Crew Employment Compliance: MLC 2006 and Beyond
Strategic analysis of Maritime Labour Convention compliance obligations for superyacht and commercial vessel operators, covering SEAs, flag state requ...
Intelligence Division
Informed · Competent · Proactive
Bespoke regulatory intelligence, strategic sector analysis, and continuing professional development — curated for your sector, delivered monthly through the secure Client Portal. Our publications offer a window into the calibre of analysis our subscribers receive.
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Publications
Our published articles demonstrate the analytical depth and sector-specific perspective that defines our Intelligence Division. Each publication is drawn from the same research and regulatory monitoring that informs our subscriber briefings — a window into the calibre of intelligence our subscribers receive every month.
Flag State Selection in the Transparency Era
Analysis of major superyacht flag state options through the lens of beneficial ownership requirements and regulatory convergence in 2026.
Global Superyacht Transaction Review: 2025 Analysis and 2026 Outlook
Comprehensive analysis of 2025 superyacht transactions including sanctioned vessel judicial sales, market dynamics across all segments, and strategic ...
Australia\'s Tranche 2 AML/CTF Reforms: Strategic Considerations for Family Offices and Vessel Ownership Structures
Strategic analysis of Australia\'s Tranche 2 AML/CTF reforms for family offices managing maritime assets and UHNW principals with complex vessel owner...
Corporate Residency Guidelines: Strategic Implications for Vessel Ownership Structures Across the Indo-Pacific
Analysis of updated ATO corporate residency guidelines and their strategic implications for vessel ownership structures operating across the Indo-Paci...
Ocean Stewardship & Philanthropy: Charting the Unknown
Supporting Crowdsourced Bathymetry — Indo-Pacific Solutions' commitment to ocean stewardship through collaborative initiatives to map the ocean floo...
Red Sea Disruptions: Legal and Practical Considerations for Yachting and Commercial Shipping
Comprehensive analysis of legal and operational challenges facing maritime operators navigating Red Sea security threats, covering insurance, crew wel...
Monthly Briefings
Comprehensive regulatory intelligence delivered monthly via the secure Client Portal. Each briefing is curated to the subscriber's sector, operational context, and jurisdictional exposure — because a family office managing a beneficial ownership structure needs different emphasis than a yacht management company navigating crew compliance across five flag states. Same regulatory landscape, different operational lens, bespoke delivery.
Sector-Specific Intelligence
Every briefing is shaped by the subscriber's sector and operating environment. Regulatory developments are analysed through the lens that matters to your role — not generic summaries, but curated intelligence that speaks directly to how each development affects your operations, your obligations, and your exposure.
Comprehensive Regulatory Coverage
Full-depth analysis across AML/CTF developments, sanctions regime changes, beneficial ownership reforms, flag state regulatory shifts, and cross-jurisdictional compliance movements. Coverage that spans the regulatory landscape affecting maritime operations globally — not limited to a single jurisdiction or framework.
Interim Updates
Regulatory developments don't pause between editions. When significant changes materialise — a new sanctions designation, a legislative amendment, a regulatory enforcement action — subscribers receive interim updates that ensure no gap between what's happening and what you know.
Learning Modules
Being informed is only half the equation. Each monthly briefing is paired with an embedded learning module that develops the practical competence to act on the intelligence being delivered. Briefings tell you what's changing. Modules ensure you understand what it means and how to respond. The result: subscribers who don't just know the landscape — they navigate it with confidence.
From Knowledge to Competence
Structured learning that translates regulatory intelligence into professional capability. Each module builds the understanding needed to implement compliance obligations, advise stakeholders with authority, and respond to regulatory scrutiny with the competence that distinguishes informed professionals from merely subscribed ones.
Cumulative Professional Development
Modules are designed to compound over time — each building on previous content to develop genuine expertise rather than surface awareness. Twelve months of subscriber engagement produces a professional who understands the regulatory landscape at a level that commands respect from regulators, principals, and counterparties alike.
Bespoke Sector Application
Learning modules are tailored to the subscriber's sector context. A brokerage firm's module on beneficial ownership verification looks different from a family office's module on the same topic — because the obligations, the risks, and the practical applications are different. Competence that reflects your actual operating environment.
Quarterly White Papers
Deep-dive research on emerging regulatory frameworks, cross-jurisdictional compliance analysis, and strategic sector intelligence. Authoritative, comprehensive analysis for decision-makers who need complete understanding of the forces shaping maritime regulation — and the foresight to position their operations ahead of them.
Emerging Regulatory Frameworks
In-depth analysis of regulatory developments before they take effect. From Australia's Tranche 2 AML/CTF reforms to evolving EU transparency directives and shifting sanctions architectures — examined with the rigour and foresight that strategic decision-making demands.
Cross-Jurisdictional Intelligence
Comparative regulatory analysis across the jurisdictions that matter to maritime operations. How the same obligation plays out differently in the Cayman Islands, Malta, the Marshall Islands, Singapore, and Australia — and what those differences mean for ownership structures, operational decisions, and compliance strategy.
Strategic Sector Analysis
Market dynamics, transaction trends, and industry developments contextualised within the regulatory environment. Intelligence that connects compliance obligations to commercial implications — giving subscribers the complete picture that informs strategy, not just satisfies obligation.
Subscriber Programmes
Seven bespoke subscriber programmes, each shaped around a specific sector within the maritime industry. Every programme delivers monthly briefings, embedded learning modules, and quarterly white papers — but the curation, the emphasis, and the practical application are tailored to the subscriber's operational world. Annual subscriptions include preferential access and rates across all IPS divisions.
Brokerage — Individual
Transactions fail when compliance requirements surprise the parties at the wrong moment. The broker who understands beneficial ownership verification, AML/CTF obligations, and jurisdictional requirements before the deal reaches closing doesn't lose the sale to preventable delays — and doesn't need to explain to their client why it fell apart.
Brokerage — Firm
A firm's regulatory exposure is carried by every broker on its books. Firm-wide access ensures consistent compliance understanding across the team — so no single transaction is compromised by a knowledge gap, and the firm's reputation isn't determined by its least-informed member.
Port Agency
Port agents operate at the point where regulatory requirements meet operational reality. Understanding what's arriving — the vessel's compliance posture, the flag state obligations, the sanctions exposure — before it berths means better decisions, fewer surprises, and a service that vessel operators and owners come to rely on.
Industry Professional
The maritime professionals who advance are the ones whose regulatory understanding keeps pace with the industry. Structured intelligence and professional development that ensures you contribute to compliance conversations rather than observe them — and that your expertise remains current as the landscape shifts.
Yacht Management
Managing vessels across multiple flag states and jurisdictions means managing compliance obligations that differ at every border. The management company that understands those obligations proactively — crew compliance, DPA requirements, sanctions exposure — delivers the operational confidence that owners expect and retains the mandate because of it.
Family Office
Beneficial ownership transparency requirements, AML/CTF reforms, and cross-jurisdictional compliance obligations are reshaping how maritime assets sit within wealth structures. The family office advisor who understands these shifts protects their principal's interests, reputation, and exposure — before the regulatory change arrives, not after it creates a problem.
General Counsel
Your clients expect you to understand the regulatory frameworks affecting their maritime interests before they need to ask. Intelligence that complements legal expertise with the operational and sector-specific depth that ensures your advice reflects the current landscape — not last quarter's.
Intelligence That Works For You
Our publications demonstrate the calibre of analysis our subscribers receive. Request access to bespoke monthly briefings, embedded learning modules, and quarterly white papers delivered via the secure Client Portal.