Bridget Diakun
Maritime Intelligence and Research Director, 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 maritime intelligence and research director, 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
Houthis seek to reassure shipping after Mokha seizure, but analysts warn Saudi-linked vessels remain at risk
Houthi efforts to reassure shipowners after the seizure of Mokha have done little to ease concerns over the Bab el Mandeb, where analysts warn expanded territorial control increases the group’s ability to target Saudi-linked shipping and potentially exert greater influence over vessel movements
Suez Canal recovery gathers pace as Hormuz disruption boosts traffic, but Bab el Mandeb revival stalls
A surge in tanker traffic linked to the Hormuz crisis has lifted Suez Canal volumes to their highest levels since early 2024, but renewed Houthi threats have curtailed gains further south at the Bab el Mandeb chokepoint
Yanbu tanker calls fall as Saudi scrambles to keep crude flowing
Saudi Arabia is scrambling to keep crude flowing through a makeshift Egypt pipeline workaround after Houthi blockade threats slashed Yanbu VLCC traffic by 35%
Saudi Arabia pushes naval alliance as Red Sea risks spread north
The proposed framework remains short on operational details, while Saudi oil flows are redirected
Hormuz transits collapse as violence against ships escalates
Traffic through the Hormuz plunged to levels seen during the early stages of the conflict as hostilities in the region continues to escalate
Disrupted Saudi tanker traffic goes dark following Houthi embargo
Saudi oil exports from the Red Sea are increasingly disappearing from view as tanker operators switch off tracking signals or abandon voyages in response to a Houthi maritime embargo, threatening a key alternative export route already strained by disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz