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Royal Dirkzwager

Monitoring ship movements

Ship2Port

How we realized a tool for ship movements in Europe's busiest port

Port Management Software, reinvisioned.

For maritime company Royal Dirkzwager, a household name in the port of Rotterdam and beyond, we supported the transition from a legacy tool to a 21st century platform. In doing so, we developed a digital environment that made their crucial work, monitoring and updating ship movements easier and more intuitive than ever. For Rotterdam, and beyond.

The Project

Royal Dirkzwager wants their employees and customers to soon be able to work in a modern, new environment called Ship2Port. A critical part of this is managing ship information and movements in the platform. For this we performed an assessment, working with and for the user to develop a concept of how these data managers could best get started on this new platform.

Concept screen of revisioned Portcall Dashboard
🚢 In één oogopslag alle aanlopen voor de Rotterdamse haven.

The Control Tower

On the platform we introduced a place especially for data managers (= operators); the control tower. From this point they can view a range of location-specific information about ports and ships, fully tailored to the user's needs.

Screen that shows the control tower; a unique place for port operators.
🗼 De Control Tower; speciaal voor operators.

Updating ship movements; fast & effective.

Monitoring ship movements is an important link in the entire logistics port process. Therefore, we designed a completely new environment on Ship2Port where an operator gets all relevant information about a specific voyage at a glance and can make changes important to agents, shipping companies and captains in one click.

Dark mode of ship edit screen
🌒 Yes, ook in Dark Mode!
Een scherm waarbij je logboek entrees kan toevoegen, aanpassen of verwijderen
✍️ Als operator heb je alle touwtjes in handen om jouw aanloop zo accuraat mogelijk bij te houden.

Real-time map information of your fleet

In addition to the reliable intel from experts, both operators and customers also use maps to gain information about the location and status of ships. Here, after the assessment, we added some valued features such as displaying waterways, ship names, and the ability to calculate an arrival time based on the number of knots and distance.

Een kaart met informatie over een specifiek schip, waarbij extra navigatie functies inbegrepen zijn.
🗺️ Meer informatie over een schip, de reistijd en de ETA

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Of course, the platform is much larger and has much more functionality than the selection of screens we show here. We'd love to show you more!

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