1. What is the Maritime Incidents layer?
The Maritime Incidents layer is a new map overlay on your Ocean transports view. It highlights real-world disruptions that may affect ocean shipping — for example, port congestion, strikes, closures, severe weather, security incidents, and other geopolitical events.
Incidents are collected from a wide range of trusted sources, validated, and plotted on the map near the port or sea area they affect. The goal is simple: give you early visibility of disruptions that could impact ocean shipping, right next to the containers you're already monitoring.
💡 Think of it as an at-a-glance "what's happening in the world's ports and shipping lanes right now" layer, available without leaving Transporeon Visibility.
2. Where to find it
Open Ocean transports page.
Make sure the Map view is selected (top right, next to Table).
Maritime incidents are enable automatically on the map view.
3. Turning the Maritime incidents layer on and off
Use the Maritime incidents toggle in the Map layers card to switch the overlay on or off at any time.
Toggle ON → Incident markers appear across the map. Markers are colour-coded by severity (see legend below).
Toggle OFF → All incident markers are hidden. Your transports and routes stay exactly as they were; only the incident layer is removed.
Your preference is remembered for your next visit, so you don't need to toggle it every time.
4. Severity & incident type legend
Each incident marker tells you two things at a glance: how serious it is and what kind of disruption it is.
4.1 Severity
The colour of the marker tells you the severity assigned to the incident.
Marker | Severity | What it means |
| Low | Smallest, highly localised impact. Informational only — minimal or no expected effect on shipments. |
| Medium | Minor or localised impact. Useful to be aware of, unlikely to materially delay shipments on its own. |
| High | Notable disruption with potential delays, congestion or rerouting. Worth checking impacted ports / lanes. |
| Critical | Major event likely to cause significant delays, closures or schedule changes. Review proactively. |
Grey
Blue
Orange
Red
4.2 Incident type
A single layer covers multiple types of maritime disruption. Common types you'll see include:
Port congestion — vessel queues, anchorage build-up, long berth waits
Strikes & labour action — port worker, terminal operator or tug crew strikes
Port / terminal closure — weather or operational closures
Severe weather — tropical storms, fog, heavy seas affecting key ports
Geopolitical / security — conflict zones, sanctions, piracy, chokepoint events (e.g. Hormuz, Red Sea, Suez)
Vessel incidents — groundings, collisions, fires affecting nearby operations
The exact incident type is shown at the top of the side panel when you click on a marker.
5. Reading the incident side panel
Click any incident marker on the map to open the Incidents side panel on the right.
The panel is organized so you can quickly scan the most important details first:
Title — A short, human-readable name for the incident.
Severity badge — Low, Medium, or Critical, matching the marker colour.
Status badge — Tells you where the incident is in its lifecycle:
Monitoring — Reported and being tracked, not yet confirmed as actively disrupting operations.
Disrupted — Currently causing operational impact.
Archived — No longer active; kept for context.
Type — The category of disruption (e.g. Port congestion, Strike, Severe weather).
Disruption port — The primary affected port, with its UNLOCODE.
Last update — When the incident was last refreshed.
Summary — A short narrative explaining what is happening, the cause where known, observed delays, and any official measures (e.g. waivers, diversions, restrictions).
To close the panel, click the × in the top-right of the panel or click anywhere outside it on the map.
6. Tips for daily use
Start your day with the layer ON to scan for anything new affecting your major lanes.
Use the zoom controls for checking out individual incidents in busy regions.
Pay extra attention to Critical (red) markers along your high-volume corridors.
Combine the layer with the transport list on the left — incidents near a port shown in your shipments are the ones most worth investigating first.
7. Coming soon
What's next for Maritime Intelligence This first release focuses on showing disruptions on the map. In upcoming releases we will help you act on them:
Impacted shipments — Automatically see which of your containers are affected by a selected incident.
At-risk badge & filters — Flag and filter your transport list by severity and incident type.
Notifications — In-app and email alerts when an incident impacts your shipments.
Weather intelligence — A dedicated weather layer for ports and ocean routes.
8. Frequently asked questions
Do I need to do anything to enable the Maritime Incidents layer?
Do I need to do anything to enable the Maritime Incidents layer?
No. If the layer is available for your account, the Maritime incidents toggle will appear in the Map layers card on the Ocean transports map. Just switch it on.
Will turning the layer on slow down the map?
Will turning the layer on slow down the map?
No. The layer is designed to be lightweight. Incidents are clustered automatically so the map stays responsive even in busy regions.
Does the layer show only incidents that affect my containers?
Does the layer show only incidents that affect my containers?
Not yet. In this first release, all relevant maritime incidents worldwide are shown so you can build a complete picture. Automatically linking incidents to your specific shipments is part of an upcoming release (see Coming soon).
How often is incident data updated?
How often is incident data updated?
Incidents are refreshed on a continuous cycle. The Last update timestamp in the side panel tells you exactly when the displayed incident was last refreshed.
Where does the information come from?
Where does the information come from?
We aggregate from a wide range of trusted sources — official port authority bulletins, maritime news feeds, AIS-derived vessel queues, and weather providers — and validate each incident before it appears on the map.
What if I think an incident is wrong, outdated, or missing?
What if I think an incident is wrong, outdated, or missing?
Please let us know. Contact your Customer Success Representative with a screenshot and the incident title. Your feedback directly improves the quality of the layer.
I can't see the Maritime incidents toggle. Why?
I can't see the Maritime incidents toggle. Why?
A few quick checks:
Make sure you're on the Ocean transports page and the Map view is selected.
Confirm the Map layers card is expanded in the top-right of the map.
If the toggle is still not visible, the feature may not yet be enabled for your account — contact your Customer Success Representative.
Need more help? Contact your Customer Success Representative. We'd love to hear how the Maritime Incidents layer is helping you — and what would make it even more useful.