Articles

Operation Nightwatch—field notes from the Marshall Islands EEZ

March 20, 2026

A first-hand account of Operation Nightwatch, showing how satellite intelligence and targeted patrols enable rapid dark-vessel detection.

Operation Nightwatch case study—dark-vessel enforcement in the Marshall Islands

March 20, 2026

Operation Nightwatch used satellite sensing, intelligence fusion, and airborne patrols to cut dark-vessel detection‑to‑verification time from days to hours

Huntington Beach oil spill–A preventable failure of subsea asset visibility

February 5, 2026

Dr. Kaan Gunes explores the Huntington Beach oil spill, revealing how Starboard’s asset-aware MDA identifies subsea risks to move infrastructure protection from reactive repair to intelligent prevention.

Intelligent prevention–a new approach to subsea cable protection.

January 26, 2026

Peter Harvey introduces "intelligent prevention," a four-layered approach that moves subsea cable protection from simple monitoring to intelligence-led defence.

Subsea cables: the threat you can't see vs the sensor you already own

December 17, 2025

AIS shows only part of the risk near subsea cables. This article explores how DAS turns fibre into a sensor to detect unseen activity and support earlier, intelligence‑led protection.

Australia’s $60 billion visibility gap in offshore decommissioning

December 9, 2025

Dr. Kaan Gunes, Oil & Gas Lead at Starboard Maritime Intelligence, explores the A$60 billion visibility gap in offshore decommissioning and how continuous, behaviour-based monitoring can help operators and contractors manage risk,

The end of the benign seabed: Why AIS monitoring is no longer enough

December 5, 2025

Peter Harvey explores why AIS-only monitoring is no longer enough for subsea cable protection, and how intelligence-led, multi-source approaches are reshaping resilience for cable owners, operators, and hyperscalers.

Submarine cable protection: from incident response to prevention using predictive intelligence

February 19, 2025

How predictive intelligence helps prevent submarine cable damage by identifying high-risk vessels before incidents occur.

After Sun Flower 7: Analysing fishing activity of South Korean-owned carriers in the Western Central Pacific

June 24, 2024

Over the last two years, carrier fishing activity in the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) has been a topic of discussion regarding the violation of fish aggregating device (FAD) use during closure period...