DP World
Vessel Sailing Schedules Search
User’s Manual
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DOCUMENT NAME
Vessel Sailing Schedules Search
PROJECT NAME
Vessel Schedule
BUSINESS UNIT
DP World
AUTHOR(S)
Dubai Trade Training Department
LAST UPDATED DATE
Created on October 9, 2012
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Vessel Sailing Schedules
Introduction
This service will allow exporters and Freight Forwarders to search for available vessel sailing
schedules for more than 700 ports around the world. The sailing schedules are published by Shipping
Lines directly on Dubai Trade Portal.
To begin with navigation, login to your Dubai Trade account and then choose the service
group: Vessel Schedules.
Then click on the Search service.
Search
This service is used to display available vessel schedules departing from Jebel Ali to any
destination port (rest of the world) up to a maximum of 6 weeks.
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1. Enter the Port of destination (The port of Origin will always be AEJEA - Jebel Ali). Enter the
port name or the port code – either way the system will suggest results based on matching
port names/codes.
2. Select Search result s sort order By Depature Date at Origin or Arrival Date at Desination.
3. Pick the midpoint date from the calendar icon
4. Indicate the differential (+/-) from the drop down (This means the search results will display
schedules X weeks before the chosen date, schedules on the chosen date and schedules X
weeks after the chosen date
5. Click on Search to initiate the query
6. The system displays the results based on the search criteria
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The results will display the Date Filters tab by default. There are 2 other tabs that you can
access (Shipping Line and Modify Search)
Date Filters Tab
In this tab, the results are separated into columns according to Shipping Lines. Where each
column will have a Shipping Line header with the respective information displayed in its
column:
ETD: is the estimated time of departure from Jebel Ali
ETA: is the estimated time of arrival to the destination port
Days: is the duration of the travel
T/S: indicates how many transshipment operations are involved within the duration of the
travel. 0 means either no transshipment or Shipping Line has not provided any
Transshipment information.
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Important: The search results will display 4 shipping line columns. Additional shipping line
schedules can be seen by clicking on the Next Button
Important: you can further filter the results by using the slider to narrow down the
Departure, Arrival, Duration and Transshipment Filters
For example: The departure from Jebel Ali (AEJEA) under Departing is filtered from 25
October -12 until 06 Nov – 12. You can use the slider to narrow down the dates:
In this case, the results will be filtered accordingly. This can be done for the other columns
(Departure, Arrival, Duration and Transhipment)
Shipping Line Tab
This tab is essentially similar to the display results of the previous tab (Date Filter). The
results of this tab are affected and determined by the criteria and filters used in the Data
Filter Tab (vice versa).
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Important: you can further filter the results by checking or unchecking shipping lines from
the top of the page. The system will display results for lines that are checked.
Modify Search Tab
This tab allows the user to revise the entire search criteria. User can select a new Port of
Destination and search for new Departure or Arrival dates.
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You can select new filters by selecting a new Port of Destination
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You can Search by Departure Date or Arrival Date
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Select a new Date Range
7. To view details of a sailing schedule, click on the desired schedule
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8. A message will appear that will ask show users the sailing details with vessel information.
9. Book Now (This feature is currently unavailable but will allow you to be redirected to the
Shipping Line’s website)
10. Click on Book Now
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Exporting the Search Result for Report
The search results may be exported to either Excel, Word or PDF
1. You will see the document types on the upper right hand corner of the screen after the
results have been displayed.
2. Click on the desired file format
3. The following reports will be generated:
PDF:
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Excel:
Word:
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