Bridget Diakun
Senior Risk and Compliance 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 Lloyd’s List’s senior risk and compliance 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
Iran’s shadow fleet exercising caution, but has not completely abandoned market
Nearly 20 shadow fleet tankers have stopped just outside the US blockade line or are diverting on the approach, appearing to be waiting and weighing up their options
Red Sea tanker transits surpass pre-Houthi crisis levels in rush to secure Saudi barrels
Resurgence in crude oil tanker transits driven by Strait of Hormuz shutdown, but no evidence of a Red Sea revival as Bab el Mandeb traffic down 45% on 2023 volumes
Shadow fleet VLCC finds legitimate path to compliant market in Gulf trade
A 26-year-old VLCC previously engaged in Venezuela operations has become the latest shadow fleet tanker to revert to mainstream trades as the Hormuz crisis fuels demand for ‘risk tolerant’ tankers
Shadow fleet tankers disrupted, but not completely deterred by US blockade on Iran
A number of Iran-linked shadow fleet tankers are diverting or pausing voyages, but at least 10 traceable via their Automatic Identification System are seen ballasting towards the Middle East
US stresses effectiveness of blockade based on impact to Iran’s economy
The US is assessing the effectiveness of the blockade by its impact on Iran’s economy, according to a US defence official, who stressed that vessels transiting past the blockade can be intercepted outside the region
Non‑Iranian traffic through Hormuz hits post‑war high as dark transits surge
Non‑Iranian‑linked vessels cleared the Strait of Hormuz last week in their highest numbers since the war began, as boxships and tankers relied on dark transits and alternative routing to escape the Middle East Gulf during a brief reopening of the chokepoint