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STARTER PACKS / MOBILITY

ferry DATA PIPELINE

STARTER PACK

90 DAYS - 7.400€

VESSEL TRACKING, PORT INTEGRATION, AND OPERATOR DATA — FOR ONE FERRY OPERATOR.

problem

YOU OPERATE FERRY ROUTES BUT YOUR AIS, VESSEL-TRACKING, AND PORT-SYSTEM DATA LIVE IN SEPARATE SYSTEMS. NO PUBLIC FEED EXISTS. JOURNEY PLANNERS DON'T KNOW WHEN YOUR VESSELS DEPART. THE ISSUE IS NOT MORE TRACKING — IT'S BUILDING THE DATA LAYER ACROSS VESSEL, PORT, AND SCHEDULE.

When You Need This Pack (and not Vela Pulse)  

NO STANDARD FEED 
EXISTS YET


Your operations data is internal. Tourists and partners can't see your live schedule.

MULTIPLE SYSTEMS, 
ONE OPERATION
 

AIS for vessel positions, port system for berths, schedule system for departures - all separate.

SECURITY-SENSITIVE 
ROUTES

Defence-adjacent corridors, border crossings, regulated waters. SaaS is not an option.

CROSS-DOMAIN 
TOURISM INTEGRATION
 

Your ferry data needs to plug into regional tourism portals, with weather, port webcams, and accommodation.

YOU PREFER ONE-TIME CAPEX OVER SUBSCRIPTION
  

Project-led procurement, grant-funded budget, or capital-account preference.

IF NONE OF THE ABOVE APPLIES → USE VELA PULSE. LIVE IN DAYS. A FRACTION OF THE PRICE.
MOST FERRY OPERATORS NEED CUSTOM INTEGRATION TODAY. THIS PACK IS THE STANDARD ANSWER.

solution

HOW WE APPROACH THIS

(simple and a bit refreshing)

We connect AIS, vessel-tracking, port systems, and schedule data into one NGSI-LD context graph - then surface it as standard feeds, dashboards, and a public map.


We connect it using:

  • ETSI NGSI-LD Smart Data Models for maritime mobility.
  • The Vela Context Data Hub - shared, dedicated, or on-premise.
  • Your existing systems - AIS receivers, vessel-tracking software, port-management systems, scheduling tools, ticketing platforms.


No replacement of vessel hardware. No new port systems. No regulator approval beyond what you have.


Once the pipeline is built → live ferry map, schedule feeds, and port-integration become available.


Then we expand - adding cross-port routing, weather correlation, and tourism integration.

What You Get (in 90 Days)
 
  • NGSI-LD context graph - vessel, route, port, schedule - modeled as a queryable graph.
  • AIS + schedule integration - live vessel positions tied to scheduled departures.
  • Port system connectors - berth status, departure boards, vehicle queues - depending on port.
  • Live ferry map - embeddable on your website and tourism partners' portals.
  • Operator dashboards - punctuality, cancellations, capacity utilisation.
  • Public feed output - GTFS-Flex or NeTEx Maritime where applicable.
  • Cross-domain hooks - weather, sea conditions, tourism content, parking at ports.
  • Data ownership - your data, your context, your rules. No vendor lock-in.
THIS IS YOUR OPERATIONAL DATA LAYER, NOT A PILOT.

 

Who This Is For ​
 

Ferry operators that:

  • Run 2–20 vessels on scheduled routes (commuter, tourism, RoPax, RoRo).
  • Have AIS feeds and a scheduling system but no integrated public data layer.
  • Operate in regulated, security-sensitive, or border-crossing waters where SaaS may not be acceptable.
  • Want tourism and journey-planner integration without paying multiple vendors, OR
  • Prefer one-time CAPEX procurement over ongoing SaaS.


Multi-operator regional ferry coordination → see Mobility Data Space STARTER pack.

If you have GTFS-RT today and just want a live map → use Vela Pulse. 
It's a fraction of the price.

 

 We start with the Starter Pack (one operator, 50–500 vehicles, existing AVL system) because this gives you 80% of value in 90 days with minimal cost and no risk.

pricing  

STARTER PACK

7.400€

one time setup

(30 working hours included for consulting and developing)


  • Fully managed shared hosted Vela Context Data Hub instance
  • The essentials 

Metadata and data viewer / editor  

Searchable metadata and data portal

Authentication and authorization

AIS connector + vessel-tracking integration

Port system connector (where applicable)

Schedule and ticketing system connector

Database

NGSI-LD Context Broker

Operator / route / vessel / port / berth hierarchy

Semantic model for ferry operations

Cross-domain hooks (weather, parking, events, air quality)

5–8 dashboards 

Public live ferry map widget

 Cross-domain hooks (weather, sea, tourism)

Public schedule feed (GTFS-Flex or NeTEx Maritime)

Data ownership

API for database access and direct Context broker access

 Optional dedicated or on-premise deployment


Installation

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    Support

    E-mail support (Business hours)
    Instant setup, satisfied or reimbursed

(OPTIONAL) 12 MONTH SUPPORT EXTENSION

1.490€ per month

    12-month support extension,

     hosting & support, billed monthly after 90 days period

    (8 working hours per month included for consulting and developing)

     Quarterly review session

    New vessels / routes / cross-domain entities onboarded

    eed monitoring and uptime SLA

    Support
     
    Priority email support​

Want the architecture walkthrough?

We’ll show:

  • How AIS + schedule + port data flow into NGSI-LD.
  • How tourism partners consume your data.
  • How on-premise differs from shared SaaS for security-sensitive routes.

 BOOK A 30-MINUTE CALL

VELA CONTEXT DATA HUB · ONE SHARED DATA LANGUAGE FOR MOBILITY · EU OPEN STANDARDS (NGSI-LD) · YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE, YOUR RULES