplomatic negotiations to decide on whether they will return, but are waiting for a signal from the Houthis themselves
No imminent return to Red Sea for shipping despite Gaza ceasefire
A ceasefire deal in Gaza has not altered the current threat assessment for shipping in the Red Sea and shipping lines will not be prepared to disrupt global supply chains by re-routing until there is hard evidence the Houthi threat has diminished
Lloyd’s List Intelligence acquires Infospectrum
Infospectrum is a counterparty risk provider and the deal will further enhance risk management offerings
Dark fleet tactics evolve as tankers take on multiple interchangeable digital identities
A Lloyd’s List investigation shows how vessels move seamlessly between identities using only digital information
Taiwan is hunting one cable cutting vessel disguised with three separate digital identities
Taiwan suspects that China was behind the cutting of an international undersea telecom cable, but finding the vessel responsible is proving complicated because officials are chasing one vessel using three separate digital identities: Tanzania-flagged Xing Shun 39, Cameroon-flagged Shun Xing 39 and Cameroon-flagged Xing Shun 39
Crimean callers flock to Egypt after pause on Syria business
Syria was one of a handful of willing buyers of wheat shipped from the sanctioned ports of the occupied territories, but Russia’s uncertain relationship with the new regime has forced sellers to turn to other markets