Insights
Analysis, briefings and assessments.
Trident's authored view of what maritime and geopolitical developments mean for owners, operators, insurers and legal teams.
Sanctions Analysis · 18 August 2026
Paying Iran for Strait of Hormuz Passage: Sanctions and Shipping Risk
Pay, refuse or divert — and the sanctions, detention, delay, charterparty and insurance exposure that each choice carries. This is situational analysis, not legal advice.
Maritime Threat Assessment · 13 August 2026
War Risk to Merchant Shipping Following the Houthi Blockade of Saudi Arabia
The Houthi blockade of Saudi Arabia has created a new affiliation-led threat to merchant shipping at the same time that disruption in the Strait of Hormuz has increased the strategic importance of Saudi Red Sea export routes.
Sector Risk Briefing · 13 August 2026
Wildfire Risk to European Cruise Operations
Wildfire increasingly affects cruise operations through shore excursions, transport, guest and crew safety, itinerary disruption and duty of care — even where the vessel and port remain operational.
Maritime Security Report · 7 August 2026
Voluntary Reporting Area Overview
Transit statistics, GNSS interference and regional incident activity across the maritime Voluntary Reporting Area.
War Risk Analysis · 6 August 2026
Strait of Hormuz: War Risk, Safe Passage and Charterparty Disputes
Route selection, transit arrangements, detention and kinetic threat — and why a retrospective assessment must separate regional tension from the actual risk to the vessel on the ordered voyage.
War Risk Analysis · 27 July 2026
Black Sea War Risk: Assessing Danger to Merchant Shipping
Position, activity, time exposed and the trade served proved more informative than flag or ownership. Findings from Trident's July 2026 Black Sea assessment, and what they mean for evidence.
Maritime Security Risk Assessment · 27 July 2026
Merchant Shipping in the Russian Black Sea Region
What changed in the Russian Black Sea after 15 July — and why the observed target set matters more than the campaign's stated aims.
War Risk Analysis · 9 July 2026
Red Sea War Risk: Evidence in Charterparty Disputes
Red Sea risk is not geographically uniform. Why the threat to a particular vessel can differ materially from the headline regional threat — and what that means for evidence.
Expert Evidence · 26 June 2026
Safe Port, War Risk and Force Majeure: The Evidence Behind Maritime Disputes
Three legal doctrines, one evidential foundation. The operational material that underpins disputes over safe port, war risk, force majeure, deviation and delay.
War Risk Analysis · 12 June 2026
What Is “Real Danger” in a Maritime War Risk Dispute?
The threshold is for the tribunal; the evidence is operational. What likelihood, consequence, proximity and targeting tell you about danger to a particular vessel — and why an incident count alone does not.
Expert Evidence · 29 May 2026
Maritime Expert Witnesses in Charterparty War Risk Disputes
Independent operational evidence on the threat environment — distinct from legal interpretation of the clause — in disputes over war risks, voyage orders, routeing and port calls.
Expert Evidence · 14 May 2026
How a Maritime Security Expert Assesses Whether a Voyage Was Dangerous
Retrospective voyage-risk assessment turns on the information reasonably available at the relevant date — not on what is known with hindsight.
Briefing · 2026
Iran Maritime Legal Risk Briefing 2026
Strategic legal and operational analysis of Iran-related maritime risk — charterparty disputes, force majeure, unsafe-port arguments, sanctions exposure, vessel affiliation, war-risk insurance and Strait of Hormuz disruption.