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 to create a list of vessel positions, either from a Saved Search or by performing a new search (aka non-saved search). To enable the ‘dark mode’ click on the sun symbol (turns to semi-moon) in the upper right-hand corner as noted by the arrow.
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 the keyboard shortcut “N” (for New Search) will clear the existing fields and set the focus on the first field “Load”.
1. Vessel search criteria
Fleet: Search by ships belonging to a specific commercial operator.
Use the multiselect fleet icon to specify multiple Fleets to search on at the same time.
Dwt: Enter the dwt range of ships you want to filter on. Input should be made in 1000’s. I.e. 50-80, not 50000-80000, although either will work.
Cubic: Works same as Dwt
Years: Can give a range of years built
Age: The dropdown is used to filter on ships that are not older than the selected specified.
2. Position: Criteria to use to search for ships basis their open position
Load: Enter the load port or load area you wish to calculate the ETA to. Any vessel that is open in this load area will be added to the search results on the basis that it meets all the other search criteria. If you want to calculate the ETA to multiple ports at the same time then use the add port icon ( + ) to enter up to 4 additional ports.
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 to create a new ballast area selection.
Cargo: Select CLN, DTY, LNG or LPG, if you leave it blank it will pull all vessels whether they are CLN (clean) or DTY (dirty).
Laycan: The lay/can window can be entered in three different ways.
Enter just a date “mm/dd” will look for all vessels that are open or have an ETA (if load is specified) after the date entered.
Enter just “+ days” will look for all vessel that are open or have an ETA prior to the number of days entered in the “+ days” field. This is preferred for save searches
Enter 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. if you enter “06/20” and “10”, will find all ships from open or have an ETA from 06/20 - 06/30.
Updated: Entering a value for this field will exclude all ships that have not had an updated position in the last “< days” number of days as specified.
3. AIS : Criteria to use to search for ships basis their current AIS position or reported AIS destination
Heading: Use the heading icon located next to the AIS Search Criteria
to filter on ships heading a specific direction. Each direction filter ships as follows:
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 the globe icon to select multiple areas.
Dest: This field lets you search for ships with a specific destination port or destination area. Use the globe icon to select multiple areas.
ETA: The ETA window works the same way as the laycan window but for the ships ETA based on what is reported by the vessel via AIS.
Draft: Enter the draft % range of vessels you want to filter on. This 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 an updated AIS position reported in the last “< days” number of days as specified.
Once all the search criteria have been entered, you can press the Enter key on the keyboard to perform the search.
Note that Vessel criteria can be combined with Position OR AIS criteria. Combing both Position and AIS criteria may not return back results with valid data. When searching for ships basis their AIS criteria, only the Cargo can be combined from the Position Criteria.