Positions & Events

Positions & Events

Know the vessel. Follow every position and event. Understand what happens along the way - seamlessly across history, now and in the future - enriched with maritime intelligence.

In This Domain

A Snapshot of What We Offer

AIS · Historical Tracks · Live Position · Predicted Position · Vessel Events · Arrivals · Departures · Port Calls · Terminal Calls · Berth Calls · Anchorage · STS · Passage Lines · Area Calls · Expected Arrivals · Predicted Passages · ETA · Alerts

One Vessel Timeline continuous through time

Follow the same vessel seamlessly from history, through live activity and into the future.

History, now and future remain connected on one continuous Vessel Timeline. As live activity unfolds, it becomes part of the vessel’s history, while forward-looking intelligence extends positions, events, calls and current voyage context into the future. 

One integrated structure across history, live activity and predicted future.

Seven connected capabilities

Start with the data object you need. Each capability can stand alone or connect directly to the others.

Positions & Tracks

A continuous position layer for vessel movement from observed tracks to the expected route ahead.

Marine Benchmark creates a continuous view of vessel movement through time, connecting historical observations, live positions and predicted movement into one consistent position layer.

Observed positions show the track already sailed. Live positions extend the journey as it happens, while predicted positions carry it forward along the expected route.

Where AIS coverage is sparse, intermittent or delayed, predicted current positions help maintain continuity between reliable observations — providing a more complete picture of vessel movement across individual vessels, fleets, markets and maritime geographies.

Because every position is connected to both time and location, Marine Benchmark can resolve geographic, operational and environmental exposure throughout the journey — historically, around the vessel today and along the route ahead.

This position layer also powers Area Calls, vessel events, voyages, monitoring and other Marine Benchmark intelligence, and can be accessed directly through applications, APIs and data feeds.

Events & Vessel Timeline

A structured chronology of the events that define a vessel’s movement and activity over time.

Marine Benchmark captures meaningful vessel events — from arrivals and departures at ports, terminals, berths and anchorages to STS activity, passage events, area interactions, voyage changes and other operational developments.

Passage Lines add a precise event layer for tracking when vessels cross defined geographic lines or chokepoints. Customers can also create custom Passage Lines around the locations, approaches and corridors that matter to their operations and generate vessel events whenever those lines are crossed.

The same event framework spans past, present and future. Historical events show what has happened, live events capture what is happening now, and predicted events show what is expected to happen next — using the same event categories across the vessel journey.

Each event is connected to time, location and the surrounding vessel context, allowing it to be enriched with weather and environmental exposure, geographic context, vessel condition, risk and other relevant intelligence at the point of activity.

The Vessel Timeline brings these events together into a continuous chronology around the vessel. Customers can design the timeline around the categories most relevant to them — combining port activity, terminal and berth movements, anchorage, STS activity, Passage Line events, Area Calls and voyage events across historical, live and predicted time horizons in a single view.

Forward Traffic Intelligence

Know what is heading towards you — before it gets there.

Marine Benchmark provides a forward-looking view of vessel traffic towards ports, terminals, passages, chokepoints, operational areas, critical infrastructure and other defined locations.

Instead of starting with a vessel and asking where it will go, Forward Traffic starts with the location and shows which vessels are expected to arrive, enter or pass — and when.

This gives ports, terminal operators, maritime service and supply providers, bunker suppliers, canal and waterway authorities, public agencies, defence organisations and operators responsible for maritime security or critical infrastructure earlier visibility into traffic that may affect their operations, assets or areas of responsibility.

For maritime service, supply and bunker providers, this visibility also creates a commercial advantage: identifying relevant vessels earlier, prioritising sales opportunities and engaging potential customers before they reach port or enter the service area.

Expected arrivals and passages can be combined with vessel characteristics, voyage context, cargo information, risk ratings, sanctions intelligence and other relevant attributes — helping organisations identify which vessels matter, prioritise attention and prepare before arrival.

Forward Traffic can be applied to established maritime locations as well as customer-defined areas, corridors and Passage Lines, creating a forward-looking operational picture around the places, assets and infrastructure that matter most.

Area Calls

Turn vessel presence inside maritime areas into structured, measurable intelligence.

Marine Benchmark transforms vessel interaction with defined maritime geographies into Area Calls showing when a vessel enters, how long it remains, whether the call is still ongoing and when it exits.

Unlike point-in-time events, an Area Call represents presence over time. Entry opens the call, live vessel activity continuously updates it, and exit completes the call with a final duration.

The same structure can be applied across historical activity, vessels currently inside an area and expected future interactions based on predicted routes — providing a consistent view of where vessels have been exposed, where they are now and which areas they are expected to encounter next.

Area Calls can be created across regulatory, country, risk, operational and geographic layers including EEZs, sea areas and basins, ECAs, war and risk zones, anchorages, offshore areas and customer-defined geographies.

Current Voyage

A live, voyage-aware view of the vessel from departure to expected arrival.

Current Voyage brings the vessel’s ongoing journey into one connected view — what has happened since departure, the situation now and what is expected along the route ahead.

Marine Benchmark connects vessel movement with voyage progress, weather and environmental exposure, machinery and energy demand, fuel consumption, emissions, regulatory context and risk intelligence around the same voyage.

The view extends seamlessly forward through the predicted route, future vessel positions, expected arrival, upcoming passages and Area Calls, predicted events and forecast conditions — providing a continuously updated picture from origin to destination.

Predictions

Forward-looking intelligence is built into Positions & Events — and available as a standalone capability.

Marine Benchmark turns vessel intelligence from a view of what has happened into a view of what is likely to happen next.

Across Positions & Tracks, Vessel Timeline, Area Calls, Current Voyage and Monitoring & Alerts, predictive intelligence adds a forward-looking layer with expected route, future positions, ETA, predicted passages, area interactions, activity changes and environmental conditions along the voyage.

The same intelligence can also be viewed from the destination, passage or area perspective: which vessels are expected to arrive, pass through or enter a location — and when. This creates valuable advance visibility for ports, maritime service and supply providers, canal and public authorities, cargo interests and other organisations that need to anticipate future vessel traffic around ports, strategic waterways, chokepoints and defined areas.

Combined with vessel risk ratings, sanctions intelligence and other compliance indicators, predicted movements become even more actionable — helping organisations identify relevant vessels earlier, prioritise attention, assess exposure and prepare for what is approaching.

Prediction can also be consumed as a dedicated product when the requirement is purely forward-looking.

Monitoring & Alerts

Alert when it happens. Alert before it happens.

Turn Marine Benchmark intelligence into a continuous operational watch across vessels, fleets, voyages and maritime areas.

Monitor the changes, events and conditions that matter to you from vessel movements, activity changes and Area Calls to voyage conditions, weather, risk and expected activity ahead.

Alerts can be triggered by observed activity as it happens or by predicted events before they occur, helping teams move from monitoring to action earlier. Watch individual vessels and fleets, or turn the perspective around and monitor ports, areas, Passage Lines, chokepoints and other locations for vessels approaching or interacting with them.

Monitoring & Alerts can also become an integrated part of the customer’s own operational infrastructure, feeding internal systems, workflows and decision processes with continuously updated vessel intelligence and event-driven triggers.

Built on the same Marine Benchmark data environment

Voyages & Vessel Activity benefits from the same 17+ year history, common vessel and geographic structures, traceability and ability to reprocess historical intelligence as the wider Marine Benchmark platform.

Built to be consumed

One intelligence foundation. Multiple ways to consume it. Use Marine Benchmark in the form that fits the decision, system or model.

The same underlying data and methodology is available across Marine Benchmark applications, research, APIs, cloud environments, embedded visual objects and AI interfaces. Delivery methods can be combined, allowing users to replace or modernise existing workflows without changing the underlying intelligence foundation.

Start with the vessel. Build the intelligence around it.

Begin with the data you need today — and expand into a connected vessel-awareness layer as your requirements grow.

Access Positions & Tracks, Events, Area Calls, Current Voyage, Predictions and Monitoring as standalone capabilities or combine them across vessels, fleets, markets and geographies.

From a single operational question to an integrated maritime intelligence layer, Marine Benchmark is built to scale with your workflow.