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PortLog benefits
- Measure, understand and manage your time-in-port exposure at terminal level, and reduce unpaid time in port
- Port cost estimates at your fingertips
- Time-stamped information on berth restrictions and terminal efficiency sourced from agents
- Share decision-critical knowledge across your company with the relevant person at the relevant time
In really simple terms, what is PortLog?
PortLog was launched in 2018, and is used daily by some of the largest dry bulk vessel operators in the world.
PortLog enables shipping companies to measure and manage vessel turnaround times in port, by providing anonymised industry benchmarks via digitised Statements of Facts.
As a practical, data-driven check-before-fixing tool, it delivers detailed insights into cost, restrictions, and terminal efficiency.
The digital infrastructure enables companies to use data, which is traditionally held in information silos, to optimise every port call, in close collaboration with stakeholders like Captains and port agents.
We are currently developing ground-breaking and exciting new developments, deploying the power of digital CP terms to enable advanced simulation of time and risks in port.
We created PortLog after customer requests
Time is money and more than 40% of a vessel’s time is spent in port.
There are a host of tools available to optimise speed, consumption and other parameters for the sea leg portion of a voyage – but what about the port stay?
We solve the last piece of the voyage optimisation puzzle by helping you plan and manage time and cost in port.
Traditionally time in port and at terminal is difficult to measure and benchmark, leaving a black box of unsubstantiated or uninformed buffers to voyage estimates in its wake.
Why shouldn’t the time a vessel spends in port, including the unpaid time not covered by demurrage, be priced and reflected accurately in the freight rate?
Five years ago, Marcura set up the technology and team to capture non-standardised SOF data, turning SOFs into digital assets rather than static reference points. This was the birth of PortLog and the beginning of estimating time in port.
Today, PortLog has evolved into a check-before-fixing toolbox covering time in terminal, port costs, restrictions and tacit knowledge capture.
4 main highlights of PortLog
Port Costs
Estimated port costs, using extensive DA-Desk data
Access to benchmark DA data
Insights related to discounts and tariffs
Request-an-estimate service
Live Chat (no bots!)
Time in Port
Identification of risks and opportunities related to port stays, using SOF and AIS data, along with geofenced berths, terminals, and ports, including;
- Terminal predictor
- Port holidays
- Weather and rain impact
- First Come First Served Index
- Vessels at terminal
- Terminal efficiency
Terminal Restrictions
Structured restriction data and general information, obtained by us from port agents, for berths, terminals and ports
- Draft / LOA / Beam and more….
- Tide and daylight restrictions
- Port / terminal insights
Data refreshed regularly and when requested by users
Learning Loop
Marcura Observations, created from analysis of trends and patterns from SOFs and DA data
Assistance with creating and managing own-company Insights
Easily available throughout the platform and shared automatically during the port call cycle
PortLog screenshots, starting with…. Port cost estimator
Here’s just a very small sample of some of the tools and features available on PortLog today. We’d be delighted to show you around the whole thing – please get in touch.
Terminal Restrictions
Restriction information directly from agents. PortLog users can request latest restriction data directly from agents via the ask-an-agent button
Time in Port – delays, risks and opportunities
Check potential delays including weather and terminal stoppages, identified from digitalised SOFs.
Terminal predictor
Risks and exposure can vary significantly between terminals. Using SOF data PortLog predicts the most likely terminal for your port call.
Marcura Observations
Share port-related knowledge effectively across your organisation, with your own insights and Marcura observations. Live Chat is available in case of any questions.
Why is Marcura ideally placed to solve the unpaid time-in-port problem?
Our experience
Marcura has over 20 years’ experience of working with maritime data, digitisation and digitalisation, delivering process efficiency and actionable insights to our customers worldwide
PortLog is software and service
Like other Marcura products, PortLog combines software and services into powerful solutions focused on improving customer outcomes.
What does that mean?
The software element combines PortLog’s unique and anonymized SOF – derived benchmark data with refined AIS-, weather- and restriction information.
PortLog is a one-stop shop for shipping professionals to estimate, plan, manage and reduce unpaid terminal time.
In addition, the PortLog team works with each customer to ensure they succeed with:
- Custom implementation of solutions for chartering/trading teams and commercial operations teams
- Powerful analysis of customer-specific data to motivate usage and set targeted KPI’s
- Deriving understanding and insights from customer’s own port calls
Next up – PortLog’s innovative future phases
PortLog has been serving customers for 5 years, but SOF-derived insights and decision support is only the beginning of the PortLog journey.
Significant resources are currently being deployed into the next phases of PortLog, where the truly digitalised Charter Party opens up a blue ocean of opportunity for simulating and managing unpaid time in port.
The following PortLog features and functionalities are currently in development or in customer pilot:
- Simulate unpaid time in port with PortLog’s Terminal Risk Manager
- Identify, compare and price most impactful CP terms
- Unlock the power of live and dynamic restriction data with PortPages for PortLog
- Smart voyage instructions
- Optimal time of arrival
- Digital demurrage claims processing and settlement (ClaimsHub)
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