Engage with Project Guardian

Coastal States & Port Authorities

Manage wreck-related exposure in your territorial waters

If your nation has WWII or other historic shipwrecks in its territorial waters, Project Guardian can deliver a risk-ranked assessment of your wreck portfolio, in-water survey of priority assets, and ongoing monitoring under our Guardian Sentry capability.

Work is conducted under formal agreement with your authorities and under the consent of relevant flag states where vessels remain under their sovereignty.

We currently operate in partnership with Papua New Guinea on the Rabaul Mission and welcome conversations with other coastal states facing similar challenges.

Development Banks & Institutional Funders

Wreck risk as a material ESIA factor

Project Guardian's WERP methodology produces the certified hazard characterisation required for environmental impact assessment on port redevelopment, coastal infrastructure, and remediation programmes.

We work with development banks and institutional funders to support the ESIA and remediation phases of major coastal projects where shipwreck pollution risk is a material factor.

Insurers & Maritime Authorities

Liability assessment & long-term monitoring

Project Guardian's methodology supports liability assessment and ongoing monitoring of wrecks falling within the scope of the Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks.

We work with P&I clubs, maritime authorities, and flag states to provide the data infrastructure needed to manage long-term wreck-related liability.

Flag States

Consent, war-grave status, and respectful handling

Many of the wrecks in Project Guardian's portfolio remain under the sovereignty of the flag states whose navies and merchant fleets lost them in wartime.

We engage formally with flag-state authorities to ensure that any work touching these vessels is conducted under consent, with appropriate respect for war-grave status, and in accordance with the flag state's preferences for handling.