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Port Congestion Receive information on waiting times at ports, anchorages and defined commercial markets.

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Port Congestion

  • Ship Operators - Get an understanding of the turnaround times to expect at ports not visited in the past, enabling better planning
  • Charterers/Brokers
    • Understand expected turnaround time at ports, for use when creating charter party agreements
    • Use waiting times to better estimate the future availability of candidate vessels
  • Port Authorities - Benchmark port operational efficiency against competing ports or terminals to improve planning and development decisions

Example uses include

The Time at Port / Time at Anchorage API enables you to retrieve waiting time metrics for a ports, anchorages and defined commercial markets

Data Included in the Response

Response
The Time at Port / Time at Anchorage API enables you to retrieve waiting time metrics for a ports,
anchorages and defined commercial markets
Data included in the response

Frequently Αsked Questions

If your need is expected to be continuous then a subscription based charge is better. If you require data on an ad hoc basis, then an On Demand (Credits) subcription might be more cost-effective.
Yes, as long as the other software supports custom feeds. Check your software documentation for more information. Note that our API can deliver the response in XML, JSON or CSV formats.
A detailed listing of all fields returned is available in the Data Services (API) Documentation
Detailed examples of call request and sample responses per format is available in the Data Services (API) Documentation.
The position data is updated every two minutes. Note that this does not necessarily mean that there will be a new position for each vessel every two minutes.
You can define the request frequency in the next step, prior to creating the API service and determines the cost of the service. If you call the service more frequently than defined, you will receive an empty response.
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