Guide to maritime OSINT methods for tracking vessels, ports, shipping routes, and ocean activity.
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container-tracking.org
Container Tracking is a directory of shipping lines and container lines, listing carriers from ANL and CMA CGM to Maersk, MSC and ZIM. The site also offers container number prefixes, a contact page and a privacy policy, plus sections for shipping quote requests and an international trade and shipping directory.
crewlist.org.uk
A not-for-profit volunteer project providing information and database access for research into records of British merchant seafarers and ships, mainly covering 1863 to 1913, with ship records from 1855 to the 1950s. It offers search guidance, FAQs, links to other maritime records, and states that privately commissioned research is not undertaken.