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Maritime Energy Vessel Movement Tracking Service (VMS)

Optimize trades with actionable vessel market intelligence.

Do you need deeper insight for better fundamentals analysis and more profitable trading?

Access real-time data on the live positions and historical movements of vessels carrying hydrocarbon cargoes and their recently carried commodities. We combine the largest network of land-based AIS ship tracking receivers with satellite-based mid-ocean vessel tracking to bring you a unique, comprehensive global energy picture. Use extensive ship, port, terminal and berth information, as well as previous port callings, next destination and estimated arrival times to:
  • Aggregate imports flows for any port, region or country
  • Calculate floating storage volume changes to better validate forward price curves
  • Visualize and quantify port facility disruptions caused by anything from geopolitical unrest to inclement weather
  • Optimize vessel voyage economics with vessel characteristics and charter activity
  • Assess the nearby spare capacity of vessels
  • Discover recent port callings, next destination and ETA of hydrocarbon tankers/carriers

What's Included

AIS Positions and Movements
  • Latitude and longitude
  • Destination
  • Speed and draft
  • Estimated time of arrival
  • Historical movements (indicating previous port callings)
  • Ships are tracked right to the berth
Charter Fixture History
  • Voyage pricing (recent and historical)
  • Customer details
  • Commodity type and CP rate
Ship Characteristics and Ownership Structure
  • Ownership
  • Engine details
  • Power output
  • Cargo capacity (cargo and gear)
Casualties and Detentions
  • Full reports on every incident a vessel has been involved in (serious and non-serious)
  • Detention length and reason
  • Vessels removed from the merchant fleet
  • Port State Control inspections and defects

Industry Success Stories

Hamburg Vessel Coordination Center

Germany’s largest seaport delivers 24x7 access to real-time ship tracking, enables precise scheduling of vessels and terminal operations, and maximizes use of port infrastructure to boost productivity and control costs.

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Panama Canal Authority extracts valuable insights from big data to grow market share

With responsibility for managing one of the world’s foremost shipping channels, this agency set out to estimate how a planned $5 billion expansion would impact its revenues. Its managers successfully predicted how the canal’s expanded capacity might transform its market share – including a 140% increase in petroleum products transit by 2017.

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A (Razor) Sharp Idea for Gaining Competitive Intelligence

One of the world’s largest consumer brands and maker of popular men’s razor blades recently came up with a very clever and interesting way to use PIERS data for competitive intelligence.

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L3 WESCAM leverages world-class media solutions to reach aerospace and defense decision makers

L3 WESCAM designs and manufactures industry-leading multi-spectral and multi-sensor EO IR imaging and targeting sensor systems. In this video, L3 Wescam Vice President, Government Sales and Business Development, Paul Jennison, explains what it is about media solutions from Jane’s by IHS Markit that he especially values and how Jane’s helps him to reach key decision makers.

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IHS Markit Event 24 June 2019

Hamburg Briefing 2019

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