Working with a Position list

How to best work with your position list to make it as complete as possible.

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Written by Tor H. Augdal
Updated over a week ago

When you have created and saved the position list it is time to fine tune it.

To the left of your list you have a tool that enables you to elect if the date or the intake is the most important. Click and hold in the center of the tool and then slide up/down or sideways. You will see that the list changes as you use the tool.

Next to the ETA at the top right corner of your list, you can click the smal funnel button to elect if you want to see only vessels that have an ETA within the actual laycan you have chosen.

You can click on each vessel in the list to get a detailed vessel card. The vessel card has a map at the top that highlights the vessels current voyage and the route from todays position to the load port you have chosen. It also gives the speed that we have used to estimate the vessels ETA to the load port, which is based on the average speed of the vessels voyage so far. If you click on the speed you can elect to set a different speed if you feel that is more correct.

At the top, above the map, you have a green button called Actions. If you click this you can check and add a team note to this vessel, you can make an offer (if you are the owner of the vessel), or you can change the speed. If you know the ship is not a candidate for your cargo you can also set it as unavailable. The ship will then be moved to the bottom of the list. Finally you have an option to route the ship via its destination or not. This means that if the ship is in ballast but gives a destination in its AIS signal, you can elect if the ship should go directly from its current position or if it should be routed via the destination it gives in the AIS signal.

Below the map you have the name of the vessel, whether it is assumed in ballast or laden, and the destination that the vessel is showing. If you slide your cursor over the name of the vessel you will get the main technical description of the vessel to the left of the name.

Below the main information on the card you will see the details of the vessels current voyage, and the theoretical voyage to the load port.

Further down on the card will see a field called Engagement. Here you can enter any information about the vessels fixtures, dry-docks or other employment that you have picked up from your sources. If you enter information here that makes this vessel unsuitable for your cargo, you will notice that the vessel is moved to the bottom of your list. This employment is also taken into account when you make another new position list. You can click on the engagement in the schedule to see the details or to make changes.

At the bottom of the card you have a field that gives you warnings about the vessels position. There are four types of warnings:

Outside of Laycan means that the ETA of the vessel is either too early or too late for the laycan of the cargo.

Unidentified destination tells you that the ship has entered an AIS signal that our system does not recognise as a port. So it is uncertain where the vessel is actually going.

Might be unavailable is used when the vessel is in ballast towards another named port and thus might have been fixed for another cargo.

Overcapacity means the ship is too large, in volume or deadweight, for the cargo.

And at the very bottom of the page you can add comments to the vessel. All the information about fixtures or comments that you add are only available to you and your team.

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