Tankers waiting outside the port

What it does

Every hour: tankers and cargo ships stopped in the port area (live AIS), only ships not seen in the last week, with a queue note from xMap AI, emailed and mapped.

In one sentence: Every hour at :00, in the area drawn on the map, watch the ships, keep only new ones, write a report with xMap AI, then email the list to you and show them on a map.

Why it is useful

Ships waiting at anchor mean congestion and delays. Agents and planners see the queue without a vessel tracker.

Who it is for

Logistics, fleet & delivery. Dispatch, fleet and delivery teams who keep goods moving around closures, weather and ports. Every use case for logistics & delivery

Best use cases

• A port agent
• A commodity trader
• A terminal planner

What each run gives you

• An email with the list
• A map of the results

The time it saves

Every hour at :00. Doing the same work by hand takes about 2 minutes each time; it runs about 720 times a month, so it saves about 24 hours a month (an estimate). It is medium: 7 blocks.

The flow, block by block

1. Every hourTrigger · ScheduleStarts the flow on a timetable.
2. Rotterdam port areaWhere · Area of interestSets where the flow looks: countries, cities or specific places, or areas you draw on a map.
3. Ships stopped in the areaxMap 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.
4. Not seen this weekLogic · Only newLets through only the items this flow has not found before, so a daily flow sends only what is new.
5. Write the queue notexMap AI · xMap LLMTell the AI what to do in plain words.
6. Email me the listAction · EmailSends one email per run with all the items, or one email per item.
7. Show them on a mapAction · Show on a mapShows the results as points on a map, with the area of interest.

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.