Even so, Titanic Ventures' control of the artefacts recovered in 1987 remained in question until 1993 when a French administrator in the Office of Maritime Affairs of the Ministry of Equipment, Transportation, and Tourism awarded the company title to the artefacts.
即便如此，泰坦尼克投资公司对1987年来发现的文物的掌控仍是一个问题，直到1993年，设备运输旅游部海事办公室（the Office of Maritime Affairs of the Ministry of Equipment, Transportation, and Tourism）的一名法国行政人员授予了该公司文物所有权。