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Monitor dry bulk port call milestones from office video wall

Benefits

Realtime logging of dry bulk marine and handling activities.

Costs

No license costs. No servers; no IT. Just low monthly usage fees.

Sea Side Port Operations Crane Activity Logging

milestones from EOSP to SOSP, and FWE to EOS
NOR notice of readiness submit and accept
pilot, tug boats, berthing, mooring
discharge and load start per cargo hold
handling stoppages, resume and end
dunnage & lashing commence and complete
grabs, elevators and hoppers readiness, breakdown and maintenance stoppages
bunkers before, taken and after call
ballast/deballast, and draft before and after call
supplies, spares, freshwater, lube oil

onboard or onshore logging from Android phone or tablet
cloud sync via onboard or shoreside wifi, or 3G/GSM
SOF statement of facts, auto-generated or cut/paste to BIMCO form
milestones online photo documentation, handling stoppages
auto-refreshed office video wall
remote vessel and fleet progress monitoring, office video wall, phone or tablet
monitor fleet marine operations status
port stakeholder monitor marine operations status
exact timings of milestones loggings for port services performance

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for dry bulk vessel operators, terminals, port operators, port authorities, agents and charterers

FAQ

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How do I get the Android Dry Bulk Logger?

Download from Google Play.

How do I get a cloud login?

Sign-up here.

What are the costs?

From EUR 250 per month per vessel or site. See details here.

Can logs be trusted?

Loggings are solely recorded in real-time from the Android phone; no post-editing or tampering is possible.

When can I start?

After you sign-up and settle first subscription fees, you log the next day.

Who have access to my logs?

Logs are strictly confidential. Only users created by yourself, or parties collaborated with, can view your logs.

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What are the costs?

No upfront license costs.

Just a monthly subscription fee, and usage fees depending on number of vessel port calls logged.

All prices include support, hosting, mobile app software, maintenance and regular feature upgrades.

What are the starting costs?

From EUR 250 per month per vessel or site. See details here.

Do I pay for support?

Next day response e-mail support is included in the monthly subscription fees.

When is the system available after sign-up?

After you sign-up, an invoice will be emailed to you including 3 months subscription fee. Upon receipt of your payment access to the system is provided.

How about server and hosting costs?

No servers or server software is required; all cloud server costs are included in the monthly subscription fees.

Costs for improved features?

Your ideas for improvements are welcome! Improved features are provided regularly -no additional fees.

Technical & Integration

What are the technical requirements to Android smartphone or tablet?

A phone or tablet with the following specifications (or better) is fine:

Operating system: Android 7.0
Google Play app and Google Services installed.
Please note: modern Huawei devices do not have these and should not be used.
Screen resolution and size: 480 x 800, 4″
Memory: minimum 1 GB, recommended 2 GB of RAM
GPS sensor: required
Camera: recommended, with autofocus

Screen brightness should be suitable for work under strong sunlight.

What about battery?

Apps are by optimized for low battery use. You can let each new labour-shift carry a new fully charged device (Android smartphones are inexpensive), or provide external battery/ power bank to ensure continuous onsite work.

What are supported barcode standards?

EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-A, UPC-E, Code-39, Code-93, Code-128, ITF, Codabar
QR Code, Data Matrix, PDF-417, AZTEC

Is my Android device good enough?

Install and run free AIDA64 app that would show true characteristics of your Android device. Pay attention to Android (OS version), Display (screen resolution), System (memory size), and Devices (cameras info) sections. Remeber some noname devices may forge the system information in system Settings > About phone menu.

Can loggings from the Liquid Bulk Logger be extracted for use in Excel or inhouse BI system?

Loggings are extracted manually as CSV files from the cloud app for Excel re-use, or automatically fed as an XML file via FTP to an external Business Intelligence system.

Dry Bulk Logger autogenerated performance measurements

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Can I add photos to the smartphone recordings?

Yes. Embedded photo capability is built-in to the app. Photos are sync-ed to cloud and included in reports, and photo links are included in Excel extracts.

Can I place visual marks on photos?

Yes, drawing on top of photo is available after photo is taken and before it is saved.

Sometimes it's useful to add verbal comments.

You can type verbal comments, or you can use standard Android speech-to-text conversion instead of typing.

Something smarter than typing license plate, shipment IDs available?

App comes with a build-in OCR scanner. App can scan and capture any text.

How do I get the app on my smartphone(s)?

Download from Google Play and click "install".

When can I start?

Once you sign-up and settle first invoice you can start right away. Sign up today, start tomorrow. Seriously!

Who has access to my data?

All your data belongs to you and is not accessed by any other party. Reports and extracts are shared only with stakeholders you select.

How does smartphone connect to the server?

Through a simple internet connection (data packet or wifi).

Can smartphone be setup to only run this business app?

Android devices can be switched to "kiosk mode" so only specific applications can run, and users do not have access to other apps on the smartphone, such as calls, social media and browsers.

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Do I pay for support?

Email support (in English) is included in the monthly fees. Regular upgrade of features is also included.

Any additional software or hosting costs?

No server or software is required. The smartphone app is already bundled with a running hosting service. No additional costs.

Can I request improvements or customizations?

Your ideas for improvements are welcome! We will assess, if the ideas are relevant for other users, and can be implemented in future versions.

For how long do I have to commit?

You settle costs 3 months ahead at all times, and you can cancel anytime. When prepaid payments expire access to the app is removed.

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How smartphones connect to the cloud?

By cellular data connection (SIM card with data plan required) or Wi-Fi.

What if Internet is unavailable?

Continue working on smartphone. As soon as internet again available, all recorded data is sync'ed to cloud with original timestamps.

Can recordings be adjusted in the cloud before sharing with stakeholders?

No. Original recordings, including timestamp and GPS location tag recorded onsite cannot be tampered with after initial recording.

For how long is data available in the cloud?

All loggings are kept for 3 months. A 3-years archieve feature is available upon request.

Can I export my data?

You can pull data manually in Excel CSV format or get them exported automatically in HTML, PDF, CSV, XML, and other text formats to email, (S)FTP or Google Drive folders.

What browsers are supported?

Cloud apps run in all modern desktop, tablet, and mobile browsers including MS Edge, Firefox, Chrome, browsers based on Chrome engine (Opera, Yandex, Vivaldi, Brave, etc), and Safari.

Can I take photos with external camera?

Yes. Use external USB wired camera with USB Camera app to take photos; or take photos with wireless camera like GoPro HERO and download photos to the smartphone connecting to camera Wi-Fi hotspot. In arl app attach photos from smartphone photo gallery.