HOMER LLC · CALYPSO
Global maritime commerce faces mounting threats from mislabeled hazardous cargo. Traditional inspection methods cannot scale to current operational demands, creating systemic vulnerabilities across critical supply chain infrastructure.
Manual inspection processes fail to address modern threat landscapes.
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THE PROBLEM
Most begin the same way — a container of dangerous goods, misdeclared on the manifest and stowed where it never should have been. By the time the smoke shows, it is already burning, and the unaccounted-for hazmat turns a contained incident into a catastrophe.
A serious fire at sea roughly every 17 days
Second-highest annual total of the decade
Carried misdeclared dangerous goods
Traced back to misdeclared cargo
THE ANSWER
SOURCES · ALLIANZ SAFETY & SHIPPING REVIEW 2026 · NATIONAL CARGO BUREAU
A carrier cargo manifest is ingested by the Calypso risk engine, which scores every shipment on country of origin, shipper and cargo description and returns a ranked list. Three shipments exceed the risk threshold of 80.
SHIPMENT 18653045129
49 CFR 172.400 · LABELING
UNDECLARED CORROSIVE 8
SHIPMENT 18690537066
49 CFR 173.220 · LITHIUM CELLS
STATE OF CHARGE ABOVE 30%
SHIPMENT 18744120884
49 CFR 172.300 · MARKING
MARINE POLLUTANT NOT MARKED
Calypso issues a single container hold order — one PDF listing every container to be pulled: TGHU5074412, TCNU6319075, MSKU8123364 — transmitted to the inspecting authority. The remaining 8,409 shipments are released without delay.
THE STAKES
A single containership casualty can run to a billion dollars. Under general average, every shipper aboard shares that loss — even when the container that ignited was never yours.
Target the threat before it is ever loaded — and protect your cargo, your vessels, and the people who work them.
SOURCES · ALLIANZ COMMERCIAL · GENERAL AVERAGE, YORK-ANTWERP RULES