Create an alert

A Maritime Intelligence alert emails you a digest when vessels match rules you set, so you hear about changes without checking the platform. You choose an event trigger (such as a scheduled arrival, an ETA change, or a sanctions status change), the vessels to watch, and when the digest arrives, for example when tankers in your fleet are due in Singapore within three days. Setup takes three steps: Build Rules, Scope & Delivery and Review.

This guide uses a Scheduled Arrival alert as the example. The other triggers work the same way and have their own guides, listed at the end.

1. 1

   Open Alerts and click Create an Alert

   Click Alerts in the top navigation, then Create an Alert in the top right corner.

   

   Tip: Click Tour at the top of the form for a short guided walk-through of each step.

2. 2

   Click Add Rule

   Under Build your alert rules, click Add Rule.

   

3. 3

   Choose one event trigger

   The list has two groups:

   • Event triggers decide when the alert fires: Scheduled Arrival, Arrived at Port, ETA Change, Destination Change, Sanction Status Change, Vessel Identity Change, AIS Navigational Status Change and Area Entry / Exit.
   • Vessel filters narrow down which vessels count, such as Vessel Types, Technical, Ownership or Port Call History.

   Click Scheduled Arrival.

   

   Note: An alert can have only one event trigger. To watch two kinds of event, such as ETA changes and destination changes, create two alerts.

4. 4

   Fill in the trigger

   For Scheduled Arrival, pick the Ports and enter the Days to arrival, for example SINGAPORE (SGSIN) and 1 to 3.

   

5. 5

   Add vessel filters if you need them

   Click Add Rule again and choose a vessel filter, for example Vessel Types → Tanker. Rules combine with AND: a vessel must match all of them. Click the × on a rule to remove it.

   Click Next.

6. 6

   Choose the vessels to watch

   Under Scope, choose one:

   • Existing Fleet(s): one or more of your fleets. Click each fleet you want, or Select all.
   • Single or Multiple Vessels: pick vessels by name or IMO.
   • Upload Excel: an .xlsx file of IMO numbers.
   • All Matching: every vessel in the world that matches your rules.

   

7. 7

   Turn on Email Digest and set the schedule

   Under Delivery, turn on Email Digest. Then choose:

   • Frequency: Daily Digest, Every 3 Days, Weekly or Every 2 Hours.
   • Time and Timezone for the email. The time zone starts as your computer’s.
   • Expires (optional): a date after which the alert stops. Leave it empty to keep the alert running.

   A scope and at least one delivery channel are both required. Click Next.

   

8. 8

   Name the alert and click Create Alert

   Enter an Alert Name you will recognise in the list. Check the summary: click Edit next to Rules or Scope & Delivery to change anything. Recipients shows the email address the digest goes to.

   Click Create Alert. You see “Alert created successfully.”

   

9. 9

   Other alert triggers

   • Alert on ETA changes
   • Alert on destination changes
   • Alert when vessels enter or leave an area
   • Alert on sanctions or identity changes
   • Create an alert for a single vessel