Introduction On April 12, 2026, President Trump announced via Truth Social that the United States Navy would begin “BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait…
Arrest of ships
Costas Mardas questions John Faraclas on the Strait of Hormuz at BLUESKY TV’s program Personal Data
Given the importance of Shipping and in particular that of Greek Shipping in keeping a balance to the economy and well being of 8 billion people on Planet Ocean, world…
REGION: Persian Gulf – Gulf of OMAN – West Indian Ocean – Somalia – Bab El Mandab – Southern Red Sea Reference: Joint War Committee, date 3rd March 2026, Circular…
Following our 2025 articles on the Death of Diplomacy: 2026 began with the stealth arrest of Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores. This was on 3rd January…
Brief Update No 25/26 Date: 29 December 2025 STATEMENT This document has been approved for distribution by SEA GUARDIAN S.G. Ltd / Operations Department. The provided Intelligence and Information derive…
Earlier this week we wrote on the U.S. seizure of MT SKIPPER and the questions it raised. Today we take a closer look at what this action may mean for…
THREAT & RISK ASSESSMENT BRIEF UPDATE Brief Update No 25/23 Date: 13 November 2025 STATEMENT This document has been approved for distribution by SEA GUARDIAN S.G. Ltd /…
MAIB Report: investigation into the collision between the tender to Isabell Princess of the Sea and the rigid inflatable boat Vega resulting in one fatality on 27 July 2024.
Report on the investigation into the collision between the tender to Isabell Princess of the Sea and the rigid inflatable boat Vega resulting in one fatality on 27 July 2024 Summary: On the evening…
Brief Update No 25/16 Date: 31 July 2025 STATEMENT This document has been approved for distribution by Sea Guardian S.G Ltd / Operations Department. The provided Intel and Information…
Aya Burweila interviews John Faraclas on messy Shipping issues given the Middle East inferno
Listen to this live interview with an excellent preamble on the Shipping industry’s current situation: We look forward to your comments.
THREAT & RISK ASSESSMENT BRIEF UPDATE Brief Update Nο 25/13 Date: 13 June 2025 STATEMENT This document has been approved for distribution by Sea Guardian S.G Ltd…
THREAT & RISK ASSESSMENT BRIEF UPDATE Brief Update No 25/08 Date: 07 Mar 2025 STATEMENT This document has been approved for distribution by Sea Guardian S.G. Ltd…
Brief Update No 25/05 Date: 21 Feb 2025 STATEMENT This document has been approved for distribution by Sea Guardian S.G. Ltd / Operations Department. The provided Intel and information derive…
THREAT & RISK ASSESSMENT BRIEF UPDATE Brief Update No 25/03 Date: 30 – Jan – 2025 STATEMENT This document has been approved for distribution by Sea Guardian…
ERT’s Thanos Choupis interviews allaboutshipping’s John Faraclas on Planet Oceans dire straits and its importance on current and future Geopolitics
John Faraclas on ERT’s global radio station “The Voice of Greece”, in the program “Greeks Everywhere”, with Thanos Choupis who interviewed him on the ragging wars and others about to…
Brief Update No 24/011 Date: 12 – Dec – 2024 STATEMENT This document has been approved for distribution by Sea Guardian S.G. Ltd / Operations Department. The provided Intel…
Andreas Stamatopoulos from Flash 99.4 discusses with John Faraclas current affairs affecting Global Peace and Economic stability:
Γιάννης Φαράκλας – Flash 99,4 (21.11.2024) All the above taking place during one of Greece’s and Orthodoxy’s great and most important date: the Entry of the All Holy Mother of…
ETF Urges Stricter Regulations and Accountability for Shadow Fleet OperationsBrussels, 8 November 2024
The European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) is calling for urgent action to combat the rise of so-called “shadow fleets,” which continue to operate outside international norms, undermining basic worker protections,…
THREAT & RISK ASSESSMENT BRIEF UPDATE Brief Update No 24/006 Date: 30 – Oct – 2024 STATEMENT This document has been approved for distribution by Sea Guardian S.G.…
Brief Update No 24/005 STATEMENT This document has been approved for distribution by Sea Guardian S.G. Ltd / Operations Department. The provided Intel and information derive from open…
IAPH statement on the seizure of containership MSC Aries in the vicinity of the Strait of Hormuz
IAPH joins calls by ICS for the immediate release of the seafarers and the ship Following the seizure which took place earlier today in the Arabian Gulf, the International Association…
Live on Vergina TV: In the explosive geopolitical shipping front – and beyond, Seafarers well being in its entirety is a MUST!
In continuation of previous live appearances over the last three years on the issue of the two ranging wars in the Black Sea and Middle East …”coupled” with the forthcoming…
Viewers can find attached here below the European Maritime Awareness in the Strait of Hormuz (EMASoH) Information Bulletin edition April 2023: Look forward to your comments
Good Morning Monaco Wednesday, April 12, 2023 AS Monaco star handed suspended sentence for tax evasion AS Monaco team captain Wissam Ben Yedder has made headlines for different reasons, as the star…
Commentary from George Delaney, Cargo Valuation Analyst at VesselsValue. The auction of Russian billionaire Dmitry Pumpyansky’s sanctioned vessel, Axioma (LOA 72m, July 2013, Dunya Yachts) is the first such publicly forced…



