Maritime

Tracking vessels, tracing ownership, detecting dark behaviour, and documenting maritime events using AIS and open registries.

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OSINT Cards

Jul 1, 2026

Query MMSI across MarineTraffic and VesselFinder, confirm ownership via Equasis, and document AIS gaps to evidentiary standard

Derek Bowler

OSINT Cards

Jul 1, 2026

The documentary sources, cross-referencing steps, and chain-of-custody standards for building a vessel ownership chain to evidentiary standard

Derek Bowler

OSINT Cards

Jul 1, 2026

The eight-step workflow for classifying AIS gaps, testing for spoofing, and documenting findings to evidentiary standard

Derek Bowler

OSINT Cards

Jul 1, 2026

Reconstruct a collision, grounding, or sinking from IMO casualty filings, AIS replay, port state records, and meteorological archives

Derek Bowler

OSINT Cards

Jul 1, 2026

Pull a vessel's full inspection history from Equasis, separate detentions from deficiencies, and weight flag state rankings.

Derek Bowler

OSINT Cards

Jul 1, 2026

Identify and document mid-ocean cargo transfers used to break the paper trail, using AIS gaps, satellite imagery and sanctions list screening

Derek Bowler

OSINT Cards

Jul 1, 2026

Read an Equasis record the way an experienced maritime investigator does, and trace the corporate chain behind any commercial vessel

Derek Bowler