PortX becomes KOTUG OptiPort!

We are pleased to announce that as of August 1st, 2021, our company name will change from PortX B.V. to KOTUG OptiPort B.V.

Tracking and Virtual Dispatching of Competitors

One of the interesting aspects of OptiPort is that it has the capabilities to not only follow and plan your own active tugs but has the functionality to follow and virtually schedule your competitors tugs, creating a competitive advantage for your harbor towage operations.

Reduction of Outsourced Jobs

We have seen a lot of ports around the globe, and we have seen that in the majority of these ports, competing towage operators seem to be each other’s best clients.

Priority Towage

One of the nice features we have developed over the last years, is the so-called Priority Towage functionality. This functionality allows your team to prioritize certain clients or vessel types over others.

Automatic Start - Stop Identification

OptiPort, the first dispatch tool for nautical service providers, using Artificial Intelligence, is fully data driven. Its data and the artificial intelligence models are able to automatically detect the start and finish of a job.

Notifications for Speed and Tug Departure Time

OptiPort, the first dispatch tool for nautical service providers, using Artificial Intelligence, is fully data driven. Its data and the artificial intelligence models are able to send push notifications at cost related events.
Continuity

Ensuring Business Continuity at All Times

We find ourselves in uncertain times. First and foremost health of yourselves and your loved ones is priority number one. But times like these also require looking at new ways to ensure business continuity at all times. The OptiPort Dispatch Optimization solution is one of the products of PortX

Minimising Vessel Delays

There are a lot of ways to avoid delaying a vessel from departing or arriving, the only way to really justify a delay is simply because a lack of proper equipment to do the job. Before getting there, OptiPort checks if there are no other cost-effective solutions to avoid this delay, as there are more variables to play with in a real-life environment.

Dynamic Start Times of Incoming Jobs

Once OptiPort knows which of your client’s vessels are inbound, OptiPort starts to track that vessel and forecasts if the given ETA will be viable or not. To be able to calculate the estimated ETA, OptiPort uses a proprietary and dynamic algorithm which is able to forecast the arrival time at the pickup point in real time with a high level of accuracy.

Dynamic Pickup & Dropoff Locations

Knowing where and when a vessel needs to be picked up, or dropped off by a tug is heavily dependent on vessel size, draft and cargo. Unfortunately, the reality is that no-one knows exactly where these locations are, which makes it hard to exactly know when a tug will start or when it will have finished its job and when/where it will be available for its next assignment. Creating an efficient planning of the available tugs without this knowledge, especially on in the scenario of a very busy day, soon becomes a best guess instead of a fact based event.