Naupal exists because good maritime security information is scattered across official bulletins, researcher threads, and trade press that most people never see in one place. We bring it together and check it against itself. We don't produce intelligence of our own.
Naupal is a free board that tracks major maritime chokepoints, the narrow, high-traffic waterways where the world's shipping passes through, and where security incidents have the most consequence. For each one, we cross-reference what official maritime authorities, verified open-source researchers, and shipping press are already reporting publicly.
Company security officers who need a fast, sourced overview before digging into primary reporting. Seafarers and cadets who want to understand what's happening in the waters ahead without wading through military jargon. Families waiting for someone to get home, who deserve a plain-language version of the same picture. See the plain-language board if that's what you're looking for.
Some of the best maritime risk reporting that exists today is locked behind subscriptions that cost more than a junior officer's monthly wage, or shared confidentially between insurers and can't be redistributed at all. That's reasonable for the organizations producing it, but it leaves a gap for everyone else. Naupal doesn't try to compete with that reporting or reproduce it. It aggregates and points toward what's already public, for free, indefinitely.
Naupal aggregates public reporting for general awareness. It is not a substitute for official navigational warnings, your flag state's guidance, or your own company's security procedures. Sample sections of this site are clearly marked as such and don't reflect live conditions. See our methodology for how we decide what counts as confirmed.