TIER 2 SECTOR COVERAGE

Maritime

Volume IV of the Sector Coverage Series

For maritime operators, vessel owners, port authorities, P&I clubs, cargo insurers, and independent investigators retained by shipowners, charterers, and terminal operators.

TIER Tier 2 · Professional Reference
PRICE $227 / monthly
COVERAGE 74 investigative playbooks across 20 categories
DELIVERY Secure dispatch within 24–36 hrs

Professional Reference Material

These playbooks are professional reference material intended for licensed investigators. They are not legal advice. Investigators are responsible for compliance with the laws of their jurisdiction and the specific requirements of their clients and cases.

PROPRIETARY FRAMEWORK

The TALON Difference

Every playbook in this platform is built against TALON, the proprietary defensive-operations doctrine developed inside The Investigator's Desk over years of federal investigative practice.

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Actor-model analysis

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Reverse trace

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Artifact mapping

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evidence econstruction

“Subscribers receive the playbook; the proprietary model that produced it stays inside the platform.”

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Maritime, At a Glance

74

Investigative Playbooks

20

Categories

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FULL PLAYBOOK LISTING

The 74 Maritime Playbooks

The full catalog is listed below by category. Each entry is a standalone playbook covering the case type named.

  • 01 · Cargo Theft and Pilferage (In Port)

    • In-port cargo theft investigation

    • Container theft and diversion workup

    • High-value cargo theft (marine terminal)

    • Terminal worker theft investigation

    • Chassis and equipment theft workup

  • 02 · Vessel and Hull Loss Investigation

    • Total-loss vessel investigation

    • Constructive total loss workup

    • Vessel scuttling investigation

    • Fire and explosion investigation (vessel)

  • 03 · Marine Casualty Investigation

    • Collision investigation (marine)

    • Grounding investigation

    • Allision investigation (fixed object)

    • Capsizing and sinking workup

    • Man overboard investigation

  • 04 · Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea

    • Piracy incident investigation

    • Ransom and K&R workup (maritime)

    • Armed robbery at anchorage workup

    • Hijacking and vessel seizure workup

  • 05 · Crew Misconduct Investigation

    • Crew theft investigation

    • Crew fraud and desertion workup

    • Crew drug and alcohol workup

    • Crew assault and personal-conduct workup

  • 06 · Jones Act and Seaman Personal Injury

    • Jones Act injury investigation

    • Maintenance and cure workup

    • LHWCA claim workup

    • Death on the High Seas Act workup

  • 07 · P&I Claims Investigation

    • P&I claim workup for personal injury at sea

    • Cargo liability claim workup (P&I)

    • Third-party liability workup (P&I)

    • Pollution liability workup (P&I)

  • 08 · General Average Investigation

    • General average investigation

    • York-Antwerp Rules workup

    • General average bond workup

  • 09 · Container Fraud and CBP

    • Container fraud investigation (maritime)

    • CBP seizure and forfeiture workup

    • Origin misrepresentation workup (maritime)

    • Container weight and VGM fraud workup

  • 10 · Bill of Lading Fraud (Maritime)

    • Bill of lading fraud (ocean)

    • Straight bill vs order bill workup

    • Duplicate bill of lading workup

    • Letter of indemnity workup (marine)

  • 11 · Bunker Fuel Fraud

    • Bunker quantity fraud workup

    • Bunker quality fraud workup

    • Bunker delivery note (BDN) fraud workup

  • 12 · Charter Party Disputes

    • Voyage charter dispute workup

    • Time charter dispute workup

    • Bareboat charter dispute workup

    • Demurrage and dispatch workup

  • 13 · Salvage and Wreck Removal

    • Salvage claim investigation

    • Wreck removal investigation

    • Places of refuge workup

  • 14 · Port and Terminal Fraud

    • Port authority fraud investigation

    • Terminal operator fraud workup

    • Stevedore fraud investigation

    • Port employee misconduct workup

  • 15 · Marine Environmental Compliance

    • Oil spill investigation and response (marine)

    • MARPOL compliance investigation

    • Ballast water compliance workup

    • Air emissions and IMO 2020 workup

  • 16 · IMO and Flag State Compliance

    • Port state control workup

    • Flag state compliance workup

    • ISM code compliance workup

  • 17 · Marine Insurance Fraud

    • Marine cargo insurance fraud

    • Hull and machinery claim fraud workup

    • Freight and disbursement workup

  • 18 · Cyber and OT Security (Maritime)

    • Vessel cyber incident investigation

    • Port cyber incident workup

    • BEC and wire fraud investigation (maritime)

  • 19 · Sanctions and OFAC (Shipping)

    • OFAC sanctions compliance workup (shipping)

    • Sanctioned cargo and port workup

    • STS transfer and sanctions evasion workup

  • 20 · Emerging Exposure

    • Autonomous vessel incident workup

    • Alternative fuel (LNG, ammonia) workup

    • Offshore wind vessel and support workup

ADJACENT COVERAGE

Where Maritime Meets the Rest of the Catalog

Maritime investigations regularly cross into adjacent sectors. The volumes listed below carry the framework and playbooks that most often surface alongside a maritime matter. Tier 2 subscribers have access to every volume; the cross-references identify where to look first.

Volume III · Oil and Gas

Tanker cargo disputes, bunker fraud, offshore-platform vessel support investigations

Volume XI · Transportation and Logistics

Port-to-inland cargo tracing, intermodal container fraud, drayage carrier misconduct

Volume XV · Insurance

Hull and machinery claims, cargo insurance recovery, P&I liability investigations

Volume XVI · Telecommunications

Undersea cable damage investigations, port-facility telecom compromise, satellite-communications fraud

Volume XX · Utilities

Water-utility contamination from maritime sources, port-adjacent utility exposure

Volume XXVIII · Agriculture

Grain and commodity export cargo disputes, agricultural export inspection fraud

SUBSCRIBER ACCESS AND DELIVERY

What Ships & How

Two Documents Per Case Request

Operational Playbook

The doctrinal chapter: case overview, business and practice framework, investigative blueprint with step cards covering purpose, actions, output, restrictions, and gates, evidence considerations, interview strategy, report considerations, common mistakes, a tabletop exercise with worked answers, closing take, and the case-specific Client Communication Pack of email templates for every touchpoint from proposal through invoicing.

TALON Brief

The actor model for the case typology, the artifact map, and the reverse-trace sequence. This is the doctrine layer that tells the investigator not just what to do, but why those steps in that order, grounded in how actors in that typology actually operate.

Universal Forms

25 universal forms are provided separately as a one-time subscriber download.

Delivery Framework

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Maximum → 3 playbooks / rolling 7 days

Monthly reports → scheduled delivery

Quarterly report → scheduled delivery

On-Demand Reports → separate purchase