Alketas–Nikolas Drosos, representative in Greece and Cyprus of EOS Marine, a member of the EOS Risk Group — an international organization specializing in security, risk management, and crisis response in the global maritime sector — speaks on “Fair Winds and Following Seas” on Voice of Greece.
“We are facing a scenario of military escalation at the very heart of global shipping. The coordinated air operations by the United States and Israel against targets of the Revolutionary Guards in Iran have immediately altered the level of risk across the entire Gulf region,” Alketas Drosos notes, among other points.
Referring to the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz and the surrounding area, he characteristically states that “the region is now considered to be at a ‘high threat level,’ with a realistic possibility of:
- The use of anti-ship ballistic and cruise missiles
- Attacks involving unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned surface vessels (USVs)
- Naval mines (including floating mines)
- Aggressive boardings or seizures of tankers
- Vessels with links to the United States, the United Kingdom, or Israel — through flag, ownership, or port call history — being assessed as at higher risk.”
Produced and presented by Antonis Karagiannakis