Alongside the geospatial data, additional information and facilities data is available at a port level.

Examples of this data are:

• Services offered in Anchorages (like Bunkering, Crew change, lightering, STS etc)

• STS areas (are there any? If so, we want the coordinates)

• Port's Time Zone

• Port Small Description

• Chart Number

• Port Type

• Water Density

• Icing port (if the port has ice during the year)

• Current Icing situation

• When and where bunkers can take place

• Bunker providers

• Port Authorities' contact details

• Overtime Surcharges on expenses:

• High Tide

• Low Tide

• Security level

Benefits

Additional port information can significantly improve the understanding of the costs associated with a voyage, if you’re aware of the costs of calling into a port,  the availability of crew, or if there are any regulations which need to be adhered to, this dataset is invaluable to getting ahead of these.

Drawbacks

Not all ports can be mapped, and if a company’s interests are in areas with low traffic, there is a chance that these ports will not have a high level of detail. While the suppliers are usually happy to add these ports upon request, this may take time.