Executive brief #3 From AIS screening to behavior analysis
Oct 14, 2020
6 min read
The Automatic Identification System (AIS) has profoundly changed our understanding of what is happening at sea, providing a deeper understanding of where ships are and where they are headed at all times. However, what AIS does not answer is: What is the ship doing? Why is it doing that? What is its importance?
A skilled analyst can answer that question, however, they may require hours or even days to do so. With the rise of false positives, this means transactions would slow down significantly, transforming compliance risks into operational risks.
Training artificial intelligence algorithms to conduct expert shipping analysis automatically speeds-up vessel due diligence processes and provides compliance professionals with always up-to-date recommendations. Such automation helps minimize false positives and maintain existing compliance frameworks and controls without needing additional domain experts.
Key takeaways
AIS manipulations and sanctions evasion – Behavior analysis can shed light on the context of questionable activities at sea, generating valuable insights that can support decision making.
Behavior analysis: The case of the Pacific Bravo – To determine whether or not a vessel was evading sanctions requires deep domain knowledge, expertise in sanctions evasion typologies, and above all, time.
Scale up behavior analysis with artificial intelligence (AI) – Integrating advanced AI capabilities into vessel due diligence enables automatic clearance of low-risk events and flags suspicious patterns of behavior.
Download the full brief
Featured posts
Supply chain
Windward Recognized as a “Notable Vendor” in Gartner’s “International Visibility Business Process Context” Report
Leading analyst firm, Gartner, has defined and evaluated a new category: International Visibility Business Process Context. Its report on this category notes the importance of the technology in this category. “The role of international visibility technology is more critical now as organizations facing unprecedented challenges need to know where their in-transit goods are, and gain…
Heavy Metal: OFAC Expands Sanctions Far Beyond Oil
The U.S. imposed additional sanctions and export controls on Russia in coordination with international partners earlier this month, targeting over 300 entities: “Among others, these commitments include further disrupting Russia’s ability to source inputs for its war, closing evasion loopholes, further reducing reliance on Russian energy, squeezing Russia’s access to the international financial system, and…
Sky to Sea: 5 Tips for Transitioning Pharmaceutical Shipping from Air to Maritime
The global pharmaceutical industry depends on efficient and timely transportation to ensure the availability of life-saving medications and vaccines around the world. Lives could be at stake if certain medications and drugs are unnecessarily held up by supply chain delays. Additionally, some drugs can quickly become non-viable due to delays. Shipping via the sky has…
Windward’s Tech Helps UN Experts Investigate 3 Deceptive Shipping Practice Trends Involving North Korea
The UN Panel of Experts (UNPoE) on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) utilized Windward’s AI-powered technology when researching for its report (S/2023/171) that was published relatively recently (April 2023). The panel mainly focused on deceptive shipping practices (DSPs) used to evade UN sanctions on importing oil products and weapons/technology to the DPRK, and…
“As Western sanctions against Russia have escalated over its invasion of Ukraine, more ships have joined an existing fleet of mysterious tankers, ready to facilitate Russia’s oil exports… Who owns and operates many of these ships remains a puzzle,” as noted by CNN. This blog post, which is based on our comprehensive shadow fleet report, …
Finding the Bunkering Sweet Spot in Volatile Times
Ship-to-ship (STS) engagements for the purpose of oil smuggling are becoming increasingly complex and the headlines show that regulators are focused on curtailing this phenomenon. The EU is considering a new sanctions package banning any vessel that goes dark, or is involved in illicit STS meetings, from calling port in Europe. Since STS operations are…
