Below is the main page which displays when you first login to the Position List module.
The panel on the left side of the page is used When you log into the Position List module, you will see the following page.
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You can use the Search Criteria panel on this page to create a list of vessel positions , from either from a Saved Search or by performing a new search (aka non-saved search). To enable the ‘dark mode’ mode,' click on the sun symbol (turns to semi-moon) in the upper right -hand corner as noted indicated by the arrow .
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in the previous image, and it will change to a moon icon.
Creating a new search
The Search Criteria panel (described in detail below) on the left side of the page is used to create a new search.
Clicking Selecting the keyboard N key shortcut “N” (for New Search) will clear the existing fields and set the focus on the first field “Load”, “Load.”
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1. Vessel search criteria
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Fleet: Search by ships belonging to a specific commercial operator. Use the multiselect Use the multi-select fleet icon to specify multiple Fleets to search on at the same timesimultaneously.
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Dwt: Enter the dwt DWT range of ships you want to filter on. Input should be made in 1000’s. I.e. Enter the DWT in 1000’s - for example, 50-80, not 50000-80000, although either will work.
Cubic: Works same as DwtEnter the min and max cubic range.
Years: Can give a Enter the range of years built
Age: The Use the dropdown is used to filter on ships that are not older than the selected a specified age.
2. Position
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Criteria - used to
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search for ships basis their open position
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Load: Enter the load port or load area you wish to calculate the ETA to. Any Any vessel that is open in this load area will be added to the search results on the basis that if it meets all the other search criteria. If If you want to calculate the ETA to multiple ports at the same time then simultaneously, use the add port icon ( + ) ➕ to enter up to 4 additional ports.
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Ballast: Select from a list of user-defined ballast areas. These are the other geographical areas which the system will ballast ships from and calculate the ETA to the load port/area. Use the globe icon below shown in the following image to create a new ballast area selection.
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Cargo: Select CLN, DTY, C/D, LNG or , LPG, if Bitumen or Chems. If you leave it blank it will pull all vessels whether they are CLN (clean) or DTY (dirty)this field blank, the search will return all vessels.
Laycan: The lay/can window can be entered in three different ways.
Enter just Entering a date “mm/dd” will look for all open vessels that are open or have an ETA (if a load is specified) after the date entered.
Enter just Entering “+ days” will look for all vessel that are open vessels or have vessels with an ETA prior to before the number of days entered in the “+ days” field. This method is preferred for save saved searches.
Enter Entering a date “mm/dd” and “+days” will look for ships open or have an ETA on or after the date entered and on or before the number of days after the date entered. I.e. For example, if you enter “06/20” and “10”, the search results will find return all ships from open or have those with an ETA from 06/20 - 06/30.
Updated: Entering a value for this field will exclude all ships that have not had without an updated position in the last “< days” number of days as specified.
3. AIS
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Criteria
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- used to search for ships basis their current AIS position or reported AIS destination
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Heading: Use the heading icon located next to the AIS Search Criteria
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to filter on ships heading in a specific direction.
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Each direction filter filters ships as follows:
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Port: This field lets you search for vessels in a specific port or area. If a port is entered, then all vessels within 20 miles of the port will be listed. If an area is entered (ex. AG), then all vessels in that area will be listed. Use Use the globe icon to select multiple areas.
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Dest: This field lets you search for ships with a specific destination port or destination area. Use Use the globe icon to select multiple areas.
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ETA: The ETA window works the same way as the laycan window, but for the ships ship's ETA is based on what is reported by the vessel via AIS.
Draft: Enter the draft % range of vessels you want to filter on. This This field is useful to filter out ships that are currently ballast or laden.
Updated: Entering a value for this field will exclude all ships that have not had without an updated AIS position reported in the last “< days” number of days as specified.
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Once all the search criteria have been entered, you can press select the Enter key on the keyboard to perform the search.
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Note |
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: Vessel criteria can be combined with Position OR AIS criteria. |
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Combining both Position and AIS criteria may not return |
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results with valid data. When searching for ships basis their AIS criteria, only the Cargo can be combined from the Position Criteria. |
For more guidance on how to search and update vessels, please refer to the following links:
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