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
Mozambique joins rapidly growing fake flag roster for sanctioned tonnage
The IMO’s database features 432 fraudulently registered ships but the real figure is growing more quickly than the regulator’s attempts to document the problem
Advanced spoofing hides Russian oil transfers in Gulf of Oman
Manipulation of AIS data is evolving, further complicating efforts to track sanctions-skirting tankers
Bab el Mandeb transits hit highest level since Red Sea exodus
The sinking of two bulk carriers by the Houthis in July 2025 has not dissuaded some shipowners from sending their vessels through the chokepoint
Russia starts exporting containerised goods from occupied Sevastopol
The sanctioned port of Sevastopol is now being used for containerised exports, having long been a hub for dark grain shipments
Sanctioned tankers continue to exploit Arctic route to sustain Russian oil exports to China
Despite tightened Western sanctions, at least five ageing ‘shadow fleet’ tankers used the Arctic route this summer to deliver Russian oil to China, raising safety and environmental concerns while highlighting the continued flow of Russian crude via alternative shipping channels
Sea of Japan latest spoofing spot for tankers moving Russian oil
Prior to the manipulation of their positional information the shadow fleet tankers can be seen entering the Sea of Japan and sailing towards Russia’s far east