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
Ukraine’s maritime trade forced offline by Russian aggression
All November arrivals to Ukraine’s greater Odesa ports were dark port calls
Red Sea traffic one year on: down but not out
Country affiliation, sector, dark transits; we present all the numbers to understand the fleet sailing the beleaguered shipping lane
Suez Canal struggles with transits while Bab el Mandeb makes minor monthly gains
Minor positive swings in October traffic volumes fails to disguise how traffic through both chokepoints is slowly decreasing over time
Ukraine strikes occupied Sea of Azov port
Berdiansk port was closed by the Ukrainian government after the city was seized by Russian troops in the early days of the 2022 incursion. The port has since been reopened and is in active use by the occupying administration
Sanctioned North Korean ship deviates from norm to make traceable call to Russia
Several other North Korea-owned vessels have arrived at Russian ports with AIS enabled during the past few months, but the most recent caller is an outlier even among this group because of its UN designation
Libya’s lucrative fuel smuggling operations sustained by small tanker network
Black market fuel trade contributes to Libya’s state of crisis, but there are also questions about what the profits of this illicit trade are ultimately financing