The EU and other parts of the world have strict regulations on how and where ships end of life disposal can be performed. Sometimes vessels try to escape the established end-of-life disposal schemes. Authorities might want to monitor vessels that they know are on the way for scrapping to ensure safe and sustainable end-of-life disposal. Normally, this can be done using satellites that monitor ships’ AIS signals. In case of error or if the AIS is turned off intentionally other means to monitor the ship are needed. This can be based on monitoring ships with visual wavelength satellite products, SAR satellite data or using novel instruments on satellites like monitoring of ship’s radar signal.