Dryad Maritime have released their Country Risk Map. That’s an online risk portal, designed for commercial teams, CSOs, ship owners and managers to optimise their maritime security strategies and identify new trading opportunities through ‘Maritime Domain Awareness’.
The portal is curated, reviewed and updated daily by Dryad’s specialist team of analysts. Dryad says that its Risk Map goes beyond the aggregation of data seen in other similar products, with multi-source filtering and verification prior to being enriched with the analysis and insight of Dryad’s intelligence specialists. The developers say that the map is dynamically assessing the impact to commercial shipping operations and, most importantly, the safety of vessels’ crews at sea and in port.
As the maritime contract company says, ship owners and managers are under mounting pressure to make rapid trading decisions, the success of which can be hindered by risks in a multitude of ways. From commercial teams who are looking to fix cargoes in unfamiliar or frontier markets, to ship owners and technical teams assessing the appropriate risk mitigation strategy according to threats that are posed, the Country Risk Map offers a route to maritime risk-related information for over 90 countries.
Dryad Chief Operating Officer, Ian Millen: “Onshore events have the capability to disrupt maritime operations anywhere in the world and often at short notice. Having access to reliable, objective and non-sensational, maritime risk-based information means that our clients can react quickly to changes in security, thereby minimising the impact on their operations and helping them to make profitable trading decisions. This is particularly important in frontier markets, such as Libya, where the Country Risk Map can help operators make timely decisions on whether to trade and where to avoid.”
Risks considered a threat to seafarers and covered by the product include those posed by migration, conflict, natural disasters and crime. As with Dryad’s other intelligence services, the firm says, the Country Risk Map is designed to help inform and optimise commercial and security decisions, with full and flexible access available from tablets and smartphones.
Dryad Chief Operating Officer, Ian Millen: “Our Country Risk Map offers unrivalled access to highly focused and up to date risk analysis across world-wide shipping routes. It is an essential tool for ship owners and operators across the maritime industry, who want to keep their people safe and their trading profitable, through enhanced maritime domain awareness that comes from a credible and effective intelligence service.”
The interactive map is colour coded into a traffic light system to show the countries posing the most significant risk in a region. A ‘last updated’ feature reassures users they are accessing the latest information relevant to their interest. Analysis can be drilled down from a regional overview exploring the broader intelligence picture in the area to a country-specific chart clearly showing the threat posed from maritime crime, maritime risk, risk ashore, USCG listing and whether it is designated as an IMB, stowaway or JWRC risk area. Users are also able to view analysis relating to the most recent incidents in each region which is presented alongside Dryad’s bespoke recommendations and the opportunity to request for more risk assessment support.
Features include;
The latest information on threats at sea and ashore in over 90 countries within regions including East and West Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, South America, and the Mediterranean.
An at-a-glance overview of the global risk picture from maritime intelligence analysts, for users to make informed trading decisions.
Visit: http://www.dryadmaritime.com/risk-map/.
