play Live Sign upShow navigation menuplay Live Click here to searchsearchSign upplay videoplay videoVideo Duration 27 minutes 38 seconds play-arrow27:38Inside StoryWhy are maritime laws failing to secure the seas?Wars and territorial disputes are rewriting the rules of global shipping.
Wars and territorial disputes are rewriting the rules of global shipping.
From the Strait of Hormuz to the Panama Canal, and the Red Sea to the Black Sea, maritime traffic is under increasing threat.
Is shipping becoming the new global battleground? And why are the decades-old laws governing the seas failing?
Rockford Weitz – director of the Fletcher Studies programme at Tufts University
George Theocharidis – professor of maritime law and policy at the World Maritime University
Stavros Karamperidis – associate professor in maritime economics at Plymouth University
