Maritime ports data integration
Ports coordinate vessels, terminals, hinterland transport and authorities, with information arriving from AIS, port community systems and terminal equipment.
Example use case
A port authority compares AIS arrivals with DCSA Just-in-Time Port Call estimates and gate ANPR counts to see how berth delays push truck queues onto city roads.
Typical sources and transports
AIS NMEA streams, DCSA Track and Trace and Port Call APIs over HTTPS, ANPR at gates, BACnet/IP and DALI in buildings, DNP3 for shore power, and CDC from terminal operating systems.
What the data means
AIS reports carry MMSI, position, course and navigational status with variable reporting rates. Port call estimates must keep their event classifier: planned, estimated or actual.
Prerequisites
Before connecting maritime ports sources, prepare an inventory of systems and owners, interface documentation for each one, read-only credentials and approved network paths. Agree identifiers, units and time zones early, and name a person who can confirm values against the source during commissioning.
Limitations
AIS coverage gaps and spoofed positions occur. Commercial terminal data needs agreements, and DCSA API versions are validated per partner.
ALLINLET reads and normalises data; it does not control equipment.
Catalogue entries for this domain
The connector catalogue lists 52 entries for this domain. A selection is shown below. Listing indicates a possible integration path, not that it is implemented, validated or installed for your environment.
- AIS (vessels)
- ANPR
- ASTERIX
- BACnet/IP
- CDC
- CEF
- Cruise line check-in
- DALI
- DATEX II
- DCSA Commercial Schedules API
- DCSA Just-in-Time Port Call API
- DCSA Track & Trace API
- DNP3
- Dry contacts via PLC
- EDI
- EDI (SMDG standards)
- EDIFACT IFTDGN
- HDF5
Further reading
Catalogue listings describe possible integration paths. Implementation and validation status is confirmed for each source during project scoping; no certification, service level or price is implied by this page.
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