Reports on maritime transport, energy, and industrial sectors in the Arab region. A blend of historical records, shipping data, and satellite images.
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Outliers in the New Hormuz Order
Created by THE CHOKEPOINT while tracking ships. I used a 1980 cover page published by Al Arabi magazine on the Strait of Hormuz, along with a satellite image from ESA Copernicus Sentinel-2.
It’s always the outliers that lead me somewhere....
Transit Control: From Bab al-Mandeb to Hormuz
Hello there. To all the new subscribers who joined while I was away last month due to work commitments: this is Noam Raydan, aka THE CHOKEPOINT (the original one). Thank you for subscribing. To my ongoing readers, thank you for staying and...
Hector’s Ships
A satellite image of an oil tanker for illustrative purposes.
I woke up last Sunday and wanted to do a few things: get fresh air, wash my clothes, pull up some recent and past ship-tracking work, and start writing this piece.
Hector. This...
The Treachery of Headlines
Headlines, like images, can be treacherous. (Photo by Ismadi Zikri. Edited by THE CHOKEPOINT)
Last week, a friend wanted to discuss the ongoing tensions between the U.S. and Iran. Both of us closely follow geopolitical risks to energy mark...
The Ships I Watch
To all the ships that have allowed me to tag along…
In November, on a train from New York to D.C. (exactly in the cafe car), someone asked me a very good question: “Do you spend more time researching energy or shipping?”
My answer: I don’...
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I write on energy and shipping in the Middle East. Ships are my passion, and I follow them.
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