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Fleets change routes, insurers cut cover and war risk premiums surge

Shipping companies, insurers and energy traders are already changing operational behaviour as Middle East tensions disrupt routes, tighten insurance conditions and increase costs across the global maritime system, particularly around the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea

A large container ship transits a narrow maritime chokepoint between rocky coastlines, viewed from above under dark, overcast conditions

Shipping in the age of geopolitical risk

When the map becomes the business model, shipping stops pricing distance and fuel and starts pricing access, leverage, and geopolitical exposure, as routes evolve from neutral corridors into strategic assets shaping costs, risk, and reliability