Harbour Master
Harbour Masters
Worldwide there are approximately 3,000 merchant ports and the work of the Harbour Master can vary widely from country to country and from port to port even within the same country.
MarineLabs provides coastal intelligence for marine safety and efficiency.
Founded in 2017, MarineLabs delivers high-resolution, real-time, and historical wind, wave, and weather data, as well as hyper-local 10-day forecasting, from a growing network of cloud-connected, rugged sensor nodes.
Engineered for long-term, dependable data collection, MarineLabs sensor nodes are completely self-contained and bolt directly onto existing navigation buoys, private buoys, pilings, cranes, or land-based stations, without requiring ports to deploy or maintain their own weather data infrastructure.

For Harbour Masters and Port Operations teams, MarineLabs supports weather-critical decisions by providing:
The result is clearer situational awareness at the berth and in the approach, helping reduce weather-related delays, unnecessary downtime, and last-minute operational changes.
Founded in 2017, MarineLabs delivers high-resolution, real-time, and historical wind, wave, and weather data, as well as hyper-local 10-day forecasting, from a growing network of cloud-connected, rugged sensor nodes.
The International Harbour Masters Association (IHMA) and the Port of Rotterdam Authority are pleased to announce the 15th International Harbour Masters Association Congress, to be held from 09–12 June 2026 at Theater Zuidplein in Rotterdam.