For port agents
Husbandry work runs on lead time. VPM gives you the shape of next week's arrivals before the nominations land.
The question you are asking today
"How many ships am I handling next week, what state do they arrive in, and how long are they here?" You piece it together from nominations that arrive one at a time, often late.
What VPM puts in front of you
- The vessels predicted into your port over the coming days, as one list.
- For each: the expected arrival window and, from its own history, how long it tends to stay — laden and ballast stays counted separately.
- Load state on arrival, inferred from draught — which tells you whether it is a full cargo call or mostly a bunker-and-go.
- Where the vessel is coming from, and where it is likely to go next.
Enough to line up pilotage, customs, provisioning and waste collection before the paperwork forces your hand.
What it is built on
The same engine as everything else — a predicted next call, a real sea-route arrival time, and a stay estimate from the vessel's and the port's own history. See The Port View and Accuracy & methodology.
Where this stands
Live for tracked vessels. The list is complete for a port in proportion to how much of its traffic VPM follows; widening that is the current work. Talk to us about your port.