Vessel Screening
What is Vessel Screening? Vessel screening is the process of evaluating ships to ensure compliance with international, national, and local regulations, as well as to assess potential risks. This involves examining factors such as the vessel’s history, flag state, ownership, crew, cargo, and voyage details. Vessel screening helps identify threats, prevent illegal activities, and ensure...
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Risk Management
What is Risk Management in the Maritime Industry? Risk management in the maritime industry involves identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks to ensure safe and efficient operations. Risk management impacts major stakeholders within the supply chain and maritime ecosystems, encompassing various sectors with their specific workflows. Recent events have highlighted the significant overlap among these areas,...
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Organization Defined Risk (ODR)
What is Organization Defined Risk (ODR)? Organization Defined Risk (also known as “ODR”) from Windward sets a new standard for maritime risk management as the first fully configurable risk type. Organizations can now independently define and configure behavioral indicators that fit their unique business, mission and risk requirements, and apply them across behavioral and list...
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AIS Spoofing
What is AIS Spoofing? AIS spoofing involves the deliberate manipulation of automatic identification system (AIS) data to deceive maritime vessels, or monitoring systems. Spoofers can create misleading or dangerous situations by broadcasting false information, such as altering a vessel’s identity, position, or speed. Bad actors have become more sophisticated in recent years and have developed...
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Crude Oil Tankers
What is a Crude Oil Tanker? A crude oil tanker is a specialized vessel designed to transport large quantities of unrefined crude oil from production sites to refineries, or distribution centers around the world. Oil tankers are typically categorized as either dirty tankers (which move crude oil or “dirty” products, such as residual fuel oil)...
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