Conflict zones
How to Cope with Red Sea Complexity
Yemen’s Houthi rebels continue to try their best to disrupt the Red Sea area, with the potential to seriously impact shipping lanes and the supply chain/logistics operations. Yemen’s Houthi terrorists hijacked the Galaxy Leader, an Israeli-linked cargo ship traversing the critical Red Sea shipping route, and took its 25 crew members as hostages in mid-November,…
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Supply chain
5 Strategies for an Agile Supply Chain
Maersk notes that “57% of companies are planning to ramp up supply chain resilience by investing in measures that boost agility. This commitment to the cause of agility assumes greater significance because only 27% of companies believe their supply chains are agile enough to support evolving business models.” An agile supply chain (also known as…
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Risks & compliance
The 3 Necessary Components to Subdue Spoofing
Do you want the three necessary components to detect location (GNSS) manipulation (aka “spoofing”)? Windward was featured in a recent webinar that offered a deep dive on how to harness a maritime multi-source approach to not only immediately detect spoofing, but also verify it. The leading satellite data provider in the market, Spire Global, hosted…
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Supply chain
The Hidden Solution to Importers’ “Inventory Glut” Problem
“Excess inventory is a $250+ billion problem in the U.S. alone, according to a 2023 Kearney study. On a global scale, U.S. census data shows excess inventory amounts to trillions of dollars. Someone pays for all that extra inventory. And this problem isn’t a pandemic-era anomaly. New demand spikes are coming our way – you…
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