What data actually exists about this industry, who typically holds it, at what granularity, and how obtainable it is. Public means openly published; purchasable is sold by a vendor; partnership needs a bilateral deal; exclusive is effectively locked up by one party.
| Data category | Who holds it | Granularity | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| registry/licensing/permits | flag-state ship registries, IMO GISIS, classification societies, EQUASIS, port state control MoUs (Paris/Tokyo MoU), national maritime… | per vessel (IMO number), per certificate, per inspection | public |
| financial filings | listed shipping companies (Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, ZIM, Golden Ocean etc.), national company registers, credit bureaus | quarterly and annual per legal entity; segment reporting | public |
| incident/safety/claims | EMSA (EMCIP), national marine accident investigation branches, P&I clubs (IG group), marine insurers and Lloyd's List Intelligence… | per incident / per casualty / per claim | public |
| waste & emissions | EU MRV / THETIS-MRV database, IMO DCS (via flag states), shipowners' verifiers, port reception facility operators | per vessel per year (MRV), per voyage fuel/CO2 for operators; per port waste… | public |
| pricing | Baltic Exchange, Platts, Clarksons, Argus, Drewry, Xeneta, Freightos; shipbrokers | daily route/index levels; per-fixture rates; contract rates per lane and… | purchasable |
| inventory & supply chain | commodity traders and terminal operators (floating storage, cargo stocks), Kpler/Vortexa for oil and LNG flows | per cargo/parcel; daily tonnage afloat by commodity and region | purchasable |
| geospatial/movement | AIS data vendors (Spire, exactEarth/Kpler, MarineTraffic, VesselsValue, IHS/S&P Global), coastal authorities (national AIS networks), IMO… | per-vessel position message (seconds to minutes), aggregated to… | purchasable |
| reviews & sentiment | freight forwarder/shipper survey firms (Drewry carrier performance benchmarks), trade press, crew review sites | per carrier per period; per review | purchasable |
| logistics & freight movement | shipping lines and tramp operators, port authorities, terminal operators, customs authorities (bills of lading), Eurostat/national maritime… | per shipment / per bill of lading / per port call; monthly aggregates by port… | purchasable |
| weather-dependent metrics | met services and routing vendors (StormGeo, DTN, NAVTOR, Copernicus Marine), operators' voyage records | gridded forecast/hindcast; per-voyage weather-adjusted performance | purchasable |
| booking/utilization/occupancy | container lines and their alliances, terminal operators, liner schedule vendors (Sea-Intelligence, eeSea, Alphaliner) | per sailing (slot utilisation, TEU carried), weekly deployed capacity per trade… | purchasable |
| employment & workforce | crewing/manning agencies, flag states (seafarer certification registries), ITF and unions, shipowner HR systems, national statistics offices | per seafarer certificate; per vessel crew list; national/annual aggregates | partnership |
| energy consumption | shipowners/operators (noon reports, flow meters), bunker suppliers, bunker price reporting agencies, technical managers | per voyage / daily noon report per vessel; per bunker stem | partnership |
| maintenance & asset condition | classification societies (survey and condition records), ship managers' planned maintenance systems, drydock/repair yards | per vessel per survey/inspection; per work order | partnership |
| quality & compliance testing | bunker fuel testing labs (VPS, FOBAS), port state control authorities, class societies, ISM/ISPS auditors | per bunker sample; per inspection with deficiency codes | partnership |
| transactional/sales | carriers' own booking and ERP systems, chartering brokers, freight forwarders, digital booking platforms | per booking / per charter fixture / per invoice | exclusive |
| sensor/IoT | shipowners and technical managers, engine OEMs (MAN ES, Wärtsilä), performance-monitoring vendors (Kongsberg, ABS Nautical Systems… | per-vessel high-frequency machinery and navigation telemetry; per reefer unit… | exclusive |
Compiled by the TriData research system from public registers, industry structure and regulatory reporting obligations; refreshed as the underlying catalogue grows. Look up the code itself in the NACE code finder.