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Staying Ahead of Port of Destination Changes with Maritime AI™ Technology
What’s inside?
The shipping industry faces numerous disruptions and these incidents often lead to route deviations from crucial ocean trade lanes, impacting the final leg of a shipment’s ocean journey and resulting in last-minute port of destination (PoD) changes.
These changes don’t have to be destiny in terms of bad outcomes for freight forwarders, importers, and exporters. Windward has released a new exception: the Port of Destination (PoD) Change. This insight keeps our customers informed and prepared for any unexpected events affecting intermodal transportation, so they can quickly adjust and plan strategically.
How Does Windward’s Technology Work?
Windward fetches data from carriers multiple times a day and compares the various data points to detect anomalies based on predefined and dynamic parameters. If an anomaly is found, our algorithm vets it. For example, different locations from the same carrier on the same shipment could mean:
If the new location input does not match the polygon of the initial location, validation processes are triggered to confirm whether this event is occurring.
If the locations and polygons are consistent, it means that it’s an invalid exception and the customer won’t be alerted about the PoD change.
Either way, Windward’s teams and technology ensure the data provided has been validated.
You don’t have to vet the other 49 false PoD changes (as we said in our previous blog post, only 1 out of 50 reported PoD changes actually happen), wasting time and resources. Windward will do that for you.
Stay Ahead of Disruptions
Stay ahead with Windward. You’ll:
Receive timely alerts to stay ahead of disruptions
Inform your team and customers about changes in detention and demurrage costs, as each port has different rates
Ensure your intermodal stakeholders are aware of any reroutes or delays
With Windard’s solution, you can create customized alerts to receive attention-worthy exceptions, to concentrate on your core business and efficiently handle vast operations. Manage exceptions at any stage of the shipping cycle, from planning to the arrival at the port of discharge, including automatic alerts. Windward is continually evolving. We will release two more groundbreaking exceptions: Transshipment Port Addition (TSP Addition) and Transshipment Port Change (TSP Change). These new exceptions, based on the data that we have cleaned and standardized, will equip you with timely and accurate insights, empowering you to make more informed decisions and manage your supply chain with greater efficiency and confidence.
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