What press access includes

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

Full dashboard — live threat map, watchlist, screen any vessel, voyage timelines, chokepoint traffic
Weekly Dark Fleet Report — sanctioned vessel activity summary, delivered to your inbox
AI maritime chat — ask questions about vessels, sanctions, and chokepoint activity

Embed-ready share cards — per-vessel images for social posts and articles, free to reuse
Technical methodology briefing — available on request for verified journalists
Email support — reach us at press@straitupmaritime.com for data questions

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

Full dashboard login — the same tools our paying customers use. 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

Per-vessel share cards for social posts and broadcast
Screenshot any dashboard view for your story
All data is citeable with date stamp
Email us with questions — press@straitupmaritime.com

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.

press@straitupmaritime.com