Congestion Visibility
Gain transparency into port congestion
Oceanbolt’s congestion module offers real-time insight into congestion at any dry bulk port, globally.
Support your operational decision-making
Full coverage of all dry bulk ports
Allows for fact-based decision-making for congestion across the full dry bulk fleet for any port. No need to rely on brokers, past experience or inaccurate assumptions.
Base your demurrage calculations on hard facts
Get accurate measures of waiting time for demurrage calculations taking into account current and relative/seasonal congestion.
Stay updated on congestion trends
Our data with help you answer questions like 'How many Capesize vessels loaded with coal are waiting to discharge in Jingtang, China?' or 'What is the average waiting time in Santos?'

Granular, comprehensive data
Timeseries or summary tables
Congestion data is available both as summary tables and as daily timeseries (counts, dwt, average/median waiting time).
Drill down on the port, country or region level
We provide congestion data on the port, country or region level, in addition to allowing filtering on laden status of the congested vessels.
Congestion data as a key supply side driver
Congestion is a leading supply indicator used in machine learning models to predict freight rate movements.

Platform stats and numbers
1000+
Anchorages tracked
4
Congestion metrics
Live Data From Oceanbolt Data Platform
Live Feed: Vessels waiting to discharge Australian coal in China (currently vessels)
This table shows real time congestion data for vessels waiting to discharge Australian coal in China. Data is available globally for all ports and commodities in the Oceanbolt Data Platform.IMO | Vessel Name | Class | Port Name | Arrived At | Waiting Time (days) | Arrived From Load Port | Commodity | |
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