When the sea stops being free

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The article discusses various maritime challenges in strategic waterways like Hormuz, the Red Sea, and the Baltic. It highlights the conflict between maritime law and the realities faced by shipping operations in these regions.

Hormuz, the Red Sea, the Black Sea and the Baltic are exposing the gap between maritime law and maritime reality, write Dr Deniece Aiken and Professor Ulla Tapaninen. The crises in Hormuz, the Red Sea, the Black Sea and the Baltic are not only tests of shipping resilience. They are tests of whether international maritime …