Ferry terminals with few fast chargers nearby
Ferry terminals with the fewest fast chargers nearby, every month.
What it does
Every month: the ferry terminals in your region, each with the public fast chargers within 2 km from Open Charge Map, the ones with the fewest first, so the terminal team knows where drivers of electric cars cannot charge before or after the crossing, added to a sheet and mapped.
In one sentence: Monthly on the 1st at 08:00, in Oslo, Bergen and Stavanger, find ferry terminals in the area, count the EV charging stations within 2 km of each place, sort them by ev_stations and keep the top 20, then add row in Google Sheets, show them on a map and email the list to you.
Why it is useful
More passengers drive electric cars onto ferries each year. Terminals with no fast charger close by are where a charging partner is needed first.
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 ferry operator
- A port authority
- A charging network looking for sites
What each run gives you
- A Google Sheet
- A map
The time it saves
Monthly on the 1st at 08:00. Doing the same work by hand takes about 40 minutes each time; it runs about 1 time a month, so it saves about 1 hours a month (an estimate). It is medium: 8 blocks.
The flow, block by block
- On the 1st of every monthTrigger · ScheduleStarts the flow on a timetable.
- Our regionWhere · Area of interestSets where the flow looks: countries, cities or specific places, or areas you draw on a map.
- Ferry terminalsxMap data · Nearby placesPlaces around a point from xMap’s own places database (300M+ places, refreshed every month): pick the types of place (more than 5,000, such as Restaurant, Cafe, Pharmacy, Hospital or Gas station, or a whole group of them) and how far to look.
- Fast chargers within 2 kmxMap data · EV chargingPublic charging stations for electric vehicles from Open Charge Map, the open, worldwide register: around each incoming place with counts (stations, charge points, fast stations, the highest power, the nearest and the main operators), or the stations themselves around places, in the Area of interest or around a point, each with its operator, connectors, power, status and address.
- The fewest fast chargers firstLogic · Sort and limitPuts the items in order, and can keep only the first ones: the 10 best rated, the 20 nearest, the highest fit scores.
- Update the terminal charging sheetApp · Google SheetsCreate, edit, and collaborate on spreadsheets online
- Show them on a mapAction · Show on a mapShows the results as points on a map, with the area of interest.
- 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
- Compare sites side by side: Two or three spots measured the same way, one column each, the best of every row marked and the best site and why.
- The xMap Flows browser extension: what is around this business: On a company’s website or a place on a map, one click shows its market and the AI employees to hire for it.
- Build your first flow in ten minutes: From a blank page to a flow that emails you a ranked list every morning.
- What xMap remembers about your company: Your city, industry and what you sell, filled in for you and always yours to change.
- 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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- Ships waiting at anchor, for the berth planner: The queue at anchor every hour, by type, for the berth planner.
- Wind at the port: when to hold crane work: When to hold crane and mooring work, from the hourly wind.