Dryad Global launches Verihelm to help organisations track disruptions to global trade flows

Dryad Global has announced the launch of Verihelm, its next-generation maritime intelligence platform built to support faster, clearer decision-making in a more volatile global trade environment.

Designed for organisations exposed to disruption across shipping, insurance, finance, retail, manufacturing, energy, ports and critical infrastructure, Verihelm gives users a clearer view of vessel activity, route risk, sanctions exposure, port and regional threats, and emerging events that could interrupt the movement of goods, commodities and capital.

The platform monitors maritime intelligence from official sources, AIS data, news feeds, sanctions lists and open-source channels, using AI to support high-volume discovery, classification and scoring. Dryad Global’s analysts then add the verification, judgement and context needed to turn signals into decision-support intelligence.

At launch, Verihelm supports users with analyst-reviewed incident intelligence, assessments for ports, maritime regions and countries, email alerting and voyage risk assessments. Downloadable reports allow teams to brief internal stakeholders, collaborate across departments and support decisions around route exposure, vessel risk, trade-flow disruption, sanctions due diligence and incident response.

Dryad says the platform is built to serve ship operators, CSOs, DPAs, fleet and voyage planning teams, charterers, traders, finance teams, insurers, P&I stakeholders, compliance teams, ports, retailers and industrial organisations with exposure to global supply chain disruption.

Corey Ranslem, CEO of Dryad Global, said: “Global organisations are not short of alerts. They are short of clarity. Verihelm has been built to help teams understand how maritime risk affects global trade flows, supply chains and the ability to keep operations moving when conditions change.

“For insurers and finance teams, that means better visibility of exposure. For retailers, manufacturers and industrial organisations, it means a clearer understanding of where supply chain disruption could occur. For maritime operators, it means knowing whether a development changes the risk picture and what should happen next.

“Our approach combines the scale and speed of AI with the judgement of experienced maritime analysts. That matters because intelligence cannot be a black box. Clients need to know where information has come from, how confident they can be in it, and whether it is relevant to the decision in front of them.

“Verihelm is the next step in Dryad Global’s mission to give organisations the tools, intelligence and support they need to protect trade, manage disruption and operate with confidence in a fast-moving world.”