Frequently Asked Questions
Answers about data, estimates, commercial-vessel coverage, research workflows, pricing and institutional access.
Questions and answers
What is CPP Intelligence?
A map-first maritime, commodity, company and investment-research platform built on 909DB.
Is CPP a MarineTraffic clone?
No. The map is a familiar entry point, but CPP focuses on commercial traffic, commodity estimates, company exposure and professional research.
What does Best Guess* mean?
The value is inferred rather than taken from a confirmed manifest or authoritative record.
Is every cargo known?
No. Cargo certainty varies significantly. CPP displays the evidence class and confidence.
What is free?
The global map, search, basic vessel profiles and selected public summaries.
What is paid?
History, exports, alerts, ownership graphs, commodity models, research screens, APIs and institutional datasets.
Can I download data?
Research and institutional plans include defined exports; enterprise plans support bulk delivery.
Does CPP cover recreational vessels?
The default product is limited to commercial shipping.
How is ownership resolved?
CPP separates registered owner, beneficial owner, manager, operator, charterer and controller.
How are oil barrels estimated?
Capacity, draft, tanker class, terminal, route, history and commodity density are combined when a manifest is unavailable.
Can I track public companies?
Yes. Company universes connect fleets and flows to tickers, filings and peers.
Does CPP have an API?
API and data-license access are available by plan.
How often is data updated?
Update frequency varies by source and field; timestamps are displayed.
Can a record be corrected?
Yes. Corrections should preserve the prior value and source history.
Which languages are supported?
The architecture targets 50 full-language versions.
How is compliance handled?
FIIDO.org is intended as the cross-border compliance and RegTech layer.
Can private equity use CTT?
Yes, for screening, diligence, fleet analysis, market mapping and consolidation research.
Can banks use CTT?
Yes, for M&A, sector research, company profiles and risk review.
Does CPP replace S&P or Capital IQ?
It complements financial platforms with physical maritime and commodity evidence.
How is pricing set?
Public plans are fixed; enterprise pricing targets 50% below a verified comparable scope.