ETA accuracy benchmark · 🇳🇱 Amsterdam

How Port Flow's predicted ETA compares to each vessel's own broadcast ETA at Amsterdam, measured on closed voyages over the last 30 days. We publish the number — good or bad. Lower error is better.

Port Flow predicted ETA (RMSE)

1.34 h

MAE 13.22 h · 988 voyages

Broadcast ETA (RMSE)

60.61 h

crew-declared, 283 voyages (same set)

Our advantage

97.8 %

lower error than the broadcast ETA

Broadcast ETAs more than 7 days from the actual arrival are excluded as AIS sentinel / placeholder values (189 excluded). Both figures are computed on the same remaining voyage set — apples to apples.

Closed voyages

error = predicted/broadcast minus actual arrival (hours)


244620974	container	10/12, 05:25 AM UTC	0.84 h	-158.04 h
244000932	container	10/12, 05:23 AM UTC	2.48 h	—
269057360	product	10/12, 05:22 AM UTC	-0.19 h	-8.91 h
244750687	container	10/12, 05:21 AM UTC	1.12 h	—
244690180	container	10/12, 05:20 AM UTC	0.41 h	—
244660117	container	10/12, 05:19 AM UTC	1.11 h	3319.50 h
244002499	product	10/12, 05:17 AM UTC	-0.45 h	-1643.29 h
244670341	container	10/12, 05:15 AM UTC	-0.39 h	—
244030466	container	10/12, 05:14 AM UTC	2.16 h	94.98 h
244750687	container	10/12, 05:05 AM UTC	1.09 h	—
269057594	container	10/12, 05:04 AM UTC	-0.39 h	-450.65 h
244001448	product	10/12, 05:02 AM UTC	-0.12 h	2.26 h
244002460	container	10/12, 05:01 AM UTC	0.01 h	—
244750687	container	10/12, 04:59 AM UTC	-0.02 h	—
244690653	container	10/12, 04:59 AM UTC	0.95 h	4814.01 h
244660117	container	10/12, 04:57 AM UTC	0.21 h	3319.85 h
244750687	container	10/12, 04:50 AM UTC	-0.04 h	—
244690137	container	10/12, 04:49 AM UTC	0.43 h	—
244750687	container	10/12, 04:44 AM UTC	1.26 h	—
314608000	container	10/12, 04:43 AM UTC	1.59 h	2.28 h
244690653	container	10/12, 04:39 AM UTC	-0.22 h	4814.35 h
244750687	container	10/12, 04:37 AM UTC	-0.13 h	—
244690137	container	10/12, 04:36 AM UTC	2.63 h	—
244373397	container	10/12, 04:35 AM UTC	0.11 h	—
244750687	container	10/12, 04:25 AM UTC	3.24 h	—
218027120	product	10/12, 04:25 AM UTC	0.10 h	-37.87 h
269057594	container	10/12, 04:23 AM UTC	-0.14 h	—
244660196	container	10/12, 04:22 AM UTC	-1042.66 h	-1045.14 h
244770588	container	10/12, 04:21 AM UTC	2.07 h	6811.65 h
244690137	container	10/12, 04:14 AM UTC	0.23 h	—
244001448	product	10/12, 04:10 AM UTC	0.60 h	3.13 h
205566890	container	10/12, 04:07 AM UTC	0.10 h	—
244690137	container	10/12, 04:06 AM UTC	2.41 h	—
211395020	product	10/12, 04:05 AM UTC	0.95 h	-148.10 h
211540960	product	10/12, 04:03 AM UTC	1.29 h	—
244660117	container	10/12, 04:03 AM UTC	0.04 h	—
244102434	container	10/12, 03:58 AM UTC	-0.33 h	-54.47 h
205571490	container	10/12, 03:54 AM UTC	0.51 h	—
244690352	container	10/12, 03:53 AM UTC	-0.23 h	—
563319100	product	10/12, 03:50 AM UTC	1.17 h	-141.84 h
244770588	container	10/12, 03:40 AM UTC	0.15 h	6812.33 h
244690358	container	10/12, 03:38 AM UTC	0.12 h	—
636018752	product	10/12, 03:38 AM UTC	1.00 h	-1.63 h
205585590	container	10/12, 03:28 AM UTC	3.36 h	-85.59 h
244130285	container	10/12, 03:22 AM UTC	3.22 h	-55.38 h
244670266	product	10/12, 03:07 AM UTC	1.51 h	-11.13 h
244020558	container	10/12, 02:59 AM UTC	-0.09 h	-78.35 h
244140757	container	10/12, 02:54 AM UTC	-0.01 h	-67.57 h
244371956	container	10/12, 02:47 AM UTC	0.12 h	2.38 h
244690352	container	10/12, 02:45 AM UTC	0.15 h	-6.63 h

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How it's measured

Predicted ETA: distance-to-berth over speed-made-good, refreshed on every AIS position, with a seasonal correction from rolling medians.
Broadcast ETA: the crew-entered ETA in the vessel's AIS message — the de-facto industry default.
Both are compared to the actual arrival timestamp on the same closed voyages. We report RMSE (penalises large misses) and MAE (typical error).
Broadcast ETAs more than 7 days off are dropped as AIS sentinel / placeholder values, and our model is scored on that same set — so the comparison is honest, not cherry-picked.
Coverage is public AIS only; ports with weak coverage show fewer closed voyages. We'd rather show a small honest sample than a big misleading one.