The turning tides of maritime compliance: Lessons from 2025, risks for 2026

2025 marked a decisive shift for maritime compliance. Sanctions accelerated across major jurisdictions, shadow fleets scaled into resilient parallel networks, and deceptive practices such as AIS spoofing and dark STS transfers became structural features of global trade rather than isolated violations.In this webinar, Kpler Risk & Compliance analysts reviewed key lessons from 2025 and explained why 2026 will be a tougher stress test for compliance frameworks.

Drawing on vessel behaviour, sanctions data, and network analysis, this session explored how risk is migrating across routes, hubs, and counterparties—and why reactive, watchlist-based compliance is no longer sufficient.