FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Maritime hybrid threats could increasingly extend beyond shadow fleet vessels to the recruitment, coercion and exploitation of seafarers, port workers and other personnel across the global maritime ecosystem, according to Kristian Bischoff, Senior Analyst, Europe and Russia, at RiskIntelligence. In his analysis, Bischoff argues that while the Russian-aligned shadow fleet remains a key concern in relation to sanctions evasion and maritime security, focusing primarily on vessel ownership and affiliations could overlook a broader human dimension. State-linked actors could potentially exploit ordinary commercial vessels and maritime personnel for intelligence collection, influence operations or disruptive activity. RelatedNews EU seeks more warships as Houthi threats disrupt Red Sea shipping New Zealand joins maritime crackdown on North Korea sanctions evasion var jnews_module_21407869_0_6abb81569551f = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21407869","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"1264,280,467,3803,1582","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","p