AI-Automated Document Validation

Forged and inaccurate documents are under growing regulatory scrutiny. Windward Document Validation ensures documents match real vessel behavior and shipment data, reducing fraud, mitigating smuggling, accelerating clearances, and unlocking faster, safer revenue flow.

Bring Real-World Vessel Behavior Into Every Document Check

In maritime trade, every document can be the difference between cleared cargo and costly delays or smuggled goods. Windward’s Document Validation transforms paperwork into actionable intelligence with Gen AI, delivering instant, explainable results grounded in real-world vessel behavior.

Automated, real-time verification of trade documents against live static and dynamic vessel data, voyage history, ownership records, and risk profiles.

Entity matching validates the maritime and non-maritime companies listed in documents against sanctions lists and corporate ownership data.

Containerized cargo integration retrieves shipment details directly from Windward’s Maritime Container Logistics solution, ensuring accuracy and transparency.

Reduce fraud exposure, accelerate cargo release, improve revenue flow, and strengthen your organization’s operational integrity with every verified document.

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Built for Trust and Compliance

Data Depth & Risk Layering

Data Depth & Risk Layering

Data Depth & Risk Layering

Gain unmatched visibility into vessel behavior, ownership structures, port call history, and deceptive shipping practices. Document checks are enriched with operational and compliance risk analysis, delivering a complete picture of exposure.

Explainability & Speed

Explainability & Speed

Explainability & Speed

No black boxes – every validation comes with a clear bottomline status and a step-by-step explanation of the process. From upload to final report in minutes, users can act quickly and confidently.

Auditability

Auditability

Auditability

Every verification is logged, stored, and accessible in a single system of record. Track your full document validation history, download audit trails, and stay regulator-ready at all times.

The Gold Standard in Regulatory Alignment & Predictive Insights

At Windward, we are pioneers in translating maritime regulations into actionable AI models. From the moment a regulation is published, we are the first to market with a solution, providing predictive insights that flag 99% of sanctioned vessels before their official designation. With our deep alignment to global regulations and advisories, we set the gold standard in proactive compliance and time-to-market efficiency in the maritime industry.

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Windward is the leading Maritime AI™ company, so Generative AI is a natural evolution in our journey and product strategy. By expanding our portfolio with Gen AI, we harness the power of our patented models and technology foundation to deliver seamless digitalization and rapid, demonstrable return on investment.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Windward’s Document Validation is an industry-first solution that automatically verifies trade documents against real-world vessel behavior, voyage history, ownership structures, and risk profiles. It ensures that what’s declared on paper, such as cargo origin or port calls, matches what actually happened at sea.

Traders, shippers, banks, insurers, customs agencies, and law enforcement all benefit. Commercial stakeholders gain faster clearances and reduced disputes, while government agencies strengthen sanctions and tariff enforcement, fraud prevention, and border security.

The solution currently supports Bills of Lading (BoL) and Certificates of Origin (COO), with plans to expand to more than 20 document types.

Without validation, organizations may overlook forged or manipulated documents, hidden cargo origins, deceptive shipping practices, sanctions exposure, tariff evasion, and smuggling risks. Each unchecked document can become a regulatory, financial, or security liability.

The system cross-references declared origin and destination against AIS data, port call history, and voyage patterns. If a Bill of Lading (BoL) claims a port call that never happened, or hides a suspicious AIS gap, the mismatch is instantly flagged with explainable context.

Windward provides customs and border agencies with verifiable proof that documents align with real vessel activity and ownership records. This helps uncover illicit cargo movements, detect sanction evasion, and identify tariff evasion attempts. Each validation creates a full audit trail, strengthening border security and supporting enforcement actions.

Validation takes just a few minutes – from upload to a full report. Every check includes a clear bottom-line status, explanation of discrepancies, and links to vessel or company profiles for deeper investigation.

Every validation is logged in a single system of record, with downloadable reports and audit trails. Users can add comments or recommendations, creating a transparent, regulator-ready record that strengthens collaboration across agencies and counterparties.

Yes. Document Validation can be embedded into customs, compliance, and finance workflows via API or accessed through Windward’s platform. This flexibility ensures results flow directly into existing decision-making systems.

For containerized cargo, Document Validation integrates with Windward’s Maritime Container Logistics solution. This adds milestone data, exceptions, and shipment-level details, ensuring document accuracy is matched to the full supply chain journey.

Ensure your documents match reality at sea.