Fatalities among crew members have topped 50 since the invasion began, leading to a change in how risk is documented for shipping. The Joint War Committee extended reporting requirements beyond Russian and Ukrainian coastal waters to all nautical zones in the Black Sea to track merchant vessels, ports, and energy infrastructure. This shift addresses the increased targeting of commercial shipping in the region.

The International Maritime Organization warns that global conflicts are increasingly serving as pretexts to target commercial shipping. The agency cited 80 verified attacks in and around the Strait of Hormuz during the current year as evidence of the growing risk to trade routes.