Open Marine Data Standards
A14: Port Call Version History

1.0.0

28 September 2022

Data Standards

A14: Port Call

A Port Call is a stop in a vessels journey, usually for supplies, repairs, the transhipment of cargo, or to perform another operation.

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This data standard allows the recording of all stops from a vessels perspective- with the vessel being the only required field. It is intended for use of recorded stops in known locations, but other stops can be recorded within this structure.

A14.1 Vessel

LOOKUP / STRING A1: Vessel

Cannot be null

The name or identifier of the vessel that made the port call (Internal ID from OMarine A1).

A14.2 Port or Destination Name

LOOKUP / STRING A3: Port

Can be null

The name or identifier of the location (port) of the port call. This can be a lookup to the port dataset or a string value (Internal ID from OMarine A3).

A14.3 Arrival Time

DATETIME NA

Can be null

The date and time at which the vessel arrived at the port.

A14.4 Departure Time

DATETIME NA

Can be null

The date and time at which the vessel departed the port.

A14.5 Operations Performed

LIST (LOOKUP / STRING) B12: Vessel Operations

Can be null

A list of operations that were performed during the Port Call. This should use terms from dictionary B12- Vessel Operations. If no dictionary value applies, then a string can be entered.

A14.6 Additional Particulars Attributes

TABLE Rows

Can be null

A table recording data about the port call that does not allign with other fields in the schema. This data can be very generic and is recorded in a table with two fields as defined below.

  • A14.6.1 Key

    STRING

    Can be null

    A description or name for the attribute that this piece of data describes.

  • A14.6.2 Value

    STRING

    Can be null

    The value of the particulars attribute. Note that while this is a string value, xml or other data forms can be stored as a string in this field.

A14.7 Internal ID

STRING NA

Can be null

An ID for internal purposes used to identify this entity and link it to other entities.