Maritime Due Diligence Software | Vessel & Counterparty Screening

Maritime risk hides in the gaps. A vessel changes name and flag; ownership runs through a chain of holding companies; a counterparty looks fine until you check the sanctions list issued last week. Miss it and the consequences aren't paperwork — they are frozen payments, blocked cargo and reputational damage that outlasts the deal.

Tidal makes the checking systematic. Screen a vessel or a counterparty, see sanctions exposure, ownership and compliance history in one place, and record the decision so you can prove you did the work. It is due diligence you can repeat the same way every time, not a scramble across a dozen open tabs.

Capabilities

The checks that matter, in one workflow

Screen, review and document — so a risk decision is fast to make and easy to defend.

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Vessel & counterparty screening

Check a ship, owner, charterer or supplier in one search and bring the risk picture together in a single view.

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Sanctions & watchlists

Screen against sanctions and watchlists so exposure surfaces before you commit, not after payment is stuck.

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Ownership & IMO checks

Trace beneficial ownership and confirm IMO number and identity through name and flag changes that hide history.

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Compliance history

Review port state control and detention history to see how a vessel and operator have actually behaved.

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Documented decisions

Record who screened what, what was found and what was decided — a full audit trail for every deal.

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Repeatable process

Run the same checks the same way each time, so due diligence doesn't depend on who happened to do it.

Use cases

Where maritime due diligence is non-negotiable

Chartering & fixtures

Screen the vessel and counterparty before a fixture, so a charter doesn't expose you to a sanctioned party.

Onboarding suppliers

Vet chandlers and service providers before you add them, and keep the check on file.

Trade & finance

Give compliance and finance the documented basis they need to release payment or cargo with confidence.

Ongoing monitoring

Re-check counterparties as sanctions and ownership change, instead of assuming a one-time pass still holds.

Outcomes

What good due diligence software gives you

Sanctions exposure caught before you commit, not after
Ownership seen through name, flag and structure changes
One risk view instead of a dozen separate lookups
A documented decision behind every deal
The same standard applied by everyone, every time
Evidence ready for regulators, insurers and counterparties

FAQ

Maritime due diligence, answered

What is maritime due diligence?

It is the checking you do before dealing with a vessel, owner, charterer or supplier — confirming identity and ownership, screening against sanctions and watchlists, and reviewing compliance history such as detentions. Tidal turns that into a repeatable, documented workflow instead of ad-hoc searches.

What does Tidal check?

Tidal screens vessels and counterparties against sanctions and watchlists, checks beneficial ownership and IMO number, and pulls together compliance signals such as port state control and detention history — so a risk picture comes together in one view rather than a dozen tabs.

Does it keep an audit trail?

Yes. Every screening and decision is recorded with who ran it, what was found and what was decided, so you can show a regulator, insurer or counterparty exactly how a call was made.

Who uses maritime due diligence software?

Owners, managers, charterers, brokers, traders and their compliance teams — anyone who needs to know who they are dealing with before money or cargo moves, and who has to be able to prove they checked.

Know who you're dealing with before you deal