Aid cargo ships arriving at the port
Aid cargo ships arriving at the relief port, every hour.
What it does
Every hour: cargo ships entering your relief port area (live AIS), so the logistics cell can plan unloading and trucks, posted to Slack.
In one sentence: Every hour at :00, in Mombasa, watch the ships, see which enter the zone, write a summary of each with xMap AI, then send message to a channel in Slack and email the list to you.
Why it is useful
Unloading relief cargo fast saves days. The logistics cell sees each ship as it enters the port area.
Who it is for
Non-profits, charities & humanitarian. NGOs, charities, aid agencies and community groups who need to reach people in need, find partners and report their impact. Every use case for non-profits & humanitarian
Best use cases
- A humanitarian logistics cluster
- A food aid programme
- A port authority’s relief desk
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 relief portWhere · Area of interestSets where the flow looks: countries, cities or specific places, or areas you draw on a map.
- Ships in the port 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.
- Ships that enteredLogic · Zone alertReports items (ships, for example) that entered, crossed, are inside or left a zone.
- Describe each ship with xMap AIxMap AI · xMap LLMTell the AI what to do in plain words.
- Post them to #logistics-cellApp · 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
- 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.
- Build your first flow in ten minutes: From a blank page to a flow that emails you a ranked list every morning.
- Draw your areas and points: Shapes, circles and points with a distance around each.
- 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.
More for Non-profits, charities & humanitarian
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- Cooling centres near the most seniors: Cool places near the most seniors, with a public message, on heatwave days.
- Bakeries and supermarkets to ask for surplus food: Food shops near you, asked for their surplus with an approved message.
- Where school kits are needed most: Where children are most stretched for schools, for kit distribution.
- Where to hold the next blood drives: Busy places far from a blood bank, scored as blood drive sites.