TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Logistics & Port Terminal Operations

Isolate the real causes of container dwell time before demurrage fees hit.

Global port authorities and maritime shipping conglomerates manage incredibly complex logistical chokepoints where minor delays cascade into massive demurrage fees. Terminal operators can upload container manifest data, crane telemetry, customs inspection logs, and vessel GPS tracking to isolate the root causes of supply chain friction. The platform processes millions of rows to identify exactly which combinations of cargo types, weather conditions, and labor shifts result in the longest container dwell times.

Supply chain analysts can instantly generate reports detailing the predictive indicators of a port bottleneck. By surfacing these statistically sound operational insights, maritime directors can dynamically reallocate yard equipment, streamline customs hand-offs, and accelerate global freight throughput.

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Rank Dwell Time Drivers
Reefer + Night Shift
52%
Customs Hold
41%
Crane Downtime
33%
Heavy Weather
24%
Base Column
cargo_profile ▾
Value Column
dwell_time ▾
52%ofReefer + Night=Long Dwell
predictive power
87%
delayed count
156
container count
300
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Data Preparation

Use Steeped AI's data preparation to identify and clean messy container manifest records, automatically fixing duplicate bills of lading and inconsistent weight entries. When one container arrives logged three ways, Steeped AI reconciles it first, so dwell time analysis measures real friction.

Duplicate bills of lading were merged into one record
Weights in lbs, kg, and tonnes were unified to one scale
Forwarder names were mapped to a single taxonomy
Removed column "legacy_seal" because 84% were blank
Gate timestamps from 3 systems were aligned to one clock
generating new dataset
NEW DATA

Document Digitization

Use Steeped AI's document digitization to translate scanned customs forms and handwritten yard inspection documents into highly accurate, queryable text. Paperwork that used to sit in a filing cabinet becomes a structured field in the same dataset as your crane telemetry.

CUSTOMS FORMSTRUCTURED FIELDSBOL: 44192-ACargo: reeferHold: customsDwell: 6 days

Statistical Significance Testing

Steeped AI's automated significance testing runs inferential tests on crane offloading times to ensure performance improvements across shifts are statistically significant. A university-grade, 3-part framework separates a genuinely faster crew from a lucky week of light volume.

+27%new crane shiftThroughput Confirmedp < 0.01 · FDR corrected

Insight Deeplinks

Every bottleneck finding deeplinks straight back to the manifests and crane logs behind it through insight discovery deeplinks, with zero AI hallucination. A terminal director can verify the evidence before reassigning yard equipment or renegotiating a customs hand-off.

+24%

The insights are already in your data.

Ask your data anything. Get real findings ranked by impact, with AI reports your team can present and share on the spot.