The flag state answers for a ship's registry, surveys, crew papers, and casualties under UNCLOS Article 94. Open registries carry most tonnage, so port state control serves as the backup.
The contracts, tugs and engineering behind recovering wrecks, explained from the waterline up.
A directory-style guide to the agencies that govern safety, customs, and navigation, and how their duties divide.
The purchase price is the smallest line in a ship's ledger. Support, upgrades and disposal follow for decades.
A warship that sails home to resupply is a warship that leaves its post. Underway replenishment lets navies move fuel, food, and ammunition between ships at sea.
A dated guide to the waters where attacks still happen, what drives them, and the defenses crews and owners now rely on.
A guide to the sources, indices, and indicators professionals actually watch.