April 15 (UPI) --The U.S. military's maritime blockade of Iran has "completely halted" sea-based trade with the Middle Eastern country, U.S. Central Command said late Tuesday. President Donald Trump ...

The ongoing Red Sea crisis, marked by Houthi attacks on commercial and naval vessels, has severely disrupted global trade and caused significant economic losses. Traditional military responses may not ...

Global trade relies on a small set of maritime chokepoints—geographic bottlenecks through which much of the world’s energy, food, and goods must pass. When these routes function, they enable speed and ...

Maritime transportation moves about 80 percent of what the world’s economy needs to function. The historical relationship between global GDP growth and maritime trade has been consistent and does not ...

They are known as ‘choke points,’ the canals and rivers through which the world’s trade is transported by ships of all kinds and sizes. And suddenly they are under threat. In fact, two kinds of threat ...