What press access includes

Lookout-tier dashboard access at no cost to verified journalists. Screen vessels, monitor chokepoints, and cite our data with attribution.

50 vessel watchlist — monitor up to 50 vessels with 5 groups, notes, and activity timeline
Unlimited screening — screen any vessel against 7 international sanctions lists
Weekly Dark Fleet Report — sanctioned vessel activity summary, delivered to your inbox

Live threat map + fleet map — chokepoint traffic, vessel positions, and voyage timelines
AI maritime chat — 10 queries/month to ask about vessels, sanctions, and chokepoint activity
Email + webhook alerts — get notified when watchlist vessels transit chokepoints or go dark

Facts for your fact-checker

All numbers are live-verifiable via the URLs below. Refresh before citing — numbers move.

Metric	Current	How to verify
Vessels in our database	—	/api/public/stats
Sanctioned vessels monitored	—	OFAC SDN-MAR + EU Consolidated + UN + UK OFSI + AU + JP + CH
Chokepoints with live capacity %	8	Hormuz, Suez, Bab el-Mandeb, Malacca, Panama, Turkish, Cape, English Channel
Ports with loading/congestion data	—	Cross-referenced against IMF PortWatch baseline (2019–2026)
AIS data sources	Multiple	Terrestrial + satellite AIS feeds, cross-referenced for accuracy
Enrichment sources	Multiple	Ownership registries, classification societies, international trade databases
Refresh cadence	~30 min	Public endpoints + threat map; raw AIS ingested continuously
Historical baseline	2019–2026	7 years of daily IMF PortWatch chokepoint data per region

What you can do with press access

Lookout-tier dashboard access — screen, monitor, and investigate. Attribution: Strait Up Maritime.

Screen & investigate

Screen any vessel against 7 international sanctions lists
Live positions for all monitored sanctioned vessels
Dark fleet detection + STS transfer alerts
8 chokepoint transit data with direction and vessel type

Publish & share

Screenshot any dashboard view for your story
All data is citeable with date stamp
Email us with questions — [email protected]
Need more? Contact us about upgraded press access

How to cite us

Say the name. We're not "a tracking company" or "industry analysts" — those phrases don't help your reader or us.

First mention

Strait Up Maritime (straitupmaritime.com)

Subsequent mentions

Strait Up Maritime or Strait Up

Example usage

Hormuz tanker traffic remains well below pre-crisis levels, according to Strait Up Maritime, a maritime sanctions intelligence platform that monitors 8 chokepoints in real time.

✓ Do

Link to straitupmaritime.com in online versions
Email us before print if a specific number is load-bearing
Use any data from your dashboard with a date stamp
Embed our PNG share cards in your social posts
Contact us for background or methodology questions

✕ Don't

Attribute anonymously ("a tracking company", "sources familiar")
Cite our data for a vessel without a date stamp — numbers move
Use automated tools to extract data in bulk
Reproduce our dashboard screenshots to compete with us commercially
Use our logo in a way that implies endorsement of your outlet

Request press access

One email with your name, outlet, beat, and one recent byline. We'll set up your account and get back to you.

[email protected]