Improve efficiency by monitoring vessels and containerised cargo in real-time.
Secure port infrastructure by identifying suspicious container movements.
Reduce embargo circumvention risks with multi-intelligence capabilities.
LESTR: AI-Driven maritime intelligence for national security, trafficking detection & trade compliance
The maritime transport of goods is often misused to conceal various illicit activities (e.g. embargo circumvention, trafficking). Detecting these activities is challenging, with only 2% of containers physically inspected annually. Additionally, a recent report by United Nations experts highlights the increasingly sophisticated methods ships involved in illegal activities use to evade maritime surveillance. In this context, effective detection and monitoring of suspicious vessels and containers require the ability to:
Connect data sources
A 360° view of vessels and containers
Lestr provides a concise, user-friendly view that highlights key characteristics and risks for each vessel and container. More than 100 data sources are continuously updated to support this purpose.
Comprehensive container tracking
Lestr offers end-to-end tracking of containers, from handover to shipping companies or freight forwarders to final delivery. Supporting numerous shipping companies and freight forwarders, Lestr provides unmatched tracking coverage. It systematically cross-references vessel AIS data with carrier schedule information, making it one of the most accurate and reliable container tracking solutions.
Multi-Intelligence data integration
Lestr’s 360° container view is powered by cutting edge technology that enables real-time data collection from multiple sources. This technology, recognised for its innovative impact, allows for seamless integration of new sources, such as ELINT, by analyzsing electromagnetic signals from vessels intercepted via satellite technology from our partner, Unseenlabs.
Lestr integrates various data sources: shipping companies, freight forwarders, marine trackers, watch lists, and more.
Lestr’s automated processes perform multiple checks on each vessel and container, with additional controls easily added through its data-fusion technology.
Lestr cross-checks information across different data sources to detect discrepancies. This allows for the analysis of, for example, a shipper’s data consistency to confirm ownership of goods or to verify the coherence of container movements within port facilities.
Anomaly detection
With machine learning and unsupervised analysis (based on an enhanced Isolation Forest algorithm), Lestr can identify suspicious vessels and containers, such as those potentially carrying illegal goods (e.g. narcotics, weapons).
Adaptable environment for new challenges
Lestr’s multi-source data fusion technology streamlines data preparation for analysts, allowing them to save time. With dynamic data fusion, data-analysts can instantly access clean, enriched, and relevant smart data by following automated data workflows (query, clean, join, enrich, transform, reconcile).
Support effective decision-making
Real-time alerts
Lestr generates real-time alerts (email, HTTP notifications, or UI flags) to notify users of unexpected events along the vessel or container’s journey. Custom alerts can also be set for specific events (loading, discharge, transshipment, next port of call, etc.). Additionally, users can download a tamper-proof report that summarises suspicious activities or issues requiring investigation.
Information-sharing
Efficient collaboration on vessels and containers flagged for additional review is supported by built-in information-sharing tools. For clients requiring deeper integration, Lestr can offer API-based sharing to interface seamlessly with internal investigation systems.
Your centralised knowledge base
Lestr allows users to build and maintain a centralised knowledge base on suspicious vessels, containers and inspection outcomes. This consolidated view facilitates the identification of patterns that indicate criminal activity, enabling enhanced monitoring and more effective decision-making.
The knowledge database can be easily segmented to generate statistical insights filtered by one or multiple criteria.
Exploit maritime data intelligence to enhance specific enforcement functions, namely:
Threat identification & risk assessment
Monitor maritime areas and detect dark vessels
Risk assess cargo and vessels
Receive alerts based on custom criteria
Trade compliance & fraud detection
Verify trade documents
Screen vessels, organisations, routes and individuals
Detect misclassification and misinvoicing of goods
Trafficking prevention
Identify trafficking routes and operational patterns
Track illegal or suspicious shipments
Improve cargo and vessel inspection efficiency
"The Lestr team successfully understood our operational needs and delivered a solution that enable us to improve both efficiency and performance in managing our cargo and vessel inspections."
Patrick Roussel
Mission Officer, French Customs Coast Guard National Directorate
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