Episode notes
This week we spoke to maritime researcher Christian Panton. Christian builds resources to monitor ships as a hobby and has created a useful database of 'sketchy boats' that require further investigation. In the talk he described the purpose of the tool and how he created it, and provided a detailed overview of the current issues with researching ships up to no good.
The talk was hosted by Charlotte Maher on Thursday September 25th 2025. Music featured is courtesy of Artlist.
Recorded live in the Bellingcat Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/bellingcat
Links discussed:
Sketchy Boats website:
Keywords
open source researchinvestigationsdeveloperprogrammingtechdiscordcrimelearningmonitoringresearchAIship trackingenvironmentaccountabilitysatellite imagerytoolsresourcesGeopoliticspodcastdocumentationexpertisespecialist knowledgeOpen Sourcemaritimeocean
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