Alongside vessel ownership data, suppliers will also keep records of the companies themselves, which can provide additional value.

Typically, this data will include fields such as:

• Company Name

• Company IMO

• Fleet Size – split by ownership profile (Number of vessels commercial operated for example)

• Address(s)

• Ownership structure and tree

• Historical changes of ownership

• Description of services

• Some can also contain incident records (casualties PSC etc)

Many of the suppliers which keep these databases in the maritime ecosystem will be building this dataset from the vessel up, so this will often be linked to their vessel ownership database.

Benefits

Company data provides context to company relationships and their risk profiles. Different owners and operators run their vessels in different ways and this can be a key indicator of risk.

Company ownership data is often deliberately obfuscated, so a database linking to all levels of ownership provides a huge benefit for any party looking to engage with that vessel.

Drawbacks

The number of changes, transactions and deals done in the maritime ecosystem means this data is difficult to maintain. This data can be very hard to gather and needs to be updated often. Out of date information can lead to significant risk.