Visual planning of berth space and timings for container, general cargo, dry and liquid bulk, ro-ro, cruise and supply vessel terminals

Keep overview of planned vessels' arrivals and departures on your berths. Plan vessels' berth  positions, securing space for all arriving vessels.

The cloud Berthing Planner, a cloud app provided to terminals on a zero-investment pay-as-you-go scheme, starting at EUR 75 per month.

Start small and cheap: Berthing Planner Light

A graphical berth planning tool reflecting the scheduled berth arrivals in space and time assigned to a preconfigured terminal with berths, berth names, berth marks and bollards configuration. Standard berthing sharing features, website and Facebook/Google+ berth plan publishing @arl-space.com. Measure and compare berth utilisation.

Partner collaboration via arl-space.com

Share the berthing plan with stakeholders, either single operator/agent plan directly to operator agent, or publish a public berthing plan on your website.

Add rich features

Add draft and tidal support, colouring for vessel operators and services, mobile device access, cargo handling equipment assignments and a lot more. Berthing plan changes measurements and cargo handling equipment utilisation calculations.

Log actual vessels' arrival and departure, capture vessel readiness (notice of readiness issued) and measure planning accuracy. Rules based auto-assignment of berths and cargo handling equipment and progress follow-up for up-to-date ETD projections. Parallel multi-scenario planning and multiple relevant additional performance measurements.

Optional modules:

• Mooring
• Cargo
• Load & discharge
• Transit/ transhipment
• Marine services
• Yard resources

Hot FAQ

Can I start small and upgrade to more features later?

You can start with the light version providing basic berth facilities, and later upgrade for more rich berth, cargo, handling and yard management functionalities.

Do small and large terminals pay the same?

Small and large terminals pay the same monthly subscription fees, however, a "transaction fee" per vessel port call (above 50m LOA) reflect the increased value the cloud Berthing Planner add as terminals grow faster.

Which servers and software do I need?

You don't need any servers or software; just a desktop, laptop or tablet PC with a standard internet browser and internet access, to use the arl-shipping.com cloud apps.

Where did it all start?

By a desktop Berthing Planner deployed for super-size container terminals: See video and flier.