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Port Activity App keeps you current
A buzz of activity surrounds a ship approaching port. If the ship’s schedule changes, this can pose challenges for cooperation between port and logistics operators. The solution: the Port Activity App, which enables efficient and economical port calls by improving information flow.
The Port Activity App helps maritime
logistics operators and ports to become
more efficient through real-time vessel
and port information. The app also features
an emissions calculation function,
which helps ports and maritime operators
to achieve their sustainable development
goals.
The vessel emissions calculation function,
developed in cooperation with Finnish companies Unikie and Envare Solutions,
includes piloting in the fairway, port
transfers and the berth time. The calculation
starts when the ship enters the port’s
waters and ends when the ship leaves the
port. The emissions calculation function
covers nine different emission categories
and complies with international standards.
This function is part of the app’s
expanding sustainability resources, which
also include a waste receipt system for
waste left at ports, berth planning and
Just-in-Time planning systems for incoming
ships.
The Port Activity App is part of Fintraffic’s
maritime traffic management ecosystem
work. In this effort, the target is
to enable smoother data flows between various maritime players. The Port Activity
App collects information relevant to
all port operators, under one application,
from many different systems. Port Activity
is an open source app, which means
that ports can customize it to meet their
own needs.
The use of Port Activity App skyrocketed
in 2022: the app is already being used
at 21 ports in Finland and is now being
introduced abroad as well, starting with
Sweden. Development work has been carried
out together with the users, taking
the entire port operating environment into
account in the devs effort.
by: Sami J. Anteroinen
