Shadow fleets have become an important subject for students of global trade, logistics, business ethics, and international governance. The term usually refers to shipping networks that operate with limited transparency, unclear ownership structures, older vessels, uncertain insurance arrangements, and indirect trading routes. These fleets are often discussed in relation to sanctions, political restrictions, energy markets, and supply-chain pressure. From an academic point of

By Nancy Ahmed – Independent Researcher Abstract The rapid growth of global trade has made things more complicated, which means that cross-border disputes happen more often, are more complicated, and have bigger economic effects. In this situation, international arbitration has become the most common way to settle disagreements that come up from international trade contracts. Arbitration is the best choice over national courts because it is flexible, neutral, enforceable, and