Ships idling at anchor, for the port’s emissions report
Ships idling at anchor each day, for the port’s emissions note.
What it does
Every day: ships stopped at anchor in the port area (live AIS), by type, summed up by xMap AI for the port’s daily emissions and air quality note.
In one sentence: Every day at 18:00, in Rotterdam, watch the ships, clean up their categories, write a report with xMap AI, then email the list to you.
Why it is useful
Ships waiting at anchor run engines near the shore. A daily count helps the port track and cut those emissions.
Who it is for
Environment, climate & sustainability. Sustainability teams, environmental consultancies, recyclers and city climate offices who need facts about places to act on. Every use case for environment & climate
Best use cases
- A port sustainability team
- A city air quality office
- A clean shipping NGO
What each run gives you
- An email
The time it saves
Every day at 18:00. Doing the same work by hand takes about 30 minutes each time; it runs about 30 times a month, so it saves about 15 hours a month (an estimate). It is easy: 6 blocks.
The flow, block by block
- Every morningTrigger · ScheduleStarts the flow on a timetable.
- The portWhere · Area of interestSets where the flow looks: countries, cities or specific places, or areas you draw on a map.
- Ships at anchorxMap data · Ships (AIS)Ships at sea or in port right now, from AIS (the signal ships send with their position, speed and heading; live from AISStream): every vessel heard in the Area of interest before this block, or around a point.
- Sort by typexMap AI · Place classifierAssigns clean categories and merges duplicate places.
- Write the emissions notexMap AI · xMap LLMTell the AI what to do in plain words.
- Email me the listAction · EmailSends one email per run with all the items, or one email per item.
Every block can be changed after you use the template: the city, the type of place, the score, where the results go.
Use it now
Answer a few questions, enter your work email, and it runs in your own account, kept running until you pause it. Use this template.
How to set it up
- Build your first flow in ten minutes: From a blank page to a flow that emails you a ranked list every morning.
- Enrich a list once: A CSV of addresses or companies back with phone, website, rating and an AI score.
- Zone alerts: know when something enters an area: Ships, vehicles or any moving item crossing your zone.
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- Location intelligence: Using where things are, and what is around them, to make business decisions.
- Geofencing: A virtual boundary that triggers something when an item enters or leaves it.
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