Maritime Security Analysis Archive

Off Jubail: Two Tanker Attacks in a Day, One by Small Boat RPG

UKMTO records two tankers attacked 68 and 78 nm off Al Jubayl, Saudi Arabia, on 16 October, one by an RPG from a small boat in the Arabian Gulf.

Massimiliano d'Amore

Arabian Gulf

GNSS Interference: AIS Anomalies Tick Up From a Low as Reports Lag

Oct 16, 2026

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6 min read

GNSS Interference: AIS Anomalies Tick Up From a Low as Reports Lag

UKMTO counted 23,166 anomalous AIS positions in the week to 14 October, up 22.7% but near the conflict's low, as ship reports of interference stay sparse.

Massimiliano d'Amore

Shadow Fleet Sanctions Relief: Two of Five Objections Hold

Oct 15, 2026

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7 min read

Shadow Fleet Sanctions Relief: Two of Five Objections Hold

The 22 tankers the US listed on 8 October test five objections to easing shadow fleet sanctions. Age and transfer risk hold; the rest are weaker.

Massimiliano d'Amore

Attacks on shipping

n0n Port Extortion: Gulf Listings Sit Outside the Vendor Pattern

Oct 14, 2026

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2 min read

n0n Port Extortion: Gulf Listings Sit Outside the Vendor Pattern

Twelve of 38 port and shipping firms on n0n's extortion list appear in one vendor's record. The two Gulf listings do not, and nothing yet explains them.

Massimiliano d'Amore

Attacks on shipping

Hormuz Attacks: Six Ships Hit in One Day, Four Reported Late

Oct 13, 2026

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1 min read

Hormuz Attacks: Six Ships Hit in One Day, Four Reported Late

UKMTO recorded six attacks around the Strait of Hormuz on 11 October, its heaviest day this month, and four reached the record a day late.

Massimiliano d'Amore

Attacks on shipping

Hormuz Tanker Attacks: Iran's Blacklist Misses Most Struck Ships

Oct 12, 2026

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1 min read

Hormuz Tanker Attacks: Iran's Blacklist Misses Most Struck Ships

UKMTO, Equasis and AIS checks on two dozen ship strikes test Iran's threat to punish owners, fleets and insurers beyond the Strait of Hormuz.

Massimiliano d'Amore

War risk

Two Daily Windows: US Air Cover for Hormuz Tanker Transits

Sep 22, 2026

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1 min read

Two Daily Windows: US Air Cover for Hormuz Tanker Transits

What the NCAGS cut to two protection windows a day means for tanker owners, charterers and war-risk underwriters

Massimiliano d'Amore, +1

Sanctions enforcement

Paying for passage in bitcoin: the BitBank designation and the Hormuz toll layer

Sep 18, 2026

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1 min read

Paying for passage in bitcoin: the BitBank designation and the Hormuz toll layer

Designation analysis, network reconstruction and efficacy assessment for the exchange clearing Strait of Hormuz transit payments.

Massimiliano d'Amore

Attacks on shipping

Tanker Cyberattack Probe: What the US Confirmed and What Iran Claimed

Sep 17, 2026

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1 min read

Tanker Cyberattack Probe: What the US Confirmed and What Iran Claimed

Threat assessment, incident reconstruction and attribution analysis for crude tankers bound for the US Gulf

Massimiliano d'Amore

Attacks on shipping

Sep 10, 2026

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2 min read

Hormuz Is Open on Someone Else's Terms

Two administered corridors, one suspended international route, and what the 31 August tanker attacks show about who now controls passage

Jason Keen

Aug 3, 2026

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1 min read

THE POST THAT MATTERED

Iranian senior command after five months of decapitation: why one appointment restored the structure, why the General Staff has stayed empty, and where the damage actually is

Massimiliano d'Amore

Arabian Gulf

WHEN THE CHIP MATTERS MORE THAN THE GROUND

Jul 28, 2026

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1 min read

WHEN THE CHIP MATTERS MORE THAN THE GROUND

Kuwait as cost-multiplier: how Iran uses the threat to the coalition's logistics spine to seize the initiative and dictate the war's tempo, the asymmetric instruments it would use, and what restrains it

Michele De Pra

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Archive

Off Jubail: Two Tanker Attacks in a Day, One by Small Boat RPG

GNSS Interference: AIS Anomalies Tick Up From a Low as Reports Lag

Shadow Fleet Sanctions Relief: Two of Five Objections Hold

n0n Port Extortion: Gulf Listings Sit Outside the Vendor Pattern

Hormuz Attacks: Six Ships Hit in One Day, Four Reported Late

Hormuz Tanker Attacks: Iran's Blacklist Misses Most Struck Ships

Two Daily Windows: US Air Cover for Hormuz Tanker Transits

Paying for passage in bitcoin: the BitBank designation and the Hormuz toll layer

Tanker Cyberattack Probe: What the US Confirmed and What Iran Claimed

Hormuz Is Open on Someone Else's Terms

THE POST THAT MATTERED

WHEN THE CHIP MATTERS MORE THAN THE GROUND

The Red Zone

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