Warehouses within 15 minutes’ drive of the port
Warehouses a truck reaches within 15 minutes of the port, kept in a sheet.
What it does
Every month: the warehouses, distribution and logistics companies a truck can reach within 15 minutes of the port gate (the area drawn on the roads), the best rated first, each once, added to a Google Sheet, mapped and emailed to the logistics team.
In one sentence: Monthly on the 1st at 08:00, take the area within 15 minutes by car of Port gate, find warehouses, distribution services and logistics services in the area, remove duplicates, then add row in Google Sheets, show them on a map and email the list to you.
Why it is useful
Every minute from the gate adds to drayage costs. A list drawn on real roads shows which warehouses are truly close.
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 freight forwarder choosing storage
- A port authority’s logistics team
- An industrial real estate agent
What each run gives you
- A Google Sheet
- A map
- An email
The time it saves
Monthly on the 1st at 08:00. Doing the same work by hand takes about 60 minutes each time; it runs about 1 time a month, so it saves about 1 hours a month (an estimate). It is medium: 7 blocks.
The flow, block by block
- On the 1st of every monthTrigger · ScheduleStarts the flow on a timetable.
- 15 minutes by truck of the port gateWhere · Travel areaThe area you can reach within a travel time (15 minutes by car) or a distance by road (10 km), on foot, by bike or by car, from each incoming place or from places you pick.
- Warehouses and logistics companiesxMap 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.
- Each place onceLogic · Remove duplicatesKeeps one of each item when the same one arrives more than once, for example from two searches that overlap.
- Add them to the warehouse 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 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
- 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.
- An instant site report of any spot: Paused for now while xMap improves the data behind it. Reports already made still open.
- 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.
- 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.