Ships waiting at anchor, for the berth planner
The queue at anchor every hour, by type, for the berth planner.
What it does
Every hour: ships stopped at the anchorage outside your port (live AIS), by type and size, summed up by xMap AI as the queue for the berth planner, posted to Slack.
In one sentence: Every hour at :00, in Rotterdam, watch the ships, clean up their categories, write a report with xMap AI, then send message to a channel in Slack and email the list to you.
Why it is useful
Berth plans change when the anchorage fills. The planner sees the queue every hour without opening a tracker.
Who it is for
Ports, shipping & maritime. Port operators, ship agents, marine suppliers, terminals and marinas following vessels, weather and the business around the water. Every use case for ports & shipping
Best use cases
- A port’s berth planning team
- A terminal operator
- A ship agency
What each run gives you
- A Slack post
The time it saves
Every hour at :00. Doing the same work by hand takes about 15 minutes each time; it runs about 720 times a month, so it saves about 40 hours a month (an estimate). It is medium: 7 blocks.
The flow, block by block
- Every hourTrigger · ScheduleStarts the flow on a timetable.
- The anchorageWhere · 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 queue notexMap AI · xMap LLMTell the AI what to do in plain words.
- Post it to #berth-planningApp · SlackChannel-based messaging platform
- Email me the resultsAction · 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.
- Ships (AIS): Ships in a sea area, their type, speed and destination.
- Geofencing: A virtual boundary that triggers something when an item enters or leaves it.
- AIS (ship tracking): Radio messages ships send with their identity, position and course.
- How to be alerted when ships enter a port area: A zone, a live AIS stream and an alert.
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- Shipyards for my coatings and paint sales: Shipyards graded as coatings buyers, with the purchasing manager.
- Ferry terminals with few fast chargers nearby: Ferry terminals with the fewest fast chargers nearby, every month.
- Ships crossing the strait, every day: Ships crossing a strait each day, by type, with a trade note.
- Wind at the port: when to hold crane work: When to hold crane and mooring work, from the hourly wind.