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
Crimea to Syria route closed after Assad regime falls
Russia may have suspended wheat shipments, but satellite and vessel-tracking data shows the Syrian ports are open and vessels are waiting to discharge
Houthis say nine dead as Israel targets Yemeni ports
This is the third time that Israel has targeted infrastructure and assets in Houthi-controlled ports
Ukraine ‘outraged’ at Yemen grain shipment from occupied Crimea
Russian efforts to expand trading out of occupied territories continues to see ships deliver grain to Yemen, via a UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism, sparking ‘outrage’ from Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Russia manipulating all navigational data in Kerch Strait area
Disruption is so severe that no vessels operating in the immediate area are transmitting reliable information for weeks at a time
Russian tanker struck by suspected naval drone trades again
The vessel is not on its usual route, instead sailing the Don river and signalling Astrakhan as its destination
Suez transits tumble to fresh lows
Sailings through both Red Sea chokepoints are trending downwards