What does a vessel report cover?
A ship is identified by its IMO number, which it keeps for life while its name, flag and owner change. A vessel report looks the ship up by that number, reports its own designations, rates its flag and records port-state bans and detentions. It also finds the owners, managers and operators the lists link to it and screens each one. Without an IMO number the ship is identified by name only, and every finding is unconfirmed.
Basic (1 credit) covers:
- Vessel identity - names, former names, flag, MMSI, call sign and type, and whether the IMO number confirmed the hull.
- Vessel sanctions - the ship's own designations.
- Owners and managers - the parties the lists link to the ship, each screened; a designated current owner makes the ship high risk.
- Flag risk - the flag state's performance on the Paris MoU and Tokyo MoU lists.
- Port state control - bans and detentions recorded by the Paris, Tokyo, Black Sea and Abuja MoUs.
Advanced (2 credits) adds research: adverse media, maritime risk indicators, and the owner, manager and operator named in public sources, each screened.
Not covered: AIS tracking data. Dark activity (gaps in position reporting), ship-to-ship transfers and port calls appear only where a named source reports them, in an Advanced report. AUSTRAC does not apply to a ship, and ships cannot be added to ongoing monitoring yet.