Shipping’s safety gains face growing geopolitical test

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Shipping incidents declined by approximately 16% in 2025, reflecting safety improvements; however, growing geopolitical conflicts and disruptions of critical trade routes and maritime chokepoints are increasingly challenging these gains. A webinar by the Nautical Institute will explore these risks and implications for the shipping industry.

Reported shipping incidents fell by around 16% in 2025, but those long-term safety gains are increasingly being tested by geopolitical conflict, disrupted trade routes and growing uncertainty around strategic maritime chokepoints. The Nautical Institute will examine what these contrasting trends mean for the industry in its forthcoming Risks in Shipping webinar, drawing on Allianz Commercial’s ...