Schedule decision support for Port Hedland shippers
Better options. Better asks.
The schedule changes for 8 of 10 sailings. PortPilot turns each change into a decision you can act on.
Open, no account required.
- 580 Mt a year
- Loading >1,000 t/min
- Schedules change 8 of 10 times
- Built in Port Hedland
Source: Pilbara Ports annual results.
The map.
Every vessel, berth and schedule for Port Hedland, in one view. What you see is what the product reads.
hedland.portpilot.com.au/mapThree commitments decide everything.
Berth window
When the berth is yours.
Sailing tide
When you can sail, and how deep.
Cargo readiness
Whether the tonnes are ready in time.
When one moves, the others move. PortPilot shows you how far, and how soon.
The moment that matters.
Every schedule change opens a short list of options, each with its own clock.
- Sail as planned
- Finish loading, take the next tide
- A later slot on the same tide
- An earlier sailing
- A swap
- 24
- 12
- 9
- 6
- 4
hours
Discrete opportunities, not a sliding scale.
Miss the clock and the option lapses, whatever it was worth.
Notice periods: Pilbara Ports Vessel Movement Protocols.
What PortPilot does.
Watches the port
Every vessel, berth, tide and schedule version.
Identifies the options
What the port's rules permit for your vessel right now.
Tracks each window
How much notice each option still needs.
Quantifies the trade-off
What each option is worth against the others.
Who it’s for.
Shipping and logistics teams
Know your options before the phone rings.
Operations planners
See how a schedule change lands on cargo readiness.
Commercial teams
Understand what each tide is worth before you ask for it.
The product summary.
Four pages on what PortPilot shows, how the clocks work, and who uses it.
Start open, scale to enterprise.
Open to everyone
Free
Open
The map for anyone at the port. No account, no install.
- Every vessel and the published schedule
- One map per port, any device
- Limited history
For shipping desks
Professional
$POA / team
The full decision layer for teams that own the tonnes.
- Full schedule and vessel history
- Change alerts with options and clocks
- Tide and draught decision aids
- Vessel tracking for your fleet
For integrated operations
Enterprise
$POA
Professional, integrated with the systems you already run.
- Everything in Professional
- Custom integrations to planning systems
- Multi-team rollout and agreed support
The pilot: one team, one month, nothing required from you.