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Category 2: Administrative and Regulatory Maritime Intelligence⚓︎

Overview⚓︎

These resources answer the critical questions of who controls a vessel, how it is managed, and its operational standing. This is essential for exposing complex ownership structures and sanctions evasion.

Corporate & Ownership Registries⚓︎

  1. Equasis - The primary global database for ship ownership, management, and safety records.
  2. IMO GISIS - International Maritime Organization's Global Integrated Shipping Information System.
  3. OpenCorporates - The largest open database of corporate entities, useful for tracing ownership chains.
  4. IHS Markit - Industry standard for ship characteristics and ownership data (Commercial).
  5. Lloyd's List Intelligence - Premium data on vessel movements and ownership.
  6. Bureau Veritas - Class society registry for vessel classification status.
  7. DNV GL Vessel Register - Database of DNV classed vessels.

Sanctions & Compliance⚓︎

  1. OFAC Sanctions List - US Treasury Department sanctions screening.
  2. UN Security Council Consolidated List - UN sanctions list.
  3. EU Sanctions Map - Map-based view of EU sanctions regimes.
  4. C4ADS - Non-profit specializing in tracking illicit maritime networks.
  5. Windward - AI-driven maritime risk analytics.

Website & Domain Recon⚓︎

  1. DNSDumpster - DNS recon tool to map the digital infrastructure of shipping companies.
  2. NSLookup.io - DNS record lookup for verifying maritime server infrastructure.
  3. DNSTwist - Detect typosquatting domains targeting maritime brands.
  4. DorkGPT - AI-powered search query generator to find exposed maritime documents.
  5. SecurityTrails - Historical DNS data for maritime assets.
  6. Crt.sh - Certificate transparency logs to find subdomains of shipping lines.