FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Shipping agents face expanding compliance obligations and rising security risks as geopolitical tensions in Ukraine and the Middle East disrupt maritime trade, the Cyprus Shipping Association (CSA) has warned. Speaking at the 2026 annual general meeting of the Federation of National Associations of Ship Brokers and Agents (FONASBA) in Tokyo, CSA Director General Dimitris Kouzapas highlighted the growing demands on shipping agents and the need for closer cooperation between the maritime industry and public authorities. RelatedNews El Niño puts Panama Canal capacity and grain shipments at risk in 2027 BIMCO: Suez Canal container ship traffic exceeds half of pre-crisis levels var jnews_module_21411076_0_6acf625015db4 = {"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":"21411076","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"523,4500,2929,2161,1582","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","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_i