Life at Sea - ships and crews

Settebello Was Not Sacrifice. It Was a Recruitment Failure. The Settebello case raises a harder question than contract signing. How are civilian seafarers being moved into sanctions-sensitive, blockade-exposed trades where the paperwork may be complete, but the operational…

Audio briefing: Settebello, seafarer recruitment, war-risk trades and the question of force against a merchant ship. For those who prefer listening over reading, the DeepDraft technical briefing is now on Spotify:

900 nm from Tropical Storm Bavi. Drifting in the open ocean and waiting for it to pass. A real bridge view, far beyond the satellite image.

900 nm from Tropical Storm Bavi. Drifting in the open ocean and waiting for it to pass. A real bridge view, far beyond the satellite image.

DeepDraft Weekly Maritime Brief | June 28, 2026 Hormuz remains open, but commercial passage is no longer normal. This week’s brief tracks the IMO evacuation framework, the EVER LOVELY strike, reduced tanker movement, Ras Tanura restart signals, and the growing link between…

I am a Formula One fan, and this reminded me of something Enzo Ferrari once said. When he was asked why Ferrari’s racing cars were red, his answer was simple: Ask a child to draw a racing car, and he will colour it red. That line came back to me when I saw Tirrenia’s DC-themed…