Changing names reconnect through stable IMO identifiers.
Research question · sanctions + entity resolution
Same tanker after a rename — or a different asset?
Names change. Stable identifiers do not. Would your screening workflow keep the asset connected?
20-second identity call → reveal → official source.
Your call~20 seconds
UK record: NS ARCTIC, IMO 9413547. Later EU record: AMULET, IMO 9413547. What is the safest assessment?
01 · Current assessment
Identity: strong. Current control: still unresolved.
Official UK/EU records identify the vessels using those IMOs.
Dated historical records cannot be flattened into a timeless current state.
02 · Why
One stable key reconnects three names.
Sanctions record.
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Same IMO in EU legal act.
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Former name NS Arctic retained.
IMO 9413547 survives every rename.
Biggest open gap
Who owns and manages the vessel now? That requires fresh, time-stamped company/IMO records.